Product Design (with an industrial placement year) at University of Sussex
Product Design (with an industrial placement year) (BA (Hons), HW2F) at University of Sussex asked for 120–147 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on sussex.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~147 points
Higharound AAA
Published as 120 - 147 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 sussex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 147
The middle entrant had 96–111 points. At least 70% had fewer than the 147 asked.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, other qualifications 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- HW2F · H2 civil engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Foundation year
- optional
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirements for Registered Product Designer (RProdDes). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 85%
0%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
15 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course78%83%
Learning opportunities73%80%
Assessment and feedback67%78%
Academic support83%86%
Organisation and management87%75%
Learning resources80%87%
Student voice68%76%
45 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30.5k3 years£32k5 years£38.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
75% working20% working and studying5% unemployed
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
70%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 78%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
60%
use what they learned
UK 65%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Brighton, South East England, England
- Postcode
- BN1 9RH
Subjects
production and manufacturing engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Falmer Campus, Falmer
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Production and manufacturing 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 Sussex | Product Design (with an industrial placement year) this course | 120 - 147 points | 96–111 |
| Aberystwyth University | Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering MEng (Hons) | 136 - 144 points | 112–127 |
| Harper Adams University | Automotive Engineering (with Placement) MEng (Hon) | 136 - 144 points | — |
| Kingston University | Robotic Engineering & Artificial Intelligence MEng (Hon) | 128 - 144 points | under 96 |
| Lancaster University | Mechatronic Engineering MEng (Hon) | 144 points | 144–159 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Robotics Engineering MEng (Hon) | 131 - 144 points | 144–159 |
| University of Bath | Robotics Engineering MEng (Hons) | AAA - A*AB | 144–159 |
| University of Birmingham | Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering MEng (Hon) | 144 points | 128–143 |
| University of Glasgow | Mechatronics MEng (Hon) | 144 points | 176–191 |
| University of Leeds | Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering MEng (Hon) | AAA | 144–159 |
| University of Nottingham | Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing BEng (Hon) | AAA | 144–159 |
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