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    Swansea University

    Biology with a Foundation Year

    BSc (Hons), 4 years

    Typical offer rate

    93–100%

    high entry

    Typical entry

    DDD

    CDD

    Grad employment

    85%

    15 months after

    In professional roles

    50%

    Median grad salary

    £26,000

    15 months after

    Swansea's Biology with a Foundation Year is a BSc that adds an opening year before the degree; the foundation year carries the preparation, and the degree after it is the standard one. It provides a route into biology for students without the standard entry qualifications. An offer is likely for applicants who meet the grades; offers are made around CDD to DDD at A-level.

    How hard is it to get in?

    The typical applicant to Biology with a Foundation Year at Swansea University has a 93–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. Most offers are made around DDD at A-level. 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

    • Typical A-level grades: DDD
    • CDD
    • DDD

    About Swansea University

    Swansea teaches on its original Singleton Park campus above the bay and a newer Bay Campus on the seafront, a research-led university in south Wales.

    Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Swansea University · Biology with a 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.