Primary Education at University of Aberdeen
Primary Education (MA (Hons), X120) at University of Aberdeen asked for BBC in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on abdn.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
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Selective112 points · around BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check abdn.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 112
The middle entrant had 160–175 points. 9% had fewer than the 112 asked.
100 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 91%, other higher education 8%, an Access course 1%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- X120 · X1 teacher training
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
96%
still studying
UK 89%
3%
left higher education
UK 8%
1%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
105 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course92%90%
Learning opportunities93%91%
Assessment and feedback80%88%
Academic support95%94%
Organisation and management95%82%
Learning resources90%91%
Student voice91%86%
70 final-year students · 87% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£39k3 years£31.5k5 years£34.5k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 30 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
89% working9% unemployed2% other
UK, same subject: 92% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 89%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 97%
85%
use what they learned
UK 90%
- Teaching Professionals85%
- Caring personal services0%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations0%
- Sales occupations0%
- Elementary occupations0%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 55 graduates · 64% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- AB24 3FX
Subjects
primary teaching education and teaching
Campus
- Campus
- Old Aberdeen
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Teacher training 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.
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