Criminology (including foundation year) at University of Essex
Criminology (including foundation year) (BA (Hons), M903) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on essex.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check essex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
95 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 80%, an Access course 15%, no formal qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- M903 · M9 other law, often criminology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
55%
still studying
UK 85%
45%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
25 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course89%88%
Learning opportunities86%86%
Assessment and feedback82%84%
Academic support89%90%
Organisation and management87%83%
Learning resources95%90%
Student voice85%80%
60 final-year students · 66% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27k3 years£24k5 years£29.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 55 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
62% working13% working and studying7% studying6% unemployed11% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
48%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
83%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
36%
use what they learned
UK 43%
- Administrative occupations14%
- Business and public service associate professionals10%
- Teaching Professionals10%
- Protective service occupations9%
- Customer service occupations6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 130 graduates · 52% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Colchester, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
Subjects
criminology social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Sociology at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bath | Criminology BSc (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| Aberystwyth University | Criminology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies and Sociology BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Business Management and Criminology BA/BSc (H) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Criminology BSc (Hons) | 104 - 112 points | under 96 |
| University of Aberdeen | Anthropology and Sociology MA (Hons) | BBC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Applied Sociology and Criminology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | under 96 |
| Abertay University | Criminology BA (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Criminology BA (Hons) | — | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Criminology, Communities and Criminal Justice FD | — | — |
| University of Essex | Criminology (including foundation year) this course | — | 96–111 |
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