Cardiff

Sources

• Our profile https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile

  The official profile page says Cardiff University was founded in 1883 and is one of Britain's leading research universities.

  Model elements: this source is used for institution identity and baseline institutional context.

• Undergraduate courses https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

  The official undergraduate catalogue says Cardiff offers over 300 degree programmes and says some components of a degree can be tailored.

  Model elements: this is the general undergraduate catalogue. By itself it does not prove a high flexibility level, but it sets the catalogue scope for the analysis.

• Undergraduate courses A to Z https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/a-to-z

  The official A to Z list includes many named combined or multi-subject routes, including Archaeology and History, Criminology and Sociology, English Literature and History, Journalism, Communications and Politics, Law with Politics and International Relations, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Politics, International Relations and a Modern Language, and several Welsh combined routes.

  Strict review: this is not evidence for programChoice 4. The combinations are predefined admission routes, not in-study choice of a second main specialisation by an enrolled student.

• Types of degree https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/types-of-degree

  The official degree-types page says a bachelor's degree typically lasts three or four years and an integrated master's is a four or five year undergraduate degree combining undergraduate and postgraduate study.

  Model elements: this source is used for the duration range of bachelor's and integrated master's programmes.

• Archaeology and History BA https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/course/archaeology-and-history-ba

  The official course page lists a three year BA route in Archaeology and History with UCAS code VV14.

  The programme structure says students study 120 credits per year, split equally between Archaeology and History, with 60 credits in each subject. It also says the degree has substantial optionality in all three years and optional modules in both subject areas.

  Model elements: this is representative evidence for a substantial two-subject route, but not for programChoice 4 because the route is selected as a predefined UCAS course. For course choice it proves only courseChoice 2 because the optionality is inside defined subject lists.

• Philosophy, Politics and International Relations BA https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/course/philosophy-politics-and-international-relations-ba

  The official course page describes a three year full time degree with 120 credits per year, including 60 credits in Philosophy and 60 credits in Politics and International Relations each year.

  Model elements: this source confirms that the multi-subject model is not a single isolated exception. It is still a predefined degree rather than a student-built open programme.

• Human and Social Sciences BSc https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/course/human-and-social-sciences-bsc

  The official course page describes a three year BSc in which students study psychology, research methods and modules across Education, Sociology, Social Analytics and Social Policy.

  The structure includes optional modules in years one and two, including a year two choice of three 20 credit modules from a selection across social sciences.

  Model elements: this is strong evidence for courseChoice 2, meaning structured choice from cross-subject lists inside the school. I do not raise it to courseChoice 3 because the source does not show a free university-wide course pool outside that set.

• Medicine MBBCh https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/course/medicine-mbbch

  The official Medicine page lists a five year MBBCh route and describes the possibility of an intercalated medically related BSc year.

  Model elements: this source is used for the upper bound of undergraduate-level duration. Intercalation is not used as evidence for programChoice 4 because it is a professional medical route, not a general double-programme model.

• Exchange partners https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/global/global-partnerships/exchange-partners

  The official exchange-partners page describes partner organisations and says Student Exchange Agreements support reciprocal exchange for a semester or year of study or research abroad. It also refers current students to Global Opportunities for study, work or volunteering abroad.

  Strict cross-registration review: this source is not counted as courseChoice 4. It describes ordinary academic mobility for a semester or year, not a routine mechanism where a student takes one or two courses at a neighbouring university without heavy individual approval and has them recorded in their academic record.

• Quality and standards https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/public-information/quality-and-standards

  The official quality and standards page says programmes and modules are approved and reviewed against academic standards consistent with national qualifications and credit frameworks and professional or accreditation requirements.

  It also says QAA confirmed in 2020 that Cardiff meets the requirements of the European Standards and Guidelines Part 1 and the Quality Assessment Framework for Wales.

  Model elements: this source is used as quality and regulatory context, not as direct evidence for raising the matrix coordinates.

• Where do HE students study? https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study

  HESA 2024/25 reports 31,505 total students for Cardiff University, including 24,645 undergraduates and 6,860 postgraduates; HESA figures are rounded to the nearest 5.

  The catalog field stores the undergraduate figure. The specialist degree level does not apply to the UK model, so specialist enrollment is stored as 0.