Cardiff University
At a glance
Source: Discover Uni, median across coursesStudent satisfaction83%National Student Survey
In work or study89%15 months after graduating
Entrants’ UCAS points112–176+Middle entrant, by course
Continuation92%Students continuing into year 2
Cardiff University offers 223 undergraduate courses listed in the Discover Uni dataset, based in Wales. Across its courses, the median student satisfaction score is 83%. A median of 89% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after finishing. Students typically arrived with between 112 and 176+ UCAS tariff points, depending on the course. 21 courses offer a placement year and 19 offer a year abroad.
Courses at Cardiff University
Filter these coursesAccounting4 courses
Adult nursing1 course
Applied psychology1 course
Archaeology2 courses
Architecture3 courses
Asian studies1 course
Astronomy4 courses
Bioengineering, medical and biomedical engineering4 courses
Biomedical sciences1 course
Biosciences10 courses
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MBiochem (Hons) Biochemistry4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MBiol (Hons) Biological Sciences4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MBiomed (Hons) Biomedical Sciences4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
Business and management1 course
Chemistry9 courses
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MChem (Hons) Chemistry4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with a Placement Year Abroad4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MChem (Hons) Chemistry with a Placement Year Abroad4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
Children's nursing1 course
Civil engineering12 courses
- BEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering3 years · Full-time74% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering5 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil & Environmental Engineering4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil and Environmental Engineering3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil and Environmental Engineering4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil and Environmental Engineering5 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering5 years · Full-time85% satisfied
Computer science10 courses
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science with a Year in Industry5 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science with a Year of Study Abroad5 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy1 course
Dental nursing2 courses
Dentistry1 course
Earth sciences11 courses
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Geoscience3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Environmental Geoscience4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Geoscience with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Sustainability Science3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Exploration Geology3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Exploration Geology4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Exploration Geology with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Geology4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geology3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Geology4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geology with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
Economics5 courses
- BSc (Hons) Business Economics3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business Economics with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
Education1 course
Electrical and electronic engineering4 courses
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering5 years · Full-time86% satisfied
Engineering5 courses
- BEng (Hons) Engineering4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical and Electrical Engineering3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical and Electrical Engineering4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical and Electrical Engineering4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year in Industry)5 years · Full-time75% satisfied
English language2 courses
Finance3 courses
Forensic and archaeological sciences1 course
History3 courses
Human geography2 courses
Journalism4 courses
Law2 courses
Linguistics4 courses
Literature in English9 courses
- BA (Hons) English Literature3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature and a Modern Language4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature and History3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature and Philosophy3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature, Journalism and Media3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and English Literature3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and English Literature3 years · Full-time98% satisfied
Mathematics17 courses
- BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics for the Modern World3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics for the Modern World with a Foundation Year4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics for the Modern World with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics for the Modern World with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics Operational Research and Statistics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics Operational Research and Statistics4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics Operational Research and Statistics4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year5 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with a Year Abroad4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics with a Year of Study Abroad5 years · Full-time80% satisfied
Mechanical engineering4 courses
Medical technology2 courses
Medicine2 courses
Mental health nursing1 course
Midwifery1 course
Molecular biology, biophysics and biochemistry1 course
Music3 courses
Ophthalmics2 courses
Others in language and area studies6 courses
- BA (Hons) History and a Modern Language4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Modern Languages4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Modern Languages4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and a Modern Language4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Translation3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Translation with a Placement Year Abroad4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
Pharmacology2 courses
Pharmacy1 course
Philosophy3 courses
Physical geographical sciences10 courses
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Geography3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Environmental Geography4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Geography with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Geography3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Marine Geography4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Geography with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physical Geography3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physical Geography4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physical Geography4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physical Geography with a Year of Study Abroad4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
Physics6 courses
- BSc (Hons) Physics3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics with a Professional Placement Year5 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Medical Physics3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Physiotherapy1 course
Planning (urban, rural and regional)5 courses
- BSc (Hons) Human Geography and Planning3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Human Geography and Planning4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited)4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) in Urban Planning and Development3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) in Urban Planning and Development with a Professional Placement Year4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
Politics10 courses
- BA (Hons) International Relations3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Journalism, Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law with Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Modern History, Politics & International Relations3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Politics and International Relations4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics, International Relations and a Modern Language4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh, Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time98% satisfied
Psychology2 courses
Social sciences3 courses
Sociology9 courses
- BSc (Hons) Criminology3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Criminology4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Social Policy3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology3 years · Full-time71% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BScEcon (Hons) Politics and Sociology3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Sociology3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Sociology and Education3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
Software engineering1 course
Welsh studies7 courses
- BA (Hons) Welsh3 years · Full-time98% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and a Modern Language4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and Education3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and History3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and Journalism3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and Music3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Welsh and Philosophy3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
Living and studying here
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Main location: Cardiff University, University Secretary's Office, CF10 3AT · View on map
Frequently asked questions
What UCAS points do you need for Cardiff University?
It depends on the course. Based on the most recent entrants, the middle student arrived with between 112 and 176+ points across Cardiff University’s courses. Check each course page for its figure, and the university’s own website for its current offer.
Are students at Cardiff University satisfied with their course?
The median National Student Survey positivity score across Cardiff University’s courses is 83%. Scores vary a lot by course, so compare the individual courses you are interested in.
Do Cardiff University graduates get jobs?
A median of 89% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £30,000. Figures come from the Graduate Outcomes survey.
How many courses does Cardiff University offer?
We list 223 undergraduate courses at Cardiff University, across 55 subjects.