Mechanical Design Engineering
29MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£31,000
SATISFACTION58%
CONTINUATION90%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS84%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 29% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Mechanical Design Engineering
BEng · University of Glasgow · 4 years
The pay story
- £31,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £30,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £39,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 42th 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
- 84%Found their work meaningful
- 77%Felt on track with their career
- 84%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 6% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 2% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 2% 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).