Chemical Engineering with Year in Industry MEng

Newcastle University · honours · 4 years · placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 7681course page ↗

ABB at A level; graduates earn a median £36,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
ABB

100% 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: 100% with A levels. 5% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 20 entrants.

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

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?

8compulsory 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 1 · 8 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 2 · 9 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 3 · 3 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 4 · 4 core, 4 optional · 110 credits ≈ 1,100 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£36,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£30k
Median£36k
Upper quarter£42k

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 135 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, 24

Half of graduates earned between £30,000 and £42,000. Five years on, the median is £45,500. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 75% 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% studying85%45
Professional or managerial job75%35
Pay 15 months on, median£33,00030
Pay 3 years on, median£36,000135
Pay 5 years on, median£45,500140
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 2024-26

What do students say?

90%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 85% 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 3; lowest: 73% on question 15.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 191%
Question 291%
Question 3100%
Question 4100%
Question 582%
Question 691%
Question 7100%
Question 891%
Question 9100%
Question 1091%
Question 1182%
Question 1273%
Question 1391%
Question 1491%
Question 1573%
Question 1691%
Question 1791%
Question 1882%
Question 19100%
Question 20100%
Question 2191%
Question 2291%
Question 2382%
Question 2482%
Question 2591%
Question 2690%

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.