Biomedical Engineering BEng

University of Sheffield · honours · 4 years · foundation year · optional year abroad · UCAS 0688course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £28,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£28,500

median, based on 20 graduates · half earned £25,500–£33,000 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Sheffield course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 96% with A levels, 2% with the IB, 1% via Access courses. 12% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 80 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Years 1–4

What do you study?

2compulsory modules in foundation year, 4 optional

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Sheffield course page · optional modules vary by year

Foundation year · 2 core, 4 optional · 60 credits ≈ 600 hours
4 optional modules
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£28,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£26k
Median£29k
Upper quarter£33k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 20 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £25,500 and £33,000. Five years on, the median is £37,000. 75% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 80% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 13% left97%75
In work or study, 15 months on15% studying75%20
Professional or managerial job80%10
Pay 15 months on, median£33,50025
Pay 3 years on, median£28,50020
Pay 5 years on, median£37,00025
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Sheffield fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

91%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 75% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 45 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 3; lowest: 78% on question 17.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 198%
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Question 485%
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Question 2189%
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Question 2391%
Question 2480%
Question 2593%
Question 2691%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Sheffield’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Sheffield is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.