Business and Artificial Intelligence with Study Abroad BSc

University of Southampton · honours · 4 years · year abroad · UCAS 3078course page ↗

AAB plus a minimum of grade 5 in GCSE Mathematics at A level; graduates earn a median £47,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB plus a minimum of grade 5 in GCSE Mathematics

78% of entrants came with A levels · 95% stay on after year 1 · Southampton course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAB plus a minimum of grade 5 in GCSE Mathematicstypical A level offer

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

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

Who actually got in: 78% with A levels, 1% with the IB, 2% with other higher education. 15% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 390 entrants.

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

Other qualifications5
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IBPass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level—
BTECD in the Business BTEC National Extended Certificate plus AA from two A levels —
Access60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, of which 39 must be at Disti—
Scottish HighersOffers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and q—
T LevelWe will accept the following T levels in Management Admin, Finance, Accounting, —
Years 1–4

What do you study?

7compulsory modules in year 1, 2 optional

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. Credits are not published for this course.

Southampton course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 6 core, 4 optional
Year 3 · 6 core, 2 optional
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£47,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£37k
Median£47k
Upper quarter£59k

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 115 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 12, 22

Half of graduates earned between £37,000 and £58,500. Five years on, the median is £62,000. 91% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 85% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left95%335
In work or study, 15 months on3% studying91%120
Professional or managerial job85%100
Pay 15 months on, median£37,00070
Pay 3 years on, median£47,000115
Pay 5 years on, median£62,000120
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a 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.

Southampton fees page · source

About £40,200 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £33,000 a year (2026/27).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

81%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 73% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 280 students answered

Highest: 91% agreed on question 19; lowest: 52% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
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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 Southampton’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 Southampton is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.