University of Plymouth
At a glance
Source: Discover Uni, median across coursesStudent satisfaction84%National Student Survey
In work or study85%15 months after graduating
Entrants’ UCAS points48–160+Middle entrant, by course
Continuation88%Students continuing into year 2
University of Plymouth offers 192 undergraduate courses listed in the Discover Uni dataset, based in the South West. Across its courses, the median student satisfaction score is 84%. A median of 85% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after finishing. Students typically arrived with between 48 and 160+ UCAS tariff points, depending on the course. 127 courses offer a placement year and 114 offer a year abroad.
Courses at University of Plymouth
Filter these coursesAdult nursing6 courses
- MNurs (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health and Child Health)4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MNurs (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health and Mental Health)4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health)3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health)3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health)3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health) with Integrated Foundation Year4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
Anatomy, physiology and pathology1 course
Anthropology2 courses
Architecture1 course
Biomedical sciences5 courses
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Biomedical Science4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Integrated Foundation Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- MPsych (Hons) Psychology with Human Neuroscience4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
Biosciences2 courses
Building3 courses
Business and management8 courses
- BSc (Hons) Business Management3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business Management with Finance3 years · Full-time95% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business Management with Human Resource Management3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business Management with International Business3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business Management with Marketing3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Maritime Business3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Maritime Business with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Chemistry3 courses
Childhood and youth studies2 courses
Children's nursing3 courses
Cinematics and photography2 courses
Civil engineering7 courses
- BSc (Hons) Architectural Engineering3 years · Full-time73% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil and Coastal Engineering3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil and Coastal Engineering4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering (Nuclear Science)4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
Complementary and alternative medicine2 courses
Computer games and animation2 courses
Computer science6 courses
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Cyber Security)3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Games Development)3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Software Engineering)3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy3 courses
Creative arts and design2 courses
Creative writing2 courses
Dentistry4 courses
- BDS Dental Surgery5 years · Full-time98% satisfied
- BDS Dental Surgey with Integrated Foundation Year6 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Dental Therapy and Hygiene3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Dental Therapy and Hygiene with Integrated Foundation Year4 years · Full-time92% satisfied
Design studies4 courses
Earth sciences7 courses
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Geoscience3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geology3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MGeol (Hons) Geology4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geology with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Exploration and Surveying3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Science3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Sciences with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
Ecology and environmental biology10 courses
- BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Ecology3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Marine Conservation3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Biology3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Marine Biology4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Biology and Oceanography3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Biology with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marine Conservation3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Science and Marine Conservation3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
Economics3 courses
Electrical and electronic engineering5 courses
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Nuclear Science)4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Electronic and Computer Engineering3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
Engineering1 course
English studies4 courses
Environmental sciences3 courses
Finance2 courses
Forensic and archaeological sciences1 course
Geography5 courses
- BA (Hons) Geography3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geography3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geography with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geography with GIS and Data Science3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geography with Ocean Science3 years · Full-time95% satisfied
Health sciences3 courses
History2 courses
Human geography1 course
Law3 courses
Maritime technology2 courses
Marketing2 courses
Mathematics6 courses
- BSc (Hons) Data Science3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Data Science with Artificial Intelligence3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Computer Science3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Statistics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
Mechanical engineering4 courses
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Science)4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
Medical technology3 courses
Medicine2 courses
Mental health nursing2 courses
Midwifery2 courses
Music1 course
Nursing3 courses
Nutrition and dietetics4 courses
Ophthalmics2 courses
Others in biosciences1 course
Others in psychology1 course
Others in technology1 course
Physical geographical sciences2 courses
Physiotherapy3 courses
Planning (urban, rural and regional)2 courses
Politics4 courses
- BA (Hons) Geography with International Relations3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) International Relations3 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) International Relations with Foundation4 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time98% satisfied
Production and manufacturing engineering3 courses
Psychology8 courses
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology3 years · Full-time73% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MPsych (Hons) Psychology4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- MPsych (Hons) Psychology with Clinical Perspectives4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Early Childhood Studies3 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Integrated Foundation Year4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Sociology3 years · Full-time67% satisfied
Social work2 courses
Sociology6 courses
- BSc (Hons) Criminology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Criminology with Foundation4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law and Criminology3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Sociology3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Sociology with Foundation4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Tourism, transport and travel2 courses
Zoology1 course
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Frequently asked questions
What UCAS points do you need for University of Plymouth?
It depends on the course. Based on the most recent entrants, the middle student arrived with between 48 and 160+ points across University of Plymouth’s courses. Check each course page for its figure, and the university’s own website for its current offer.
Are students at University of Plymouth satisfied with their course?
The median National Student Survey positivity score across University of Plymouth’s courses is 84%. Scores vary a lot by course, so compare the individual courses you are interested in.
Do University of Plymouth graduates get jobs?
A median of 85% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £29,000. Figures come from the Graduate Outcomes survey.
How many courses does University of Plymouth offer?
We list 192 undergraduate courses at University of Plymouth, across 63 subjects.