Environmental Engineering BEng

University of Exeter · honours · 3 years · optional placement year · UCAS 8914course page ↗

AAB - ABB at A level, GCE A-Level Maths grade B and another science* subject at grade B. Candidates may offer GCE A-Level Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths; graduates earn a median £32,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB - ABB

GCE A-Level Maths grade B and another science* subject at grade B. Candidates may offer GCE A-Level Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths · 80% of entrants came with A levels · 85% stay on after year 1 · Exeter course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAB - ABBtypical A level offer

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

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

  1. 1GCE A-Level Maths grade B and another science* subject at grade B. Candidates may offer GCE A-Level Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths
Who actually got in: 80% with A levels, 10% with the IB, 5% with other higher education. 20% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 35 entrants.

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

Other qualifications4
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB34/665-32/655HL5 in Mathematics (Analysis and approaches or Applications and interpretations) and HL5 in another Science subject. Applicants achieving IB Maths SL7 plus IB HL5 in Physics will also be considered.
BTECDDD-DDMSee below under 'read more' for further information
Access24 L3 Credits at Distinction Grade and 21 L3 credits at Merit Grade.12 L3 Credits at Merit Grade in Mathematics and 12 L3 Credits at Merit Grade in an acceptable Science subject area.
T LevelDistinctionT-Level in Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing, or T-Level in Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction. GCE A-Level Maths is still required.
Years 1–3

What do you study?

6compulsory modules in year 1

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.

Exeter course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 8 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 3 · 5 core, 3 optional · 90 credits ≈ 900 hours
Placement or year abroad · 1 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£32,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£28k
Median£33k
Upper quarter£39k

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 170 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, 12, 22

Half of graduates earned between £28,000 and £38,500. Five years on, the median is £42,000. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 95% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 115% left85%30
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying90%15
Professional or managerial job95%15
Pay 15 months on, median£33,00060
Pay 3 years on, median£32,500170
Pay 5 years on, median£42,000180
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 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.

Exeter fees page · source

About £30,150 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £31,500 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

78%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 89% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 25 students answered

Highest: 96% agreed on question 3; lowest: 57% on question 25.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 188%
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Question 2557%
Question 2678%

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

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