Social Sciences (Including Year Abroad) at University of Essex
Social Sciences (Including Year Abroad) (BA (Hons), LY12) 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 no formal qualifications 59%, A-levels or Highers 37%, other higher education 2%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- LY12 · L1 economics + Y2 combined and general studies, unlisted subject
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Year abroad
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
33%
still studying
UK 91%
6%
left higher education
UK 6%
1%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
340 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course87%86%
Learning opportunities88%85%
Assessment and feedback89%79%
Academic support92%90%
Organisation and management94%88%
Learning resources94%90%
Student voice77%80%
140 final-year students · 61% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£30k5 years£38.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 65 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
64% working20% working and studying4% studying7% unemployed4% other
UK, same subject: 87% in work or study
52%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
61%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
38%
use what they learned
UK 50%
- Administrative occupations21%
- Business and public service associate professionals19%
- Finance Professionals13%
- Sales occupations8%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 145 graduates · 53% 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
social sciences social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Social sciences 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 Birmingham | Social Sciences BASc (Hon) | 136 points | 128–143 |
| Cardiff University | Human and Social Sciences BSc (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 128–143 |
| University of Bath | Social Sciences BSc (Hons) | ABB | 112–127 |
| University of Brighton | Social Sciences BA (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Social and Political Sciences BA (Hons) | 112 points | — |
| Bucks New University | Health and Social Science BSc (Hons) | 88 - 112 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Applied Sociology and Criminology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | under 96 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Criminology and Sociology BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| City College Norwich (incorporating Easton College) | Social Sciences BA (Hons) | — | — |
| University of Cambridge | Foundation Year in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences CertHE | See entry requirements | — |
| University of Essex | Social Sciences (Including Year Abroad) this course | — | 96–111 |
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