Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year BSc

University of Exeter · honours · 4 years · foundation year · UCAS 7741course page ↗

BCC at A level, GCE A-Level Maths grade C. We will also accept AS Maths at A or Core Maths at A in lieu of A-level Maths. Candidates may offer GCE A-Level Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths; graduates earn a median £40,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
BCC

GCE A-Level Maths grade C. We will also accept AS Maths at A or Core Maths at A in lieu of A-level Maths. Candidates may offer GCE A-Level Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths · 88% of entrants came with A levels · 94% stay on after year 1 · Exeter course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

BCCtypical 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.

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

  1. 1GCE A-Level Maths grade C. We will also accept AS Maths at A or Core Maths at A in lieu of A-level Maths. Candidates may offer GCE A-Level Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths
Who actually got in: 88% with A levels, 5% with the IB, 1% via Access courses, 3% with other higher education. 6% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 230 entrants.

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

Other qualifications4
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB26/544Maths HL 4
BTECDMMApplicants studying one of the following BTEC Extended Diplomas will be considered without a GCE A-Level Maths subject: Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ma
Access18 L3 credits at Distinction grade and 27 L3 credits at Merit grade12 L3 credits in Maths at Pass Grade in an appropriate Mathematics subject
T LevelT-Levels not accepted—
Years 1–4

What do you study?

6compulsory modules in foundation year

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.

Exeter course page · optional modules vary by year

Foundation year · 6 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£40,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£33k
Median£41k
Upper quarter£51k

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 30 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 £32,500 and £51,000. Five years on, the median is £58,000. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 93% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left94%240
In work or study, 15 months on6% studying90%75
Professional or managerial job93%60
Pay 15 months on, median£34,00045
Pay 3 years on, median£40,50030
Pay 5 years on, median£58,00035
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 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.

Exeter 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.

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; 70% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 150 students answered

Highest: 94% agreed on question 19; lowest: 66% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
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Question 2688%

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

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