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Engineering at University of Essex
University of Essex is ranked 81st of 112 universities for engineering on our measures. 85% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £30.8k after 15 months.
Estimated offer ~BBB–BBC · check course pageColchester Campus, England34 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 CCC63%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC17%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB12%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB3%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA5%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more1%
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 34 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.
- Highest student satisfaction: Computer Science (Including Placement Year) (91%).
- Least competitive entry: Computer Games (Including Foundation Year). Half of the students who started had more than 69 UCAS points, against 131 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Robotic Engineering (100%).
- Placement year: 10 of the 34 courses offer one.
- Year abroad: 10 of the 34 courses offer one.
- Foundation year: 4 of the 34 courses offer one.
- Courses last between 3 and 4 years.
Communications 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Communications Engineering (Including Placement Year)
BEng · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Communications Engineering (Including Year Abroad)
BEng · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Electronic 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Electronic Engineering (Including Placement Year)
BEng · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Electronic Engineering (Including Year Abroad)
BEng · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Robotic 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
- 80%*
- Stay on
- 100%
- Entry points
- 94*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Robotic Engineering (Including Placement Year)
BEng · 4 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
- 80%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 94*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Robotic Engineering (Including Year Abroad)
BEng · 4 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
- 80%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 94*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Electronic Engineering (Including Foundation Year)
BEng · 4 years
Typical offer72 UCAS points
- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 60%
- Entry points
- 75
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Biotechnology
BSc · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 112*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Biotechnology (Including Placement Year)
BSc · 4 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 112*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Biotechnology (Including Year Abroad)
BSc · 4 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 112*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Games
BSc · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 118
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Games (Including Placement Year)
BSc · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Games (Including Year Abroad)
BSc · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Science
BSc · 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
- 84%
- Stay on
- 88%
- Entry points
- 103
- Graduate jobs
- 90%
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Science (Including Placement Year)
BSc · 4 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
- 91%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 105
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Science (Including Year Abroad)
BSc · 4 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
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 86%*
- Entry points
- 98*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Systems Engineering
BEng · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 118
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Systems Engineering (Including Placement Year)
BEng · 4 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
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 86%*
- Entry points
- 98*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Computer Systems Engineering (Including Year Abroad)
BEng · 4 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
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 86%*
- Entry points
- 98*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Mechatronic Systems
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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 70%
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Mechatronic Systems (Including Placement Year)
BEng · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Mechatronic Systems (Including Year Abroad)
BEng · 4 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
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%*
- Entry points
- 88*
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Neural Engineering with Psychology
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
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 86%*
- Entry points
- 98*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Neural Engineering with Psychology (including Placement Year)
BEng · 4 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
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 86%*
- Entry points
- 98*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Neural Engineering with Psychology (including Year Abroad)
BEng · 4 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
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 86%*
- Entry points
- 98*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Sports and Exercise Science
BSc · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 88%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 122
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Sports and Exercise Science (Including Placement Year)
BSc · 4 years
Estimated offer~AAB–BBB
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 89%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 131
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Sports and Exercise Science (Including Year Abroad)
BSc · 4 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 112*
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Games (Including Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offer72 UCAS points
- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 55%
- Entry points
- 69
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £33.5k*
Computer Science (Including Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offer72 UCAS points
- Satisfied
- 84%*
- Stay on
- 75%
- Entry points
- 74
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Sports and Exercise Science (Including Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offer72 UCAS points
- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 77
- Graduate jobs
- 69%*
- 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
- Southampton Solent UniversityRanked 79
- University of HullRanked 80
- Edge Hill UniversityRanked 82
- UWE, BristolRanked 83
Nearby
- Anglia Ruskin University22 miles away, ranked 63
- University of Greenwich (Part of London and South East University Group)39 miles away, ranked 51
- University of Cambridge40 miles away, ranked 1
- University of Kent (Part of London and South East University Group)42 miles away, ranked 63
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