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University of Sheffield · honours · 4 years · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 8070course page ↗

AAA at A level, including two science subjects; graduates earn a median £27,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAA

including two science subjects · 90% of entrants came with A levels · 100% stay on after year 1 · Sheffield course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAAtypical A level offer; gcse maths grade 4/c; science subjects include biology/human biology, chemistry, maths, further maths, physics, psychology or geography. neither biology and human biology, nor maths and further maths

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: AAB, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

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

  1. 1including two science subjects
Who actually got in: 90% with A levels, 5% with the IB, 5% with other higher education. 15% 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.

Other qualifications6
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB36International Baccalaureate: 36, with 6 in two Higher Level science subjects; 34, with 6,5 (in any order) in two Higher Level science subjects, and B in the extended essay6 in two Higher Level science subjects
BTECD*DDBTEC Extended Diploma: D*DD in Applied Science (Basic, Biomedical Science, or Analytical & Forensic Science* streams only), or Health and Social Care**—
BTECDDBTEC Diploma: DD in Applied Science + A at A Level—
T LevelNot acceptedT Level—
Scottish HighersAAABBScottish Highers + Advanced Higher/s: AAABB + AA in two science subjects—
AccessAward of the Access to HE Diploma in Science, with 45 credits at Level 3, includAccess to HE Diploma: Award of the Access to HE Diploma in Science, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 39 at Distinction (all in science units) and 6 at Merit—
Years 1–4

What do you study?

5compulsory modules in year 1

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.

Sheffield course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 2 core, 7 optional · 40 credits ≈ 400 hours
Year 3 · 1 core, 14 optional · 40 credits ≈ 400 hours
Year 4 · 3 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£27,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£23k
Median£28k
Upper quarter£33k

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 265 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, 11, 21

Half of graduates earned between £23,000 and £33,000. Five years on, the median is £34,000. 80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 60% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 10% left100%45
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying80%10
Professional or managerial job60%10
Pay 15 months on, median£29,00075
Pay 3 years on, median£27,500265
Pay 5 years on, median£34,000280
Money

What does it cost?

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

Sheffield fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

88%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 83% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 25 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 3; lowest: 60% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 196%
Question 288%
Question 3100%
Question 492%
Question 596%
Question 684%
Question 772%
Question 892%
Question 988%
Question 1072%
Question 1184%
Question 1276%
Question 1388%
Question 1460%
Question 1588%
Question 1688%
Question 1788%
Question 1896%
Question 1987%
Question 2088%
Question 2188%
Question 2296%
Question 2384%
Question 2488%
Question 2596%
Question 2688%

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