Automotive Materials (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Automotive Materials (with placement year) (BEng (Hon), J551) at Loughborough University asked for ABB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 128
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. 45% had fewer than the 128 asked.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- J551 · J5 materials technology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Year abroad
- optional
Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 93%
25%
left higher education
UK 7%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%88%
Learning opportunities83%88%
Assessment and feedback80%78%
Academic support90%90%
Organisation and management76%86%
Learning resources89%89%
Student voice79%82%
30 final-year students · 85% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£34k5 years£42.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
70% working5% working and studying15% studying5% unemployed
UK, same subject: 93% in work or study
75%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
65%
use what they learned
UK 65%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
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
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
materials engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Materials technology at other universities
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.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial College London | Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering MEng (Hon) | 144 - 156 points | 224–239 |
| Bangor University | Engineering (Mechanical) BEng (Hon) | 120 - 136 points | — |
| University of Birmingham | Materials Science and Engineering BEng (Hon) | 136 points | 144–159 |
| University of Leeds | Materials Science and Engineering MEng (Hon) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Sheffield | Materials Science and Engineering MEng (Hons) | AAB | 160–175 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Materials Science and Engineering BEng (Hon) | 128 - 131 points | 112–127 |
| Loughborough University | Automotive Materials (with placement year) this course | ABB | 112–127 |
| Swansea University | Materials Science and Engineering BEng (Hon) | 104 - 128 points | under 96 |
| City College Plymouth | Civil Engineering FdSc | 56 points | — |
See all 50 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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