Electrical, Electronic & Mechatronic Engineering BSc
Students are accepted from a wide range of educational backgrounds and all appli at A level; graduates earn a median £33,500 three years on.
95% of entrants came with A levels · 80% stay on after year 1 · Manchester course page, Discover Uni
What do you need to get in?
Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: This course is not eligible for a contextual offer, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.
Manchester course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile
Other qualifications1
| Qualification | Typical offer | Required subjects |
|---|---|---|
| IB | 32 points | with 5,5,5 in Higher Level subjects, including Mathematics (either ‘Analysis and Approaches’ or ‘Applications and Interpretation’ are acceptable) or Physics |
What do you study?
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.
Manchester course page · optional modules vary by year
Where does it lead?
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 85 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, 14, 23
Half of graduates earned between £29,000 and £40,000. Five years on, the median is £41,000. 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
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Continue after year 120% left | 80% | 40 |
| In work or study, 15 months on0% studying | 85% | 20 |
| Professional or managerial job | 85% | 15 |
| Pay 15 months on, median | £34,000 | 15 |
| Pay 3 years on, median | £33,500 | 85 |
| Pay 5 years on, median | £41,000 | 90 |
What does it cost?
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.
Manchester fees page · source
About £39,160 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £26,300 a year (2026/27).
What do students say?
NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 66% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.
National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 90 students answered
Highest: 91% agreed on question 11; lowest: 70% on question 24.
All questions26
| Question | Agree |
|---|---|
| Question 1 | 87% |
| Question 2 | 76% |
| Question 3 | 88% |
| Question 4 | 87% |
| Question 5 | 78% |
| Question 6 | 87% |
| Question 7 | 82% |
| Question 8 | 80% |
| Question 9 | 82% |
| Question 10 | 81% |
| Question 11 | 91% |
| Question 12 | 83% |
| Question 13 | 79% |
| Question 14 | 74% |
| Question 15 | 85% |
| Question 16 | 85% |
| Question 17 | 82% |
| Question 18 | 91% |
| Question 19 | 86% |
| Question 20 | 80% |
| Question 21 | 88% |
| Question 22 | 83% |
| Question 23 | 77% |
| Question 24 | 70% |
| Question 25 | 76% |
| Question 26 | 84% |
Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.
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