Product Design and Technology (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Product Design and Technology (with placement year) (BSc (Hons), HJ79) 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 144–159 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 144–159 points. 25% had fewer than the 128 asked.
50 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- HJ79 · H7 production and manufacturing engineering + J9 other technologies
- 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
95%
still studying
UK 83%
0%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
45 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%85%
Learning opportunities89%85%
Assessment and feedback84%77%
Academic support94%92%
Organisation and management88%71%
Learning resources91%88%
Student voice89%78%
30 final-year students · 80% 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
90% working10% working and studying5% studying
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
95%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 88%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
80%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Engineering professionals35%
- Design occupations30%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals10%
- Information Technology Professionals10%
- Teaching Professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 65% 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
engineering design engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City St George's, University of London | Engineering with Business BEng (Hon) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| Lancaster University | Engineering BEng (Hon) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| London South Bank University | Building Services Engineering BEng (Hon) | 112 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| Loughborough University | Product Design and Technology (with placement year) this course | ABB | 144–159 |
| Newcastle University | Engineering Foundation year Fd cert | ABB | 128–143 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Engineering with Foundation BEng (Hon) | 120 - 128 points | — |
| University of Brighton | Design Engineering MEng (Hon) | 112 - 128 points | under 96 |
| University of Liverpool | Product Design Engineering MEng (Hon) | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Southampton | Aeronautics and Astronautics with Foundation Year BEng (Hon) | ABB | 160–175 |
| University of Strathclyde | Product Design Engineering BEng (Hon) | 120 - 128 points | 208–223 |
| University of York | Engineering BEng (Hon) | ABB | 112–127 |
See all 325 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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