Industrial Design (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Industrial Design (with placement year) (BA (Hons), H776) 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 128–143 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 128–143 points. 49% had fewer than the 128 asked.
55 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 3%, other higher education 3%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- H776 · H7 production and manufacturing engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Year abroad
- optional
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirements for Registered Product Designer (RProdDes). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
93%
still studying
UK 83%
3%
left higher education
UK 11%
4%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
70 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course76%85%
Learning opportunities71%85%
Assessment and feedback65%77%
Academic support84%92%
Organisation and management54%71%
Learning resources79%88%
Student voice68%78%
50 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£33k3 years£34.5k5 years£42.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 265 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
80% working5% working and studying5% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 88%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
65%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Design occupations20%
- Engineering professionals15%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals15%
- Business and public service associate professionals15%
- Elementary occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 45 graduates · 55% 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
product design design, and creative and performing arts
engineering design engineering and technology
engineering design engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Design studies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Creative Technologies BSc (Hons) | 104 - 128 points | 112–127 |
| Brunel University of London | Games Design and Creative Writing BA (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 112–127 |
| Bucks New University | Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng (Hon) | 100 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| Glasgow School of Art | Communication Design BA (Hons) | 114 - 128 points | 176–191 |
| Kingston University | Interaction Design BA (Hons) | 112 - 128 points | 128–143 |
| Lancaster University | Design BA (Hons) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| Loughborough University | Industrial Design (with placement year) this course | ABB | 128–143 |
| The University of Edinburgh | Fashion BA (Hons) | 114 - 128 points | 144–159 |
| University of Dundee | Graphic Design BDes (Hon) | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Exeter | Art History and Visual Culture and Modern Languages with International Placement BA (Hons) | ABB | — |
| University of Leeds | Art and Design BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
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