Loughborough University
Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year
BEng (Hon), 4 years
Typical offer rate
61–71%
moderate entry
Grad employment
91%
15 months after
In professional roles
93%
Median grad salary
£33,000
15 months after
Loughborough's mechanical engineering with a foundation year adds an opening year before the degree; the foundation year carries the preparation, and the degree after it is the standard one. The programme equips students with the mathematical and scientific grounding required before the engineering core begins. The offer rate is moderate.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year at Loughborough University has a 61–71% chance of an offer, moderate by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesAbout Loughborough University
Loughborough University is built around a single campus in the East Midlands and is best known for sport, regularly rated the best university in the world for sport-related subjects.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Loughborough University · Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.