Sociology with a Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year at University of Leicester
Sociology with a Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year (BA (Hons), L319) 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 96–111 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 96–111 points. 30% had fewer than the 96 asked.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, an Access course 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- L319 · L3 sociology
- 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
85%
still studying
UK 85%
15%
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 course94%88%
Learning opportunities90%86%
Assessment and feedback88%84%
Academic support95%90%
Organisation and management81%83%
Learning resources91%90%
Student voice83%80%
20 final-year students · 66% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£26.5k3 years£27.5k5 years£35k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 110 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
60% working5% working and studying20% studying10% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
95%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
50%
use what they learned
UK 43%
- Business and public service associate professionals35%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation10%
- Caring personal services10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials5%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 40 graduates · 55% 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
sociology social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- University of Leicester - Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Sociology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abertay University | Criminology BA (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| Bangor University | Sociology (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 - 96 points | 96–111 |
| Edge Hill University | Sociology with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Edinburgh Napier University | Psychology with Sociology BA (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| Goldsmiths, University of London | Applied Psychosocial and Psychotherapy Studies BA (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| Lincoln Bishop University | Criminology BA (Hons) | 96 points | 96–111 |
| University College Birmingham | Criminology BA (Hons) | 96 points | 96–111 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Forensic Science and Criminology BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| University of Bradford | Criminology BA (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| University of Gloucestershire | Crime and Criminal Investigation BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 96–111 |
| University of Leicester | Sociology with a Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year this course | 96 points | 96–111 |
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