Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year (BEng Hons)
London South Bank UniversitySouthwark Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Laying the groundwork for success in Mechanical Engineering Not everyone takes the same route into university, and that’s ok. If you’re passionate about working in the tech sector but don’t quite meet the entry requirements for Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)/MEng degree, then this course is for you. The Foundation Year is your opportunity to step into Higher Education while building the confidence, skills, and knowledge you need to succeed.
In just one year, we’ll help you gain a solid foundation and get ready to take on our Mechanical Engineering degree. We’ve designed the Foundation Year to give you a well-rounded start, with exciting new topics in technology, communicating ideas, and collaborative real-world projects - all building the strong foundations you’ll need to thrive in today’s fast-moving engineering industry. Your next step: the degree Mechanical Engineering at LSBU is all about turning top-class learning (we consistently score highly in university rankings) into practical skills you can use in the real world.
With this degree programme, you will build a solid grounding in core principles and concepts, while also getting the space to test your own ideas, make things, break things and use data to innovate. This will position you to work in almost any sector where ethical problem solvers are needed: from energy and transportation to robotics and pharmaceuticals. If you’re the kind of person who can see the solutions others can’t, then this is the place for you.
Key highlights
- Foundation Year builds skills and confidence for progression onto the degree
- Foundation topics cover technology, communicating ideas and collaborative real-world projects
- Hands-on approach: test ideas, make things, break things
- Uses data to drive engineering innovation
- Prepares graduates for energy, transportation, robotics and pharmaceutical sectors
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 64 — 64 UCAS points.
- GCSE: C or above — to include Mathematics
Scholarships
LSBU Pathway Progression Scholarship
£5,000 discount from headline gross tuition fees for the first year of study.
Up to £5,000Sports Scholarships
Sports scholars can receive up to £1500 financial support per annum, as well as assistance in competition travel and entry.
The Cambridge Education Group (CEG) Progression Award
The LSBU Pathway Progression Scholarship offers a £5,000 tuition fee discount for the first year of undergraduate or postgraduate taught study.
Up to £5,000The Global Success Scholarship
The Global Success Scholarship is worth up to £4,000 and awarded to international students to provide them a springboard to kickstart their global career at LSBU.
The Transnational Education (TNE) Partner Award
Value: £5,000 tuition fee discount per academic year
Up to £5,000The Vice Chancellor’s International Merit Award
£2,000 for each academic year.
Up to £2,000
Careers this course leads to
- Mechanical Engineer
- Energy Engineer
- Robotics Engineer
- Automotive Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,535 per year | International: £15,500 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to London South Bank University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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