Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng

University of Exeter · honours · 4 years · optional placement year · UCAS 0311course 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 · 55% of entrants came with A levels · 90% 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: 55% with A levels, 5% with the IB, 20% with other higher education. Based on 15 entrants.
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 HL6 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 Distinction Grade in Mathematics and 12 L3 Credits at Distinction Grade in an acceptable Science subject area.
T LevelDistinctionT-Level in Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing only. GCE A-Level Maths is still required.
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 23, 13, 12, 22, 24

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

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left90%25
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying95%15
Professional or managerial job90%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 £40,200 in fees over 4 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 2024-26

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; 57% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 10 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 4; lowest: 58% on question 10.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 183%
Question 283%
Question 392%
Question 4100%
Question 5100%
Question 683%
Question 7100%
Question 892%
Question 9100%
Question 1058%
Question 1192%
Question 12100%
Question 1392%
Question 1467%
Question 15100%
Question 1692%
Question 1783%
Question 1891%
Question 1980%
Question 20100%
Question 21100%
Question 2292%
Question 2392%
Question 2467%
Question 2578%
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 Exeter’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 Exeter is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.