Cardiac Physiology (Healthcare Science) BSc

University of Southampton · honours · 3 years · UCAS 9995course page ↗

ABB from 3 A-levels including one science at A level, one science; graduates earn a median £29,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
ABB from 3 A-levels including one science

one science · 90% of entrants came with A levels · 90% stay on after year 1 · Southampton course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

ABB from 3 A-levels including one sciencetypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

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

  1. 1one science
Who actually got in: 90% with A levels, 10% via Access courses, 5% with other higher education. 5% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 25 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 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level including a science—
BTECDDM in the BTEC National Extended Diploma DD in BTEC National Diploma plus B i—
Access60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 must be at Disti—
Scottish HighersOffers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and q—
T LevelAn overall distinction with grade B in the core element in the Health or Healthcgrade B in the core element in the Health or Healthcare Science T-Level
Years 1–3

What do you study?

6compulsory modules in year 1

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

After graduating

Where does it lead?

£29,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£24k
Median£30k
Upper quarter£34k

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 710 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 22, 12, 14, 11, 21

Half of graduates earned between £24,000 and £33,500. Five years on, the median is £33,000. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 65% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 110% left90%20
In work or study, 15 months on35% studying85%10
Professional or managerial job65%10
Pay 15 months on, median£30,50055
Pay 3 years on, median£29,500710
Pay 5 years on, median£33,000680
Money

What does it cost?

£9,535a 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 £28,605 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold.

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

71%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 70% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 71% on question 26.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 2100%
Question 3100%
Question 4100%
Question 593%
Question 6100%
Question 7100%
Question 8100%
Question 9100%
Question 1071%
Question 1186%
Question 1293%
Question 13100%
Question 1471%
Question 15100%
Question 16100%
Question 17100%
Question 1892%
Question 1979%
Question 20100%
Question 21100%
Question 2286%
Question 23100%
Question 2493%
Question 25100%
Question 2671%

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.