Product Design Engineering (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Product Design Engineering (with placement year) (BEng (Hon), H715) 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. 35% had fewer than the 128 asked.
35 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H715 · H7 production and manufacturing engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
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 ↗
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 ↗
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
100%
still studying
UK 85%
0%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
50 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course85%83%
Learning opportunities86%80%
Assessment and feedback82%78%
Academic support90%86%
Organisation and management84%75%
Learning resources92%87%
Student voice86%76%
30 final-year students · 83% 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 onThis course
80% working15% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
100%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 78%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
50%
use what they learned
UK 65%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Robotics Engineering MEng (Hon) | 120 - 128 points | under 96 |
| City St George's, University of London | Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with placement) MEng (Hon) | 128 points | — |
| Coventry University | Automotive Engineering MEng | 128 points | 96–111 |
| Kingston University | Robotic Engineering & Artificial Intelligence BEng (Hon) | 112 - 128 points | under 96 |
| Lancaster University | Mechatronic Engineering BEng (Hon) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| Loughborough University | Product Design Engineering (with placement year) this course | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Brighton | Automotive Engineering MEng (Hon) | 112 - 128 points | under 96 |
| University of Hertfordshire | Automotive Engineering BEng (Hon) | 120 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| University of Liverpool | Mechatronics and Robotic Systems BEng (Hon) | ABB | 96–111 |
| University of Nottingham | Product Design and Manufacture MEng (Hon) | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Southampton | Mechatronic Engineering with Foundation Year MEng (Hon) | ABB | 160–175 |
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