Sociology degrees

1,246 courses at 145 UK universities offer sociology for 2027 entry: most ask for between 72 and 112 UCAS points; 287 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 590, BSc (Hons) 438, LLB (Hons) 78, MA (Hons) 59
Study full-time 1,203, part-time 43

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing sociology with another subject.

• psychology 153
• law 125
• politics 58
• criminal justice 37
• social policy 36
• policing 33
• forensic science 25
• history 24
• philosophy 20
• media and communication studies 16

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• L3 sociology 297
• M9 other law, often criminology 115
• M1 law by area 41
• C8 psychology 33
• M2 law by topic 26
• L4 social policy 19
• L6 anthropology 17
• F4 forensic and archaeological sciences 10

Universities

• University of Liverpool 40
• University of Essex 39
• Lancaster University 29
• Swansea University 27
• Liverpool Hope University 25
• University of Glasgow 25
• University of Portsmouth 25
• University of Derby 24
• University of Exeter 24
• Oxford Brookes University 23
• University of Aberdeen 23
• Anglia Ruskin University 20
• Keele University 20
• Liverpool John Moores University 19
• University of Chester 19
• University of Roehampton 18
• Leeds Trinity University 17
• Open University 17
• University of Manchester 17
• Brunel University of London 16
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 16
• Bristol, UWE 15
• Southampton, Solent University 15
• Teesside University 14
• Ulster University 14
• University of Birmingham 14
• University of Worcester 14
• Aberystwyth University 13
• University of Sussex 13
• University of Warwick 13
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 12
• The University of Law 12
• University of Stirling 12
• Royal Holloway, University of London 11
• University of Hull 11
• University of Reading 11
• University of York 11
• Bath Spa University 10
• Canterbury Christ Church University 10
• Coventry University 10
• Lincoln Bishop University 10
• London Metropolitan University 10
• Nottingham Trent University 10
• Queen's University Belfast 10
• Sheffield Hallam University 10
• St Mary's University, Twickenham 10
• Bangor University 9
• Kingston University 9
• Middlesex University 9
• University of East London 9
• University of Greenwich 9
• University of Huddersfield 9
• University of Plymouth 9
• University of Surrey 9
• University of Westminster, London 9
• University of Winchester 9
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 8
• City St George's, University of London 8
• Durham University 8
• Leeds Beckett University 8
• Loughborough University 8
• University of Chichester 8
• University of Gloucestershire 8
• University of Leeds 8
• University of Leicester 8
• University of Northampton 8
• University of Salford 8
• Aston University, Birmingham 7
• Birmingham Newman University 7
• Cardiff University 7
• London South Bank University 7
• Manchester Metropolitan University 7
• The University of Edinburgh 7
• UCL (University College London) 7
• University of Bedfordshire 7
• University of Brighton 7
• University of Kent 7
• University of Lancashire 7
• University of Sheffield 7
• University of Wolverhampton 7
• Birmingham City University 6
• Bournemouth University 6
• Bucks New University 6
• Edge Hill University 6
• Goldsmiths, University of London 6
• University of Bath 6
• University of Staffordshire 6
• University of Suffolk 6
• Birkbeck, University of London 5
• Blackburn College 5
• University of Bristol 5
• University of South Wales 5
• Abertay University 4
• Blackpool and the Fylde College 4
• King's College London, University of London 4
• Newcastle University 4
• Queen Mary University of London 4
• University Centre Farnborough 4
• University College Birmingham 4
• University of Greater Manchester 4
• University of Lincoln 4
• University of Southampton 4
• University of St Andrews 4
• University of West London 4
• De Montfort University 3
• Edinburgh Napier University 3
• Newcastle College University Centre 3
• Plymouth Marjon University 3
• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 3
• Robert Gordon University 3
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 3
• University Campus Oldham 3
• University Centre Peterborough 3
• University of Cumbria 3
• University of East Anglia UEA 3
• University of Hertfordshire 3
• University of Nottingham 3
• York St John University 3
• Barnsley College University Centre 2
• Burnley College 2
• DN Colleges Group 2
• Holy Cross Sixth Form College and University Centre 2
• Hugh Baird College 2
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 2
• Richmond American University London 2
• SAE Institute 2
• University Centre Calderdale College 2
• University of Bradford 2
• University of Sunderland 2
• University of the West of Scotland 2
• West Suffolk College 2
• Wrexham University 2
• Hull College 1
• Lincoln College University Centre 1
• Loughborough College 1
• Nottingham College 1
• NPTC Group 1
• University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College) 1
• University Centre Bishop Burton 1
• University Centre South Devon 1
• University Centre South Essex 1
• University Centre Truro and Penwith 1
• University Centre Weston 1
• University of Cambridge 1
• University of Oxford 1

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