Psychology (Including Placement Year) at University of Essex
Psychology (Including Placement Year) (BA (Hons), C810) 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.
110 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, no formal qualifications 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- C810 · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 86%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
15 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%87%
Learning opportunities85%84%
Assessment and feedback80%80%
Academic support91%89%
Organisation and management87%84%
Learning resources93%89%
Student voice79%82%
105 final-year students · 67% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£24.5k5 years£27.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 60 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
62% working19% working and studying5% studying5% unemployed8% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
47%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
57%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Therapy professionals11%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation10%
- Administrative occupations9%
- Business and public service associate professionals9%
- Caring personal services7%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 165 graduates · 50% 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
applied psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Applied psychology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Psychology with Forensic Psychology BSc (Hons) | 112 - 136 points | 128–143 |
| Aberystwyth University | Criminology and Criminal Psychology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Business Psychology BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Abertay University | Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology BSc (Hons) | CCC | 176–191 |
| University Centre Askham Bryan | Adventure Sport FdSc | 64 points | — |
| BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College) | Counselling and Applied Psychology HNC | 32 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Applied Psychology BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Counselling and Applied Psychology HNC | — | — |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Organizational Psychology BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Psychology and Counselling BSc (Hons) | — | 96–111 |
| University of Essex | Psychology (Including Placement Year) this course | — | 96–111 |
See all 166 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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