Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year
27MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£25,500
SATISFACTION87%
CONTINUATION75%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS90%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 27% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year
BEng · University of Sunderland · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
25% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £25,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £26,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £33,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 1th percentile of 1,186 Engineering and Technology courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 85%Found their work meaningful
- 65%Felt on track with their career
- 90%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 50% of graduatescards →
- 8 / 100Protective service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 5 / 100Sports and fitness occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).