Fine Art with History of Art BA

University of Leeds · honours · 3 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 1252, 2112, 1573course page ↗

ABB at A level; graduates earn a median £24,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
ABB

100% of entrants came with A levels · 90% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

ABBtypical 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.

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

Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 20% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 30 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
AccessDistinctionPass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher—
BTECDDM—
IB34 pointsincluding 16 at Higher Level with 4 in English
Advanced HighersBBin Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers OR B in Advanced Highers and AAABB in Highers OR AABBBB in Highers
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£24,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£17k
Median£24k
Upper quarter£29k

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 70 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 14, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £17,000 and £28,500. Five years on, the median is £31,500. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing.

All outcome figures5
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 110% left90%10
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying90%10
Pay 3 years on, median£24,00070
Pay 5 years on, median£31,50070
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.

Leeds fees page · source

About £30,150 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £27,300 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

53%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 75% 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 2; lowest: 53% on question 26.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 193%
Question 2100%
Question 393%
Question 493%
Question 593%
Question 680%
Question 780%
Question 867%
Question 953%
Question 1060%
Question 1180%
Question 1286%
Question 1387%
Question 1473%
Question 1580%
Question 1687%
Question 1773%
Question 1880%
Question 1969%
Question 2087%
Question 2180%
Question 2280%
Question 2373%
Question 2467%
Question 2586%
Question 2653%

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