Science and Engineering degrees with a foundation year (Engineering route)
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, United Kingdom
Course overview
All of our engineering degrees provide project-based learning, helping you to develop the transferable skills and the multidisciplinary awareness so highly prized by industry. The Department of Engineering actively works with professional engineering institutions and encourages its students to engage with them. The foundation year provides a route onto an engineering degree if you don't have the qualifications or have not studied advanced level subjects sufficiently related to your course of choice.
After successful completion of the foundation year in engineering, you can progress on to the r
Key highlights
- Project-based learning develops transferable skills valued by industry
- Builds multidisciplinary awareness prized by engineering employers
- Department works actively with professional engineering institutions
- Students encouraged to engage with professional engineering bodies
- Route onto an engineering degree without related advanced-level subjects
- Successful completion allows progression onto an engineering degree
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 72-80 — 72-80 UCAS tariff points A levels - grades DDD or equivalent Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma - MMP OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - MMP Pearson BTEC National Diploma - DM Pass Access to HE Diploma in a r…
- A-level: DDD — or equivalent
- BTEC: MMP — BTEC National Extended Diploma
- BTEC: DM — BTEC National Diploma
Scholarships
International Undergraduate Scholarships
£2,000 for each year of your degree.
Up to £2,000Sanctuary Scholarship
Sports Scholarship
The total package is worth up to £10,000 per year. Additional support is available for exceptional applicants.
Vice-Chancellor’s International Regional Scholarship
Value: 50% of tuition fees in the first year of study.
Up to 50% of fees
Careers this course leads to
- Mechanical Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Civil Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Engineering Technician
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 Manchester Metropolitan University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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