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Engineering at Robert Gordon University
Robert Gordon University is ranked 52nd of 112 universities for engineering on our measures. 76% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £35.8k after 15 months, rising to £40.3k after five years.
Typical offer CCCGarthdee Campus, Scotland11 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 CCC10%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC17%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB12%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB11%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA16%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more35%
Most students here apply with Highers and Advanced Highers, which earn more UCAS points than A-levels, so these figures look higher than A-level offers usually are.
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 CCC (Engineering Design) to BCC (Mechanical Engineering).
- Highest student satisfaction: Mechanical Engineering (BEng, 4 years, placement year, year abroad) (82%).
- Least competitive entry: Engineering Design. Half of the students who started had more than 117 UCAS points, against 181 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Engineering Design and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (BEng, 4 years, placement year, year abroad) (85%).
- Every course here offers a placement year.
- Every course here offers a year abroad.
- Courses last between 4 and 5 years.
- Degrees awarded: BEng, MEng.
Engineering Design
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerCCC
- Satisfied
- 76%*
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 117
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Mechanical Engineering
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerCCC
- Satisfied
- 82%
- Stay on
- 70%
- Entry points
- 153
- Graduate jobs
- 65%
- Salary
- £35k*
Mechanical Engineering
MEng · 5 years
Typical offerBCC
- Satisfied
- 67%
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 181
- Graduate jobs
- 95%
- Salary
- £35k*
Accredited: Engineering Council
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerCCC
- Satisfied
- 74%*
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 152
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
MEng · 5 years
Typical offerBCC
- Satisfied
- 74%*
- Stay on
- 70%*
- Entry points
- 144*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology, Engineering Council
Mechanical and Offshore Engineering
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerCCC
- Satisfied
- 74%*
- Stay on
- 70%*
- Entry points
- 144*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Mechanical and Offshore Engineering
MEng · 5 years
Typical offerBCC
- Satisfied
- 74%*
- Stay on
- 70%*
- Entry points
- 144*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Accredited: Engineering Council
Renewable Energy Engineering
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerCCC
- Satisfied
- 76%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 133*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Renewable Energy Engineering
MEng · 5 years
Typical offerBCC
- Satisfied
- 76%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 133*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Robotics and Mechatronics
BEng · 4 years
Typical offerCCC
- Satisfied
- 76%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 133*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
Robotics and Mechatronics
MEng · 5 years
Typical offerBCC
- Satisfied
- 76%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 133*
- Graduate jobs
- 95%*
- Salary
- £35k*
* 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.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
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Nearby
- University of Aberdeen7 miles away, ranked 22
- University of Dundee54 miles away, ranked 25
- Abertay University54 miles away, ranked 32
- University of the Highlands and Islands72 miles away, ranked 35
Living in Aberdeen
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