History with a Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year at University of Leicester
History with a Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year (BA (Hons), V119) at University of Leicester asked for 96 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on le.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~96 points
Moderatearound 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 le.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 96
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. 20% had fewer than the 96 asked.
45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- V119 · V1 history by period
- Duration
- 4 - 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
84%
still studying
UK 89%
13%
left higher education
UK 10%
4%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
55 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%94%
Learning opportunities86%87%
Assessment and feedback88%87%
Academic support95%95%
Organisation and management83%86%
Learning resources89%92%
Student voice84%80%
30 final-year students · 71% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£24k5 years£30k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
45% working25% working and studying20% studying10% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 48%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
50%
use what they learned
UK 40%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 70% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Leicester, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE1 7RH
Subjects
history historical, philosophical and religious studies
Campus
- Campus
- University of Leicester - Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
History 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chichester | History BA (Hons) | 104 points | 96–111 |
| University of Plymouth | History BA (Hons) | 104 points | 112–127 |
| University of South Wales | History BA (Hons) | 104 points | 96–111 |
| Bangor University | History (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 - 96 points | under 96 |
| Durham University | History with Foundation BA (Hons) | CCC | — |
| Edge Hill University | History with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 96 points | 96–111 |
| Lincoln Bishop University | History BA (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | History with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| University of Dundee | Business Economics with Marketing and History MA (Hons) | CCC - CCD | 160–175 |
| University of Leicester | History with a Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year this course | 96 points | 112–127 |
| University of Manchester | Politics and Modern History BA (Hons) | AA | 144–159 |
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