Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics with Integrated Foundation Year at University of Sunderland
Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics with Integrated Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), I160) at University of Sunderland asked for 40 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on sunderland.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~40 points
Openbelow 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 sunderland.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 40
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, an Access course 5%, a degree 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- I160 · I1 computer science
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
60%
still studying
UK 85%
40%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course88%83%
Learning opportunities86%81%
Assessment and feedback88%80%
Academic support94%86%
Organisation and management97%80%
Learning resources88%88%
Student voice85%78%
15 final-year students · 80% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
3 years£25.5k5 years£30.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Sunderland, North East England, England
- Postcode
- SR6 0DD
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Software engineering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City College Plymouth | Marine Autonomous Vehicles FdSc | 48 points | — |
| Gloucestershire College | Computing HND | 48 points | — |
| Leicester College | Computing (Software/Network Engineering) HND | 48 points | — |
| New College Durham | Cyber Security with Networking FdSc | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College | Computer Science (Cyber Security) FD | 48 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Software Engineering (With Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Gloucestershire | Cyber Security (with Foundation) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Sunderland | Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics with Integrated Foundation Year this course | 40 points | under 96 |
| Wrexham University | Cyber Security (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 40 points | under 96 |
| BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College) | Cyber Security & Cloud Networking HNC | 32 points | — |
| DN Colleges Group | Digital Technologies - Software Development & Programming HNC | 32 points | — |
See all 389 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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