Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year (BEng) at University of Southampton

About

Join a new generation of engineers that understand the underlying principles of medical and healthcare technologies. You'll enhance your employability with an industrial placement year; an additional year-long paid placement in an engineering organisation.

This programme combines engineering and physical science fundamentals with medicine and healthcare. The year-long placement is a great opportunity to bolster your employability by ensuring that you graduate with experience of contemporary industry operations and connections.

It includes benefits like:

support from a placement tutor during placement
a reduced tuition fee during the year
successful placement being included on your degree certificate
progression reviews throughout the year to monitor your progress and development

Our medical engineering offerings have a strong focus on mechanical engineering, user interaction and needs. The technologies you develop will help support patients, carers and clinicians in enabling longer, healthier and happier lives.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

design assistive technologies, as well as systems for diagnosis, treatment and for monitoring patients
undertake design-build-test projects in years 1 and 2, an individual project in year 3
use our outstanding research facilities, including our mechanical, electronics, biomechanics, bioengineering labs and human factors facilities
understand the specific clinical, safety and ethical implications of medical engineering work, and routes to commercialization
become familiar with specialist modelling software and modern measurement and test equipment

You’ll be taught by world experts in their field and undertake a wide variety of design tasks, projects and group activities to prepare you for a professional engineering career.

We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Find out why, when, and how we might make changes.

Our courses are regulated in England by the Office for Students (OfS).

Requirements

Entry Requirements

For Academic year 202526

A-levels

A*AA including mathematics (minimum grade A) and either biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics (minimum grade A)

A-levels additional information

A pass in the science Practical is required where it is separately endorsed.

Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking.

Applicants who have not studied mathematics and/or physics at A-level can apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

A-levels with Extended Project Qualification

If you are taking an EPQ in addition to 3 A levels, you will receive the following offer in addition to the standard A level offer: AAA including mathematics and either biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics plus grade A in the EPQ

A-levels contextual offer

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

or

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Pass, with 38 points overall with 19 points required at Higher Level, including 6 at Higher Level in either Biology, Chemistry or Physics and 6 at Higher Level in Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches) or 7 at Higher Level in Mathematics (Applications and Interpretation)

International Baccalaureate Diploma additional information

Applicants who have not studied the required subjects can apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

International Baccalaureate contextual offer

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

International Baccalaureate Career Programme (IBCP) statement

Offers will be made on the individual Diploma Course subject(s) and the career-related study qualification. The CP core will not form part of the offer. Where there is a subject pre-requisite(s), applicants will be required to study the subject(s) at Higher Level in the Diploma course subject and/or take a specified unit in the career-related study qualification. Applicants may also be asked to achieve a specific grade in those elements. Please see the University of Southampton International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) Statement for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.

or

BTEC

D in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus grades A*A from two A-levels including mathematics and either biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics (the A* can be in either subject).
or
D* in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus grades AA from two A-levels including mathematics and either biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics.

We will consider the BTEC National Diploma if studied alongside A-levels in the required subjects.

We will consider the BTEC National Extended Diploma in Engineering if studied alongside A-level mathematics.

RQF BTEC

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

Additional information

Applicants who have not studied mathematics and/or physics at A-level can apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

QCF BTEC

D in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma plus grades A*A from two A-levels including mathematics and either physics, chemistry, biology or further mathematics (the A* can be in either subject).
or
D* in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma plus grades AA from two A-levels including mathematics and either biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics.

We will consider the BTEC Diploma if studied alongside the required A-level subjects.

We will consider the BTEC Extended Diploma in Engineering if studied alongside A-level mathematics.

We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

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Access to HE Diploma

Irish Leaving Certificate

Scottish Qualification offers

Cambridge Pre-U

Welsh Baccalaureate

T Level

Access to HE Diploma

Not accepted for this course. Applicants with an Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject should apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

Irish Leaving Certificate

Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded 2017)

H1 H1 H1 H2 H2 H2 including mathematics, applied mathematics and either biology, chemistry, physics or physics-chemistry

Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded 2016)

A1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A2 including mathematics, applied mathematics and either biology, chemistry, physics or physics-chemistry

Irish certificate additional information

Applicants who have not studied the required subjects can apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

Scottish Qualification

Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and qualifications achieved in S5 will be reviewed. Careful consideration will be given to an individual’s academic achievement, taking in to account the context and circumstances of their pre-university education.

Please see the University of Southampton’s Curriculum for Excellence Scotland Statement (PDF) for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.

Cambridge Pre-U

D2, D3, D3 in three Principal subjects including mathematics (minimum grade D3) and biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics (minimum grade D3)

Cambridge Pre-U additional information

Cambridge Pre-U's can be used in combination with other qualifications such as A levels to achieve the equivalent of the typical offer, where D2 can be used in lieu of A-level grade A* or grade D3 can be used in lieu of A-level grade A. Applicants who have not studied mathematics and/or physics can apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

Welsh Baccalaureate

A*AA including mathematics (minimum grade A) and either biology, chemistry, further mathematics or physics (minimum grade A) or A*A from two A levels including mathematics and either physics or chemistry or biology or further mathematics plus A from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate

Welsh Baccalaureate additional information

A pass in the science Practical is required where it is separately endorsed. Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Applicants who have not studied mathematics and/or physics at A-level can apply for the Engineering/Physics/Mathematics Foundation Year

Welsh Baccalaureate contextual offer

We are committed to ensuring that all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise an applicant's potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.

T-Level

T level in Science at Distinction overall with A in Core and Distinction in the Occupational Specialism, and grade A in A-level Mathematics

English Program Requirements

Find the equivalent international qualifications for our entry requirements.

English language requirements

If English isn't your first language, you'll need to complete an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to demonstrate your competence in English. You'll need all of the following scores as a minimum:

IELTS score requirements

overall score: 6.5
reading: 6.0
writing: 6.0
speaking: 6.0
listening: 6.0

We accept other English language tests. Find out which English language tests we accept.

Career

Careers

Our graduate medical engineers will be prepared for a career in the healthcare sector and also benefit from employment opportunities in both medical engineering and the broader engineering industry.

You’ll graduate with technical skills that are in high demand, with the medical technology sector in the UK employing over 100,000 people and growing every year.

You’ll have access to our specialist careers support from our Careers Hub, which coordinates opportunities to connect with employers. This includes through things like careers fairs, support with job applications, summer internships and more.

Careers services at Southampton

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 31,000

Application Fee

GBP

Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year (BEng)

University of Southampton

University of Southampton

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