Forensic Science with Criminology with Foundation Year at University of Derby
Forensic Science with Criminology with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), F412) at University of Derby asked for 72 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 derby.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~72 points
Openbelow 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 derby.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 72
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
10 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F412 · F4 forensic and archaeological sciences
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences provides an accreditation system for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in forensic science and related topics. Accreditation is given provided the course content meets with the Society's component standards which provide a quality endorsement of the course. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%90%
Learning opportunities87%89%
Assessment and feedback85%83%
Academic support82%90%
Organisation and management73%81%
Learning resources82%92%
Student voice76%78%
10 final-year students · 61% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25.5k3 years£20.5k5 years£24k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working10% working and studying5% studying10% unemployed11% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
35%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
25%
use what they learned
UK 43%
- Elementary occupations20%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Sales occupations10%
- Administrative occupations10%
- Teaching Professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 60 graduates · 54% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Derby, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- DE22 1GB
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- Derby Campus - Kedleston Road
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Forensic and archaeological sciences 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.
See all 181 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More general, applied and forensic sciences at University of Derby
- Forensic Science BSc (Hons)
- Forensic Science with Criminology BSc (Hons)
- Forensic Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)