Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Industrial Studies and Foundation Year MEng

University of Southampton · honours · 6 years · foundation year · placement year · UCAS 5480course page ↗

A*AA including mathematics (minimum grade A) and either physics, further mathema at A level, mathematics; graduates earn a median £40,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
A*AA including mathematics (minimum grade A) and either physics, further mathema

mathematics · 75% of entrants came with A levels · 92% stay on after year 1 · Southampton course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

A*AA including mathematics (minimum grade A) and either physics, further mathematypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: AAB, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

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

  1. 1mathematics
Who actually got in: 75% with A levels, 3% with the IB, 3% with other higher education. 14% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 210 entrants.

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

Other qualifications5
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IBPass, with 38 points overall with 19 points required at Higher Level including 6—
BTECD in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus grades A*A from two A-levels inmathematics and either physics, further mathematics, electronics or computer science; mathematics and either physics, further mathematics, electronics or computer science
AccessNot accepted for this course. Applicants with an Access to HE Diploma in a relev—
Scottish HighersOffers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and q—
T LevelA Distinction* overall, with A* in Core and Distinction in the Occupational Spec—
Years 1–6

What do you study?

9compulsory modules in year 1

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. Credits are not published for this course.

Southampton course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 5 core, 8 optional
Year 3 · 3 core, 31 optional
Year 4 · 2 core, 32 optional
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£40,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£34k
Median£41k
Upper quarter£50k

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 65 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 £33,500 and £50,000. Five years on, the median is £50,000. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 85% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 18% left92%160
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying85%50
Professional or managerial job85%35
Pay 15 months on, median£36,50025
Pay 3 years on, median£40,50065
Pay 5 years on, median£50,00070
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2026/27 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Southampton fees page · source

About £60,300 in fees over 6 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £33,500 a year (2026/27).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

83%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 72% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 120 students answered

Highest: 98% agreed on question 1; lowest: 64% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
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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 Southampton’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 Southampton is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.