Architecture and Urban Planning BA

Newcastle University · honours · 3 years · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 5238course page ↗

ABB at A level; graduates earn a median £29,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
ABB

80% of entrants came with A levels · 90% stay on after year 1 · Newcastle course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

ABBtypical A level offer; 2027 entry, from meta tags; required subjects not in html (widget filled by bundle.course-ug-min.js)

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.

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

Who actually got in: 80% with A levels, 10% with other higher education. 10% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 50 entrants.

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

Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB32 points2027 entry, from meta tags; required subjects not in HTML (widget filled by bundle.course-ug-min.js)—
Years 1–3

What do you study?

6compulsory modules in year 1

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.

Newcastle course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 2 core, 10 optional · 40 credits ≈ 400 hours
Year 3 · 1 core, 15 optional · 40 credits ≈ 400 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£29,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£24k
Median£29k
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 95 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 22, 14

Half of graduates earned between £23,500 and £33,500. Five years on, the median is £33,000. 86% 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 110% left90%45
In work or study, 15 months on4% studying86%145
Professional or managerial job75%110
Pay 15 months on, median£27,00070
Pay 3 years on, median£29,00095
Pay 5 years on, median£33,000140
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.

Newcastle 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: £26,750 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

100%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 79% 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 26; lowest: 33% on question 17.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 160%
Question 280%
Question 373%
Question 467%
Question 560%
Question 660%
Question 787%
Question 887%
Question 940%
Question 1040%
Question 1160%
Question 1267%
Question 1347%
Question 1460%
Question 1580%
Question 1673%
Question 1733%
Question 1867%
Question 1967%
Question 2093%
Question 2187%
Question 2253%
Question 2347%
Question 2440%
Question 2562%
Question 26100%

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