Foundation to Orthoptics (Year 0) BSc

University of Liverpool · honours · 4 years · foundation year · optional year abroad · UCAS 8709course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £27,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£27,500

median, based on 45 graduates · half earned £24,000–£29,000 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Liverpool course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 95% with A levels, 5% via Access courses. 5% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 40 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Years 1–4

What do you study?

7compulsory modules in year not stated

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Liverpool course page · optional modules vary by year

After graduating

Where does it lead?

£27,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£24k
Median£28k
Upper quarter£29k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 45 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £24,000 and £29,000. Five years on, the median is £30,500. 65% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 90% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 115% left85%45
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying65%15
Professional or managerial job90%10
Pay 15 months on, median£30,00025
Pay 3 years on, median£27,50045
Pay 5 years on, median£30,50035
Money

What does it cost?

£9,790a year for UK students, 2026/27 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Liverpool fees page · source

About £39,160 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold.

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

95%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 81% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 20 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 62% on question 15.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 276%
Question 390%
Question 481%
Question 576%
Question 686%
Question 790%
Question 886%
Question 990%
Question 1086%
Question 1190%
Question 1281%
Question 1381%
Question 1467%
Question 1562%
Question 1690%
Question 1767%
Question 1886%
Question 1990%
Question 2090%
Question 2190%
Question 2295%
Question 2381%
Question 2486%
Question 2595%
Question 2695%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Liverpool’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Liverpool is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.