Aerospace Engineering with a Foundation Year at Swansea University
Aerospace Engineering with a Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), H405) at Swansea University asked for 80–96 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on swansea.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~96 points
Moderatearound CCC
Published as 80 - 96 points
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check swansea.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 96
The middle entrant had 96–111 points. 45% had fewer than the 96 asked.
55 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 93%, other higher education 5%, a foundation course 2%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H405 · H4 aerospace engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) 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 ↗
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 ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 88%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
45 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course82%86%
Learning opportunities85%87%
Assessment and feedback68%77%
Academic support90%89%
Organisation and management73%81%
Learning resources89%86%
Student voice74%79%
25 final-year students · 77% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£29k5 years£36k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 45 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
45% working10% working and studying30% studying15% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
60%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 73%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 84%
35%
use what they learned
UK 53%
- Engineering professionals20%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Finance Professionals10%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA1 8EN
Subjects
aerospace engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Bay Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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