Electronic and Electrical Engineering with a Foundation Year at Swansea University

Electronic and Electrical Engineering with a Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), H605) 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

Moderate

around 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. 65% had fewer than the 96 asked.

15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 75%, other qualifications 25%, no formal qualifications 5%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
Code: H605 · H6 electronic and electrical engineering
Duration: 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Foundation
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 ↗

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

85%

still studying

UK 83%

15%

left higher education

UK 10%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

15 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%86%

Learning opportunities80%83%

Assessment and feedback76%78%

Academic support94%90%

Organisation and management67%79%

Learning resources85%90%

Student voice67%79%

20 final-year students · 86% responded · NSS 2024-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

15 months

£30.5k3 years

£30k5 years

£36k

£20k£30k£40k£50k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onThis course

80% working5% studying15% unemployed

UK, same subject: 90% in work or study

75%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 80%

90%

say their work is meaningful

UK 85%

65%

use what they learned

UK 65%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 70% responded · 2022-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Swansea, Wales, Wales
Postcode: SA1 8EN

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Subjects

electrical and electronic engineering engineering and technology

Campus

Campus: Swansea University - Bay Campus
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Electrical and electronic 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
Edge Hill University	Electrical and Electronic Engineering with STEM Foundation Year BEng (Hon)	72 - 96 points	96–111
Glasgow Caledonian University	Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng	CCC	144–159
Lancaster University	Electronic and Electrical Engineering (with a Foundation Year) BEng (Hon)	96 points	128–143
Loughborough College	Sustainable Engineering BEng	96 points	—
Robert Gordon University	Electronic and Electrical Engineering BEng (Hon)	CCC	—
Royal Holloway, University of London	Computer Systems Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year BEng (Hon)	CCC	112–127
Swansea University	Electronic and Electrical Engineering with a Foundation Year this course	80 - 96 points	under 96
University of Brighton	Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Integrated Foundation Year) BEng (Hon)	72 - 96 points	under 96
University of Greater Manchester	Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng (Hons)	96 points	under 96
University of Westminster, London	Software Engineering with Electronics BEng	CCC	96–111
Wigan and Leigh College	Electrical Systems Engineering for England HNC	96 points	—

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