Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year at Loughborough University
Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), H304) at Loughborough University asked for BBB - ABC 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 ↗ Course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~BBB
Selective120 points · around BBB
Published as BBB - ABC
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 120
The middle entrant had 128–143 points.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, an Access course 10%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H304 · H3 mechanical engineering
- Duration
- 4 - 6 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
The accredited BEng (Hons) will meet, in part, the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer and Students will need to complete an approved format of further learning pursuant to the requirements of UKSPEC. The accredited BEng (Hons) will also automatically meet in full, the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng). More ↗
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Candidates must hold a CEng accredited BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree to comply with full CEng registration requirements. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 87%
10%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course94%84%
Learning opportunities95%84%
Assessment and feedback84%78%
Academic support91%89%
Organisation and management92%79%
Learning resources93%88%
Student voice88%75%
95 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£34k3 years£34k5 years£42.5k
£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 50 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
78% working6% working and studying6% studying6% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
88%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
94%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
74%
use what they learned
UK 60%
- Engineering professionals57%
- Managers, directors and senior officials9%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals7%
- Information Technology Professionals6%
- Elementary occupations4%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 85 graduates · 64% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
mechanical engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Mechanical engineering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | Mechanical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 104 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Coventry University | Mechanical Engineering MEng | 120 points | 112–127 |
| Edge Hill University | Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hon) | 112 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Loughborough University | Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year this course | BBB - ABC | 128–143 |
| Oxford Brookes University | Mechanical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 120 points | 128–143 |
| University of Brighton | Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hon) | 104 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| University of Cumbria | Mechanical Engineering BEng | 104 - 120 points | — |
| University of Huddersfield | Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons) | BBB - BBC | 96–111 |
| University of Kent | Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hon) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Lincoln | Mechanical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 112 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Plymouth | Mechanical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 120 points | 96–111 |
See all 486 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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