University of Sussex
Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year)
BEng (Hon), 4 years
Typical offer rate
92–100%
high entry
Grad employment
70%
15 months after
In professional roles
90%
Median grad salary
£31,000
15 months after
Sussex's mechanical engineering with an industrial placement year is a BEng that runs over four years with a year in the workplace; the placement is what the extra year adds. The degree covers the core mechanical engineering curriculum in thermodynamics, mechanics and design. Offers go to most who meet the grades.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year) at University of Sussex has a 92–100% chance of an offer, high 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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Sussex is a campus university on the Downs at Falmer, near Brighton, its listed Basil Spence buildings set in parkland and its outlook global and socially engaged.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: University of Sussex · Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement 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.