Electronics and Computer Engineering with Industrial Project MEng

Newcastle University · honours · 4 years · placement year · UCAS 8086course page ↗

ABB at A level; graduates earn a median £32,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
ABB

69% of entrants came with A levels · 85% stay on after year 1 · Newcastle course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

ABBtypical A level offer; 2027 entry, from meta tags; required subjects not in html (widget filled by bundle.course-ug-min.js)

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

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

Who actually got in: 69% with A levels, 4% with the IB, 1% via Access courses, 20% with other higher education. Based on 70 entrants.
Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB32 points2027 entry, from meta tags; required subjects not in HTML (widget filled by bundle.course-ug-min.js)—
Years 1–4

What do you study?

7compulsory 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.

Newcastle course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 7 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 3 · 5 core, 2 optional · 100 credits ≈ 1,000 hours
Year 4 · 4 core, 2 optional · 100 credits ≈ 1,000 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£32,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£29k
Median£33k
Upper quarter£41k

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 55 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, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £28,500 and £41,000. Five years on, the median is £40,500. 90% 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 115% left85%10
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying90%30
Professional or managerial job85%25
Pay 15 months on, median£32,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£32,50055
Pay 5 years on, median£40,50055
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.

Newcastle 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: £30,700 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

82%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 · 50 students answered

Highest: 99% agreed on question 19; lowest: 68% on question 17.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 194%
Question 282%
Question 398%
Question 491%
Question 591%
Question 683%
Question 774%
Question 880%
Question 990%
Question 1082%
Question 1184%
Question 1290%
Question 1380%
Question 1468%
Question 1598%
Question 1691%
Question 1768%
Question 1881%
Question 1999%
Question 2087%
Question 2193%
Question 2286%
Question 2393%
Question 2479%
Question 2570%
Question 2682%

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 Newcastle University’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. Newcastle University is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.