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    Birkbeck, University of London

    Social and Political Sciences

    BA (Hons), 3 study options

    Typical offer rate

    75–85%

    high entry

    Grad employment

    95%

    15 months after

    In professional roles

    60%

    Median grad salary

    £38,500

    15 months after

    Birkbeck's social and political sciences degree is a BA examining the structures of power, governance and society, drawing on political theory, sociology and related disciplines. The programme addresses topics from democratic institutions and social inequality to ideology, social movements and the state. Offers go to most who meet the grades.

    How hard is it to get in?

    The typical applicant to Social and Political Sciences 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: 112–112 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 · Social and Political Sciences

    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.