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University of Glasgow · honours · 4 years · UCAS 0093course page ↗

AAB – BBB at A level, A-Level English (or both GCSE English language and English Literature at Grade B or 5) and GCSE Mathematics at Grade B or 5. Interview**; graduates earn a median £32,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB – BBB

A-Level English (or both GCSE English language and English Literature at Grade B or 5) and GCSE Mathematics at Grade B or 5. Interview** · 75% of entrants came with A levels · 93% stay on after year 1 · Glasgow course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAB – BBBtypical 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.

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

  1. 1A-Level English (or both GCSE English language and English Literature at Grade B or 5) and GCSE Mathematics at Grade B or 5. Interview**
Who actually got in: 75% with A levels, 1% with the IB, 9% via Access courses, 15% with other higher education. 43% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 115 entrants.

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

Other qualifications2
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
Scottish HighersAAABBminimum from S5: ABBBHigher English and National 5 Mathematics or Application of Mathematics at Grade C
IB34 (6,5,5)HL English and SL Mathematics at 4. Interview**.
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£32,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£31k
Median£32k
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 350 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 13, 14, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £30,500 and £33,000. Five years on, the median is £35,500. 80% 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 17% left93%115
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying80%50
Professional or managerial job85%35
Pay 15 months on, median£40,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£32,000350
Pay 5 years on, median£35,500355
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?

70%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 60% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 45 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 35% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 283%
Question 380%
Question 491%
Question 585%
Question 685%
Question 787%
Question 880%
Question 972%
Question 1063%
Question 1165%
Question 1270%
Question 1393%
Question 1450%
Question 1561%
Question 1678%
Question 1737%
Question 1840%
Question 1984%
Question 2096%
Question 2192%
Question 2283%
Question 2370%
Question 2435%
Question 2578%
Question 2670%

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.