Psychology (with a professional placement year) at University of Sussex
Psychology (with a professional placement year) (BSc (Hons), C802) at University of Sussex asked for 136–153 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 sussex.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~153 points
Higharound AAA
Published as 136 - 153 points
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 sussex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 153
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. At least 60% had fewer than the 153 asked.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C802 · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Foundation year
- optional
Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 86%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
60 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%87%
Learning opportunities86%84%
Assessment and feedback80%80%
Academic support92%89%
Organisation and management90%84%
Learning resources91%89%
Student voice84%82%
55 final-year students · 80% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25.5k3 years£24k5 years£30.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 150 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
55% working5% working and studying10% studying30% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
45%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
95%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
65%
use what they learned
UK 55%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Brighton, South East England, England
- Postcode
- BN1 9RH
Subjects
psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- Falmer Campus, Falmer
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Psychology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle University | Cognitive Science BSc (Hons) | 128 - 153 points | 144–159 |
| University of Strathclyde | Economics & Psychology BA (Hons) | 120 - 153 points | — |
| University of Sussex | Psychology (with a professional placement year) this course | 136 - 153 points | 112–127 |
| Cardiff University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | A*AA - AAB | 160–175 |
| King's College London, University of London | Psychology BSc (Hons) | A*AA | 144–159 |
| University of Bath | Psychology BSc (Hons) | A*AA | 176–191 |
| University of Birmingham | Psychology and Psychological Practice Msci (Hon) | 152 points | 160–175 |
| University of Bristol | Psychology BSc (Hons) | A*AA - AAB | 144–159 |
| University of Exeter | Psychology with Professional Placement BSc (Hons) | A*AA | 160–175 |
| University of Oxford | Philosophy and Linguistics BA (Hons) | A*AA | 192–207 |
| University of St Andrews | Psychology and Statistics MA (Hons) | 126 - 152 points | 224–239 |
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