Physics with Foundation Year at University of Southampton
Physics with Foundation Year (MPhys, F305) at University of Southampton 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 southampton.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 southampton.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. 25% had fewer than the 128 asked.
25 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a foundation course 5%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Physics
- Code
- F305 · F3 physics
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Institute of Physics (IOP) for the purpose of fully meeting the educational requirement for Chartered Physicist. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
80%
still studying
UK 90%
20%
left higher education
UK 8%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
45 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%92%
Learning opportunities77%88%
Assessment and feedback77%81%
Academic support74%93%
Organisation and management83%86%
Learning resources84%92%
Student voice75%83%
25 final-year students · 79% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£32k5 years£38k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
65% working10% working and studying5% studying15% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
65%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
45%
use what they learned
UK 51%
- Information Technology Professionals20%
- Sales occupations10%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals10%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Southampton, South East England, England
- Postcode
- SO17 1BJ
Subjects
physics physical sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Southampton
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Physics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Engineering Physics (with integrated year in industry) MEng (Hons) | 120 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| Heriot-Watt University | Mathematical Physics BSc (Hons) | BBB - ABB | 192–207 |
| Keele University | Physics BSc (Hons) | 128 points | under 96 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Physics BSc (Hons) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| University of Hertfordshire | Physics BSc (Hons) | 120 - 128 points | 112–127 |
| University of Hull | Physics MPhys | 128 points | 96–111 |
| University of Kent | Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics BSc (Hons) | 112 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| University of Leicester | Physics BSc (Hons) | ABB | under 96 |
| University of Liverpool | Physics BSc (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Southampton | Physics with Foundation Year this course | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Surrey | Physics MPhys | ABB | 128–143 |
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