Swansea University

Degree level: Undergraduate

Engineering with deferred choice of specialism with a Foundation Year

Course summary

Engineering offers an enormous range of career opportunities for graduates. If you do not have typical entry qualifications, or are an overseas student without the entry requirements for the first year, the integrated foundation year is designed to provide wider access to accredited honours degrees. Our state-of-the-art facilities include:

Structures Teaching

Geomechanics

Experiments with Concrete Laboratory

Fluid Mechanics

Bridge Testing

Our Engineering degrees are accredited by professional bodies including: Institution of Engineering Technology; Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining; Institution of Chemical Engineers; Royal Aeronautical Society. Areas studied typically include:

Chemistry

Electricity and Magnetism

Engineering Science

Fundamentals of Materials

Key Skills for Engineers

Mathematics

Mechanics

Thermofluid Mechanics

We guarantee that you will be made a conditional offer for a course at Swansea University. Subject requirements will apply. Please come along to our next Open Day or get in touch for further information.

Modules

Below is a sample of some of the modules that you might expect to study at each level of the BEng Engineering with a Foundation Year degree (it should be noted that these do vary from year to year):

Development of Key Skills for Engineers

Fundamentals of Materials

Basic Engineering Analysis 1a

Basic Engineering Analysis 1b

Foundation Chemistry

Engineering Science

Electricity and Magnetism

Mechanics

Thermofluid Mechanics

Basic Engineering Analysis 2a

- Basic Engineering Analysis 2b

How to apply

25Jan

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

Course code:: H101

Institution code:: S93

Campus name:: Bay Campus

Campus code:: B

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

International applicants

If you are an International Student, please visit our International pages for more information about entry requirements:- http://www.swansea.ac.uk/international/students/requirements/

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

A level - BCC

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDD

Access to HE Diploma

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 26 points

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

Extended Project

GCSEs: Minimum of two A grades to include a minimum grade B in Mathematics and two other Science subjects.

English language requirements

For applicants whose first language is not English we require a minimum overall IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) and no less than 5.5 in each component.

English Language Requirements at Swansea University

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/admissions/english-language-requirements/

Student Outcomes

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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Additional fee information

For the latest fee information, please check the individual course page on our website. Our full range of programmes are listed here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/ Further information on tuition fees can be found here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees/