Biomedical Engineering with a Year Abroad at Swansea University
Biomedical Engineering with a Year Abroad (MEng (Hon), HB02) at Swansea University asked for 136 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 ↗ Main course page on swansea.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~136 points
Competitivearound ABB
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 136
20% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 96–111 points. At least 63% of them had fewer than the 136 asked.
20 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%, a degree 5%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- HB02 · H0 no standard meaning + B2 pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
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 Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) 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
90%
still studying
UK 90%
10%
left higher education
UK 9%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course96%86%
Learning opportunities84%87%
Assessment and feedback83%79%
Academic support87%90%
Organisation and management87%79%
Learning resources81%89%
Student voice84%83%
20 final-year students · 95% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£27k5 years£32k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
55% working5% working and studying5% studying10% unemployed20% other
UK, same subject: 80% in work or study
60%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
70%
use what they learned
UK 53%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 85% 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
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA1 8EN
Subjects
biomedical engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Bay Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Bioengineering, medical and biomedical 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 University | Medical Engineering BEng (Hon) | AAB - BBB | 128–143 |
| King's College London, University of London | Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hon) | AAB | 144–159 |
| Loughborough University | Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hon) | AAB | 128–143 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hon) | 131 - 136 points | 128–143 |
| Swansea University | Biomedical Engineering with a Year Abroad this course | 136 points | 96–111 |
| Ulster University | Biomedical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 128 - 136 points | 128–143 |
| University of Glasgow | Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hon) | 120 - 136 points | 208–223 |
| University of Sheffield | Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hons) | AAB | 160–175 |
| University of Strathclyde | Sports Design Engineering MEng | 120 - 136 points | 176–191 |
| University of Hull | Biomedical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| University of Reading | Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hon) | ABB - BBB | 96–111 |
See all 142 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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