Mechatronic Systems (Including Placement Year) at University of Essex
Mechatronic Systems (Including Placement Year) (BEng (Hon), H732) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on essex.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check essex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
90 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 59%, no formal qualifications 30%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H732 · H7 production and manufacturing engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
72%
still studying
UK 85%
16%
left higher education
UK 12%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
165 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%83%
Learning opportunities82%81%
Assessment and feedback85%82%
Academic support90%88%
Organisation and management84%81%
Learning resources88%89%
Student voice80%79%
115 final-year students · 63% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£33.5k5 years£45.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
63% working14% working and studying10% studying7% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 89% in work or study
69%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
60%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Information Technology Professionals30%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Engineering professionals10%
- Sales occupations6%
- Managers, directors and senior officials6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 90 graduates · 54% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Colchester, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
Subjects
mechatronics and robotics engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Production and manufacturing engineering at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham | Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering BEng | 136 points | 128–143 |
| Aberystwyth University | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| ASU London | Engineering with Mechatronics Systems BEng (Hon) | 112 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| University College Birmingham | Automated Manufacturing Engineering BEng (Hon) | 88 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering BEng (Hon) | 80 points | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Electrical and Electronic Engineering HNC | — | — |
| BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College) | BSc Computing BSC | — | — |
| University of Aberdeen | Mechanical Engineering with Subsea Technology MEng (Hon) | — | 160–175 |
| University of Bath | Mechanical Engineering w Manufacturing & Management w professional placement MEng (Hons) | — | — |
| University of Essex | Mechatronic Systems (Including Placement Year) this course | — | 96–111 |
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