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    Birkbeck, University of London

    Data Science with Foundation Year

    BSc (Hons), 4 years

    Typical offer rate

    75–85%

    high entry

    Grad employment

    80%

    15 months after

    In professional roles

    75%

    Birkbeck's Data Science with Foundation Year adds an opening year before the degree; the foundation year carries the preparation, and the degree after it is the standard programme in statistical analysis, programming and data management. The foundation stage equips students with the quantitative and computational grounding needed to progress. Offers go to most who meet the grades.

    How hard is it to get in?

    The typical applicant to Data Science with Foundation Year at Birkbeck, University of London has a 75–85% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.

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    Entry requirements

    • UCAS tariff: 48–48 points

    About Birkbeck, University of London

    Birkbeck has taught in the evening since the nineteenth century, founded for working Londoners, and most of its degrees can still be taken part-time around a job.

    Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Birkbeck, University of London · Data Science with Foundation Year

    Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.