Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year at University of Sunderland
Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), H302) at University of Sunderland asked for 40 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 sunderland.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~40 points
Openbelow CCC
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 sunderland.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 40
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
25 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- H302 · H3 mechanical engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
- 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
60%
still studying
UK 87%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
35%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course73%84%
Learning opportunities80%84%
Assessment and feedback73%78%
Academic support88%89%
Organisation and management77%79%
Learning resources86%88%
Student voice75%75%
25 final-year students · 57% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27.5k3 years£26.5k5 years£33k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
60% working15% working and studying30% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
55%
use what they learned
UK 65%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Sunderland, North East England, England
- Postcode
- SR6 0DD
Subjects
mechanical engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Mechanical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) BEng (Hon) | 48 points | — |
| Cornwall College | Professional Superyacht Engineer HNC | 48 points | — |
| East Sussex College | Engineering Mechanical HNC | DD - CE | — |
| Gower College Swansea | Mechanical Engineering HND | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Farnborough | Mechanical Engineering HND | 48 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Mechanical Engineering (With Foundation Year) BEng (Hon) | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Cumbria | Mechanical Engineering (with Integrated Foundation Year) BEng | 48 points | — |
| Coventry University | Electro-Mechanical Engineering with foundation year BEng (Hon) | 40 points | under 96 |
| University of Sunderland | Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year this course | 40 points | under 96 |
| Blackburn College | Mechanical Engineering HNC | 32 points | — |
| DN Colleges Group | Mechanical Engineering for England HNC | 32 points | — |
See all 486 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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