Software Engineering with Foundation Year at University of Southampton
Software Engineering with Foundation Year (MEng (Hon), I303) at University of Southampton asked for ABB 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 ↗ Course page on southampton.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
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 128
The middle entrant had 160–175 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 75%, a foundation course 25%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- I303 · I3 software engineering
- Duration
- 5 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 ↗
Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional. More ↗
Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for a Chartered Engineer. More ↗
Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for the award of Euro-Inf Bachelor Quality Label on behalf of EQANIE (European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education e.V.) as satisfying the outcomes of First Cycle Programmes specified by the Euro-Inf Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria for Informatics Degree Programmes. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 85%
10%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course75%83%
Learning opportunities77%81%
Assessment and feedback64%80%
Academic support82%86%
Organisation and management61%80%
Learning resources83%88%
Student voice64%78%
15 final-year students · 70% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£37k3 years£47k5 years£62k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k£80k£90k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 70 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
70% working10% working and studying5% studying20% unemployed
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
87%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
72%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Information Technology Professionals65%
- Elementary occupations4%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals4%
- Engineering professionals4%
- Sales occupations3%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 75% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Southampton, South East England, England
- Postcode
- SO17 1BJ
Subjects
general or integrated engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Southampton
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City St George's, University of London | Engineering with Business BEng (Hon) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| Lancaster University | Engineering BEng (Hon) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| London South Bank University | Building Services Engineering BEng (Hon) | 112 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| Loughborough University | Design BA (Hons) | ABB | 144–159 |
| Newcastle University | Engineering Foundation year Fd cert | ABB | 128–143 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Engineering with Foundation BEng (Hon) | 120 - 128 points | — |
| University of Brighton | Design Engineering MEng (Hon) | 112 - 128 points | under 96 |
| University of Liverpool | Product Design Engineering MEng (Hon) | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Southampton | Software Engineering with Foundation Year this course | ABB | 160–175 |
| University of Strathclyde | Product Design Engineering BEng (Hon) | 120 - 128 points | 208–223 |
| University of York | Engineering BEng (Hon) | ABB | 112–127 |
See all 325 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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