BSc Anthropology
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Anthropology. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The course offers fully funded fieldwork placements, with around half of students undertaking placements or fieldwork abroad in locations such as India, Nepal, Australia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Jamaica. Qualitative Research in Professional Practice provides training in ethnographic research methods in preparation for a final-year dissertation.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 91%: 29 offers from 32 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 10 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 95%
- Assessment and feedback: 95%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 97%
- Learning resources: 58%
- Student voice: 96%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 45%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 20%
Most common jobs
- Secretarial and related occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 70 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 76%
- South East: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Access course: 5%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- No formal qualifications: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- Political and Economic Issues in Anthropology
- Qualitative Research in Professional Practice
- Migration, Citizenship and Identity
- Kinship, Sex and Gender
- Climate Politics
- Colonialism and Decolonization in Africa
- Crime and Deviance in Society
- Culture, Education and Learning
- Digital Culture
- Gangs, Street Culture and Crime
- Gender, Sexuality and Feminism
- Global Communication
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Global Health: Critical Perspectives
- Middle East: Societies, Religion and Politics
- Sustainable Development and Political Ecology
- South Asia: Cultures, Societies and Development
- The State and Revolution
- Understanding Cities and Inequalities
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- War and Humanitarianism
- Dissertation
- Advanced Research Skills for History
- Contemporary Worlds
- War and Humanitarianism
- Global Health: Critical Perspectives
- Medical Anthropology in Clinical and Community Settings
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- Culture, Education and Learning
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Psychosocial Perspectives on Crime and Violence
- Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice
- Environment and Sustainability
- Violence and Conflict in Eastern Africa
- Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the Modern World System
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Climate Justice in a Changing World
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 3 years, £27,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £35,500. The £27,500 median after five years is £3,000 less than the UK median for Anthropology.
What do graduates of BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London do next?
65% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 95 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
91% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 29 offers from 32 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BSc Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.