Aeronautics and Astronautics with Industrial Placement Year at University of Southampton
Aeronautics and Astronautics with Industrial Placement Year (MEng (Hon), H414) at University of Southampton asked for A*AA in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on southampton.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~A*AA
High152 points · around AAA
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check southampton.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 152
The middle entrant had 160–175 points. At least 15% had fewer than the 152 asked.
25 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 70%, a foundation course 25%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H414 · H4 aerospace engineering
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Foundation year
- built in
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 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 ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 88%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%86%
Learning opportunities82%87%
Assessment and feedback82%77%
Academic support94%89%
Organisation and management86%81%
Learning resources96%86%
Student voice78%79%
25 final-year students · 74% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£34k3 years£33.5k5 years£44k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 40 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
74% working10% working and studying5% studying6% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
95%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 73%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 84%
60%
use what they learned
UK 53%
- Engineering professionals50%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Information Technology Professionals5%
- Natural and social science professionals5%
- Business and public service associate professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 65 graduates · 60% 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
- Southampton, South East England, England
- Postcode
- SO17 1BJ
Subjects
aerospace engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Southampton
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Aeronautical and aerospace 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bath | Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hons) | A*A*A | 192–207 |
| Newcastle University | Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hon) | 128 - 152 points | 128–143 |
| University of Bristol | Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hon) | A*AA - AAB | 192–207 |
| University of Leeds | Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hon) | A*AA | 144–159 |
| University of Leicester | Aerospace Engineering MEng (Hon) | 128 - 152 points | 112–127 |
| University of Manchester | Aerospace Engineering MEng (Hon) | A*AA | 192–207 |
| University of Southampton | Aeronautics and Astronautics with Industrial Placement Year this course | A*AA | 160–175 |
| University of Surrey | Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hon) | 128 - 152 points | 112–127 |
| Kingston University | Aerospace Engineering MEng (Hon) | 128 - 144 points | 96–111 |
| University of Birmingham | Aerospace Engineering MEng (Hon) | 144 points | 128–143 |
| University of Glasgow | Aeronautical Engineering MEng (Hon) | 144 points | 240+ |
See all 239 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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