Physics BSc

University of Nottingham · honours · 3 years · optional foundation year · UCAS 7925course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £31,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£31,000

median, based on 145 graduates · half earned £25,000–£37,500 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 5% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 45 entrants.

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

After graduating

Where does it lead?

£31,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£25k
Median£31k
Upper quarter£38k

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 145 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 24, 14, 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £25,000 and £37,500. Five years on, the median is £38,500. 100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 70% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left95%30
In work or study, 15 months on15% studying100%10
Professional or managerial job70%20
Pay 15 months on, median£34,00030
Pay 3 years on, median£31,000145
Pay 5 years on, median£38,500180
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Nottingham fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

94%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 63% 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 20; lowest: 53% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 189%
Question 278%
Question 389%
Question 474%
Question 579%
Question 695%
Question 789%
Question 879%
Question 968%
Question 1074%
Question 1189%
Question 1274%
Question 1384%
Question 1453%
Question 1595%
Question 1684%
Question 1784%
Question 1888%
Question 1988%
Question 20100%
Question 2184%
Question 2279%
Question 2383%
Question 2467%
Question 2571%
Question 2694%

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 Nottingham’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 Nottingham is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.