Mechanical Engineering (with Placement year) at Anglia Ruskin University
Mechanical Engineering (with Placement year) (BEng (Hon), H301) at Anglia Ruskin University asked for 80 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on aru.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~80 points
Openbelow CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check aru.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 80
25% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H301 · H3 mechanical engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
85%
still studying
UK 87%
9%
left higher education
UK 10%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
80 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course88%84%
Learning opportunities76%84%
Assessment and feedback75%78%
Academic support82%89%
Organisation and management70%79%
Learning resources83%88%
Student voice70%75%
40 final-year students · 76% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£34k3 years£27.5k5 years£36.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working15% working and studying10% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
75%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
55%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Engineering professionals60%
- Sales occupations10%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals5%
- Process, plant and machine operatives5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Chelmsford, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CM1 1SQ
Subjects
mechanical engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- ARU Chelmsford Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
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