Astronomy/Physics MSci

University of Glasgow · honours · 5 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 0602course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £30,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£30,000

median, based on 90 graduates · half earned £24,500–£33,500 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 85% with A levels, 15% via Access courses. 30% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 15 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?

£30,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£25k
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 90 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 23, 24, 14, 22

Half of graduates earned between £24,500 and £33,500. Five years on, the median is £37,000. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 75% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 115% left85%15
In work or study, 15 months on25% studying90%10
Professional or managerial job75%35
Pay 15 months on, median£30,00030
Pay 3 years on, median£30,00090
Pay 5 years on, median£37,000100
Money

What does it cost?

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

Glasgow fees page

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

63%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 84% 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 20; lowest: 25% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 181%
Question 269%
Question 388%
Question 456%
Question 563%
Question 681%
Question 781%
Question 863%
Question 969%
Question 1063%
Question 1188%
Question 1269%
Question 1381%
Question 1425%
Question 1575%
Question 1675%
Question 1775%
Question 1863%
Question 1987%
Question 20100%
Question 2188%
Question 2281%
Question 2375%
Question 2456%
Question 2577%
Question 2663%

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