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Course summary
Our Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons) with integrated foundation year course offers an extra year to prepare you for degree-level study. Choosing the foundation year means you’ll enter your degree fully prepared. You’ll feel at home on campus, have established relationships with the staff in your academic school, and most important you’ll be excited about your subject. You’ll be well-equipped to dive into your degree from day one. When you successfully complete the foundation year, you can progress to the Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons) when you’ll work with other engineering students and innovative researchers on challenging and rewarding projects, such as fighting robots, rocket cars, and the international Engineering Without Borders challenge. TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE
- Foundation year that opens up opportunities in engineering if you don’t hold the required qualifications, are changing career or returning to study.
- Exciting project work that mirrors industry.
- Learn with researchers with expertise in remanufacturing, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics.
- Student-led Sustainable Technology and Engineering Projects (STEP) lab – working to solve energy challenges.
- Specialist facilities include flight and car simulators, wind tunnel, prototyping labs and workshops, CNC machines, and robotics and VR labs.
- Progress to degree accredited by IMechE and IET.
- Professional engineers visit to share their experiences in guest lectures.
- Gain a year of work experience on placement.
Modules
Foundation year Core Mathematics Core Science Engineering Mathematics Engineering Science Mechanics Foundation Year Project Year 1 Engineering Mathematics Engineering Practice Mechanical Design Energy Systems Design Project Materials and Manufacture Year 2 Dynamics and Control Engineering Systems Mechanics of Materials Thermofluids Engineering Design Manufacturing Engineering Final year Core modules: Dynamics and Control Product Design Manufacturing Systems Individual Project Options*: Advanced Materials Engineering Renewable Technologies *Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 72 - 96 points
A level - DDD - CCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMP
Access to HE Diploma
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 24 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H4, H4, H5, H5, H5
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5. in each element, or equivalent English Language qualification. |
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Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17250 | Year 1 |
| International | £17250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. Fees may increase each year. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year. Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate of £1850. The international tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher.
*Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.
Provider information
University of Brighton
Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT