Cyber Security at University College Birmingham

Cyber Security (FdSc, L411) at University College Birmingham asked for 32–56 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on ucb.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~56 points

Open

below CCC

Published as 32 - 56 points

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 ucb.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 56

85% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 96–111 points.

45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 81%, other higher education 17%, an Access course 1%.

Course

Award: Foundation Degree in Science
Code: L411 · L4 social policy
Duration: 2 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1
Year: 2027

Placement year: optional

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

80%

still studying

UK 85%

15%

left higher education

UK 11%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

25 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course96%83%

Learning opportunities89%81%

Assessment and feedback87%80%

Academic support88%86%

Organisation and management85%80%

Learning resources88%88%

Student voice78%78%

15 final-year students · 94% responded · NSS 2025-26

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Postcode: B3 1JB

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Subjects

computer and information security computing

Campus

Campus: University College Birmingham
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Software engineering 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
Barnsley College University Centre	Computing For England HND	64 points	—
Canterbury Christ Church University	Software Engineering with Foundation Year BEng	64 points	under 96
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Computer Security (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	64 points	96–111
Coventry University	Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security with foundation year BSc (Hons)	64 points	under 96
University of East London	Cyber Security & Networks (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	64 points	96–111
Bucks New University	Cyber Security with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	32 - 56 points	under 96
Keele University	Computer Science with Digital Forensics with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	56 points	96–111
Oxford Brookes University	Computer Science for Cyber Security (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	56 points	112–127
University College Birmingham	Cyber Security this course	32 - 56 points	96–111
New College Durham	Cyber Security with Networking FdSc	48 points	—
University of Bedfordshire	Software Engineering (With Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	32 - 48 points	under 96

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