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    Swansea University

    Materials Science and Engineering with a Foundation Year

    BEng (Hon), 4 years

    Typical offer rate

    92–100%

    high entry

    Typical entry

    DDD

    CCC

    Grad employment

    90%

    15 months after

    In professional roles

    95%

    Median grad salary

    £30,000

    15 months after

    Swansea University's Materials Science and Engineering with a Foundation Year BEng adds an opening year before the degree; the foundation year carries the preparation, and the degree after it is the standard programme in materials structure, properties and processing. An offer is likely for applicants who meet the grades, and offers are made around DDD at A-level.

    How hard is it to get in?

    The typical applicant to Materials Science and Engineering with a Foundation Year at Swansea University has a 92–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. Most offers are made around DDD at A-level. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.

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    Entry requirements

    • Typical A-level grades: DDD
    • CCC
    • CDD

    About Swansea University

    Swansea teaches on its original Singleton Park campus above the bay and a newer Bay Campus on the seafront, a research-led university in south Wales.

    Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Swansea University · Materials Science and 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.