Product Design Engineering with a Foundation Year at Loughborough University
Product Design Engineering with a Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), HH17) 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 144–159 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 144–159 points.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 80%, a baccalaureate 20%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- HH17 · H1 general engineering + H7 production and manufacturing engineering
- Duration
- 4 - 6 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) 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 ↗
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) 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 ↗
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 ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
65%
still studying
UK 85%
30%
left higher education
UK 10%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course87%83%
Learning opportunities83%80%
Assessment and feedback77%78%
Academic support89%86%
Organisation and management82%75%
Learning resources92%87%
Student voice79%76%
175 final-year students · 80% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£34k3 years£33k5 years£42.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 65 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
87% working4% working and studying1% studying4% unemployed4% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
92%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 78%
83%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
64%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Engineering professionals49%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Information Technology Professionals9%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals4%
- Business and public service associate professionals4%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 90 graduates · 62% 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
production and manufacturing engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Production and manufacturing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| ASU London | Engineering with Mechatronics Systems BEng (Hon) | 112 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Robotics Engineering BEng (Hon) | 112 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| City St George's, University of London | Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng (Hon) | 120 points | 112–127 |
| Coventry University | Automotive Engineering BEng (Hon) | 120 points | 96–111 |
| Loughborough University | Product Design Engineering with a Foundation Year this course | BBB - ABC | 144–159 |
| University of Brighton | Automotive Engineering BEng (Hon) | 104 - 120 points | under 96 |
| University of Derby | Motorsport Engineering BEng (Hon) | 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Huddersfield | Automotive and Motorsport Engineering MEng | BBB - BBC | under 96 |
| University of Hull | Robotics and Artificial Intelligence MEng (Hon) | 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Kent | Computer Science (Robotics) BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | under 96 |
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