Chemical Engineering with a Foundation Year at Swansea University
Chemical Engineering with a Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), H835) 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 under 96 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 under 96 points. 75% had fewer than the 96 asked.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, other qualifications 15%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H835 · H8 chemical, process and energy engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) 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
85%
still studying
UK 90%
15%
left higher education
UK 8%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
15 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course93%90%
Learning opportunities98%87%
Assessment and feedback96%79%
Academic support100%91%
Organisation and management100%85%
Learning resources88%91%
Student voice96%84%
15 final-year students · 81% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£31.5k5 years£41k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
75% working10% working and studying10% studying5% unemployed
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 85%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
70%
use what they learned
UK 67%
- Engineering professionals45%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Sales occupations5%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals5%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 35 graduates · 65% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA1 8EN
Subjects
chemical engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Bay Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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