Mechanical Engineering (with integrated Foundation Year)
30MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£32,000
SATISFACTION79%
CONTINUATION55%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS85%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 30% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Mechanical Engineering (with integrated Foundation Year)
BEng · University of Brighton · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
45% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £32,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £31,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £39,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 56th 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
- 75%Felt on track with their career
- 85%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 38 / 100Quality and Regulatory Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% 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).