Social Policy, Sociology and Crime at University of Leeds
Social Policy, Sociology and Crime (BSc (Hons), L433) at University of Leeds asked for ABB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on courses.leeds.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
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 courses.leeds.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 128
The middle entrant had 128–143 points. 30% had fewer than the 128 asked.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- L433 · L4 social policy
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 85%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
45 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course89%88%
Learning opportunities81%86%
Assessment and feedback78%84%
Academic support83%90%
Organisation and management79%83%
Learning resources87%90%
Student voice74%80%
25 final-year students · 53% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£28.5k3 years£25k5 years£29k
£20k£30k£40k
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
71% working7% working and studying10% studying5% unemployed8% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
56%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
44%
use what they learned
UK 43%
- Business and public service associate professionals22%
- Administrative occupations12%
- Teaching Professionals8%
- Elementary occupations8%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 135 graduates · 53% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
- Postcode
- LS2 9JT
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- The University of Leeds
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Social policy 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.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's University Belfast | Education Studies and Social Policy BA (Hons) | 120 - 132 points | 128–143 |
| University of Strathclyde | Education and Social Policy BA (Hons) | 120 - 132 points | 192–207 |
| Bangor University | Criminology and Psychology BA (Hons) | 104 - 128 points | 112–127 |
| Cardiff University | Criminology and Social Policy BSc (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 128–143 |
| Kingston University | Criminology and Criminal Justice BSc (Hons) | 112 - 128 points | under 96 |
| Swansea University | Criminology and Criminal Justice with a Year Abroad BSc (Hons) | 112 - 128 points | 112–127 |
| University of Birmingham | Social Policy BA (Hons) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| University of Leeds | Social Policy, Sociology and Crime this course | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Manchester | International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response BSc (Hons) | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Sheffield | Sociology BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| Aberystwyth University | BA Intelligence and International Security BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
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