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We compare your grades with the typical offer above. Offers can change, so always check the university’s course page.
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Engineering at Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University is ranked 77th of 112 universities for engineering on our measures. 80% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £30k after 15 months, rising to £37k after five years.
Typical offer AAB–BBBEngland11 courses
How it compares with other engineering courses
The marker shows the typical (median) engineering course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC50%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC19%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB12%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB12%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA0%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more6%
What graduates earn
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 11 engineering courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Typical offers range from BCC (Robotics and Autonomous Systems) to AAB (Mechanical Engineering).
- Highest student satisfaction: Medical Science (93%).
- Least competitive entry: Mechanical Engineering (with Foundation Year). Half of the students who started had more than 62 UCAS points, against 110 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Mechanical Engineering (with Foundation Year) (90%).
- Every course here offers a placement year.
- Foundation year: 5 of the 11 courses offer one.
- Courses last between 3 and 4 years.
- Degrees awarded: BA, BEng, BSc, MEng.
Design Engineering
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 72%
- Stay on
- 75%
- Entry points
- 110
- Graduate jobs
- 95%
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering Designers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Mechanical Engineering
BEng · 3 years
Estimated offer~BBB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 83%
- Stay on
- 75%
- Entry points
- 99
- Graduate jobs
- 85%
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering Designers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Mechanical Engineering
MEng · 4 years
Typical offerAAB–BBB
- Satisfied
- 82%*
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 103
- Graduate jobs
- 100%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Engineering Council, Institution of Engineering Designers
Mechatronics and Robotics
BEng · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBB
- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 97*
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering Designers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
BEng · 3 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 97*
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Mechanical Engineering (with Foundation Year)
BEng · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 82%*
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 62
- Graduate jobs
- 100%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering Designers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Mechatronics and Robotics (with Foundation Year)
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBB
- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 97*
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering Designers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Medical Science
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBB
- Satisfied
- 93%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 93
- Graduate jobs
- 30%
- Salary
- £30k*
Medical Science (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBB
- Satisfied
- 77%*
- Stay on
- 65%
- Entry points
- 107*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Product Design (with Foundation Year)
BA · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 77%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 107*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Product Design (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 77%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 107*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £30k*
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Typical offers are taken from each university’s own course page (checked October 2026). Offers change each year and some courses ask for specific subjects, so always check the course page before you apply.
Estimated offers (marked ~) are our estimate, not the university’s published offer. They come from courses whose students had similar grades, and are right to within one grade for about 84% of courses where we can check. Always check the course page.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
Similar ranking
- New Model Institute for Technology and EngineeringRanked 75
- Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityRanked 76
- University of SussexRanked 78
- Southampton Solent UniversityRanked 79
Nearby
- University of Southampton26 miles away, ranked 6
- Southampton Solent University26 miles away, ranked 79
- University of Portsmouth36 miles away, ranked 34
- University of Bath51 miles away, ranked 5
Living in Bournemouth
Most first-year students live in university halls, and many universities guarantee a place if you apply on time. Start with Bournemouth University’s own accommodation page for halls, prices and deadlines.
Bournemouth University accommodation