Medical Pharmacology with a Foundation Year at Swansea University
Medical Pharmacology with a Foundation Year (Msci (Hon), B2M9) at Swansea University asked for 96 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on swansea.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~96 points
Moderatearound CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check swansea.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 96
The middle entrant had under 96 points. 60% had fewer than the 96 asked.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- B2M9 · B2 pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy + M9 other law, often criminology
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 89%
10%
left higher education
UK 9%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%92%
Learning opportunities91%90%
Assessment and feedback82%82%
Academic support95%92%
Organisation and management100%87%
Learning resources86%90%
Student voice80%86%
20 final-year students · 79% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£28k5 years£32k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 110 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
25% working35% working and studying35% studying5% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
87%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 88%
92%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
83%
use what they learned
UK 88%
- Nursing Professionals37%
- Other Health Professionals28%
- Therapy professionals8%
- Health associate professionals6%
- Caring personal services3%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 30 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA2 8PP
Subjects
pharmacology subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Singleton Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Pharmacology at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Aberdeen | Pharmacology BSc (Hons) | BBC | 128–143 |
| University of East London | Pharmacology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| University of Lincoln | Applied Pharmaceutical Science Msci (Hon) | 104 - 112 points | 112–127 |
| Bangor University | Pharmacology (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 48 - 104 points | 96–111 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Pharmacology BSc (Hons) | BCC | 144–159 |
| Lancaster University | Pharmaceutical Science (with a Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 128–143 |
| Swansea University | Medical Pharmacology with a Foundation Year this course | 96 points | under 96 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Pharmacology and Health Science BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 112–127 |
| University of Dundee | Pharmacology BSc (Hons) | CCC - CCD | 144–159 |
| University of Westminster, London | Pharmacology and Physiology BSc (Hons) | CCC | under 96 |
| University of Lancashire | Pharmacology BSc (Hons) | 88 points | under 96 |
See all 122 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy at Swansea University
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- Medical Pharmacology with a Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
- Medical Pharmacology with a Foundation Year and Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
- Medical Pharmacology with a Placement Year BSc
- Medical Pharmacology with a Placement Year Msci (Hon)
- Medical Pharmacology with a Year Abroad BSc
- Pharmacy MPharm
- Pharmacy with a Preparatory (Foundation) Year MPharm (H)