Biomedical Informatics with Foundation and Placement at University of West London

Biomedical Informatics with Foundation and Placement (BSc (Hons), H173) at University of West London asked for 72 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had under 96 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on uwl.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~72 points

Open

below 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 uwl.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 72

45% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.

30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, an Access course 5%, other higher education 5%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
Code: H173 · H1 general engineering
Duration: 5 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Foundation
Year: 2027

Placement year: built in
Foundation year: built in

Student experience

After the first yearSubject at this uni

80%

still studying

UK 85%

10%

left higher education

UK 10%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

60 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveySubject at this uni

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course86%87%

Learning opportunities81%83%

Assessment and feedback87%87%

Academic support89%90%

Organisation and management88%90%

Learning resources92%91%

Student voice84%83%

35 final-year students · 87% responded · NSS 2025-26

After graduating

SalaryWider subject at this uni

15 months

£30k3 years

£26.5k5 years

£34.5k

£20k£30k£40k£50k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 30 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onSubject at this uni

80% working5% working and studying15% unemployed

UK, same subject: 90% in work or study

65%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 70%

65%

say their work is meaningful

UK 75%

25%

use what they learned

UK 55%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: London, Greater London, England
Postcode: W5 5RF

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Subjects

bioinformatics computing

Campus

Campus: Ealing / Brentford
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Information systems 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
Harper Adams University	Applied Data Science FdSc	72 - 80 points	96–111
Hopwood Hall College	Computing HND	80 points	—
Leeds Beckett University	Data Science & Artificial Intelligence BA/BSc	72 points	under 96
University of Chester	Data Science (including a Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	72 points	96–111
University of West London	Biomedical Informatics with Foundation and Placement this course	72 points	under 96
Canterbury Christ Church University	Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	64 points	96–111
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Computer and Data Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	64 points	96–111
Kingston University	Cyber Security & Digital Forensics with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	64 points	112–127
Middlesex University	Artificial Intelligence and Data Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	40 - 64 points	under 96
University of Huddersfield	Computer Science with Games Programming with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	CC	96–111
University of South Wales	Computing HND	48 - 64 points	96–111

See all 164 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side

More computing at University of West London

Artificial Intelligence BSc (Hons)
Artificial Intelligence with Foundation BSc (Hons)
Audio Software Engineering BSc (Hons)
Audio Software Engineering with Foundation BSc (Hons)
Bioinformatics Genomics BSc (Hons)
Bioinformatics Genomics with Foundation BSc (Hons)
Bioinformatics Genomics with Foundation and Placement BSc (Hons)
Bioinformatics Genomics with Placement BSc (Hons)
Biomedical Informatics BSc (Hons)
Biomedical Informatics with Foundation BSc (Hons)
Biomedical Informatics with Placement BSc (Hons)
Business Computing BSc (Hons)

All 33 in one table