Cyber Security with Foundation Year
47MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£29,500
SATISFACTION73%
CONTINUATION75%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS70%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 47% of the work its graduates go into (High).
Cyber Security with Foundation Year
BSc · University of Derby · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
25% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
Entry tariff of real entrants
UCAS points the actual intake arrived with: "people like this got in", not a cut-off.
Student satisfaction
Overall satisfaction is 73% (National Student Survey). Continuation past year one: 75%.
What you actually study
YEAR 1
Programming Fundamentals · Discrete Mathematics · Computer Systems · Calculus & Linear Algebra
YEAR 2
Data Structures & Algorithms · Object-Oriented Programming · Databases · Operating Systems · Software Engineering
YEAR 3
Artificial Intelligence · Computer Networks · Theory of Computation · Human-Computer Interaction · Dissertation / Capstone Project
YEAR 4
Advanced Machine Learning · Cybersecurity · Elective — Cloud / Distributed Systems
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).