Psychology with Education BSc

University of Leeds · honours · 3 years · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 1215, 5186, 8125course page ↗

AAB at A level, in one or more of psychology, geography, mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, geology, economics, statistics, environmental science or computing; graduates earn a median £25,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB

in one or more of psychology, geography, mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, geology, economics, statistics, environmental science or computing · 100% of entrants came with A levels · 100% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AABtypical 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

  1. 1in one or more of psychology, geography, mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, geology, economics, statistics, environmental science or computing
Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 5% 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 qualifications2
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB35 points—
Advanced HighersABin Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers or; A in Advanced Higher and AAABB in Highers or AAAABB in Highers, including maths and science
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£25,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£21k
Median£25k
Upper quarter£31k

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 185 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 24, 14, 12, 22

Half of graduates earned between £21,000 and £30,500. Five years on, the median is £31,500. 95% 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 10% left100%25
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying95%15
Professional or managerial job65%15
Pay 15 months on, median£26,00060
Pay 3 years on, median£25,000185
Pay 5 years on, median£31,500190
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: £33,700 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

82%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 55% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 10 students answered

Highest: 91% agreed on question 4; lowest: 55% on question 11.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 182%
Question 273%
Question 382%
Question 491%
Question 582%
Question 691%
Question 791%
Question 873%
Question 982%
Question 1091%
Question 1155%
Question 1273%
Question 1391%
Question 1473%
Question 1564%
Question 1682%
Question 1764%
Question 1873%
Question 1973%
Question 2073%
Question 2182%
Question 2282%
Question 2373%
Question 2482%
Question 2591%
Question 2682%

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.