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Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Mechanical Engineering

  • Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
  • 5 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 14 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

Our foundation programme paves the way to a degree programme in BEng or MEng Mechanical Engineering

Course outline

In our mechanical engineering foundation programme, you will be equipped with the essential groundwork for your future undergraduate studies, offering a clear path towards BEng or MEng Mechanical Engineering.

On this programme, you will learn, collaborate, and flourish through a blend of academic modules, specific subject knowledge, and project-based learning with students in other engineering areas and foundation students across different frameworks. This approach mimics the real-life working world, where your career will be enriched by working alongside people with different skill sets, viewpoints, and approaches, while also supporting a wider community of learning and building the specific skills for your progression.

Key benefits

  • Supporting progression – Opportunity to progress onto an Aston University degree programme by learning fundamental subject knowledge.

  • Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)

Where can this degree take me?

Successful completion of this foundation programme enables progression onto our full-time BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering degree course.

The transferable skills that our mechanical engineering programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as:

  • Graduate mechanical engineer

  • Performance engineer

  • Solutions architect

  • Development engineer

  • Business data analyst

  • Mechanical design engineer

  • Project engineer

  • Structural engineer

Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as the Royal Navy, BAE Systems, BMW Group, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), NHS, Mott MacDonald, Tata Consultancy Services, and Balfour Beatty.

Modules

Course Modules

For a full list of modules and course objectives, visit the course page on Aston University's website: https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/mechanical-engineering-foundation

https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/mechanical-engineering-foundation

Assessment method

For more information on how this course is assessed, visit the course page on Aston University's website: https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/mechanical-engineering-foundation

This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) • Full-Time • 4 to 5 Years

Start dates

  • 14 September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
H30F
Institution code:
A80
Campus name:
Main Site
Points of Entry:
Foundation

Aston University, Birmingham has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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What does this TEF outcome mean?

How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
H30F
Institution code:
A80
Campus name:
Main Site

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
CCD-DDD

In any subject
CCD: Standard offer
CDD: if the student is also presenting Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) grade B
DDD: Contextual offer

T Level
M

All T level subject accepted.

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

Access to HE Diploma
Distinction: 9 Merit: 21 Pass: 15

Obtain a minimum of 9 Distinctions, 21 Merits and 15 Pass at Level 3 in any subject.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Additionally to our Level 3 requirement, you will also need to have achieved:

GCSE Maths Grade C/4, and English Language/Literature Grade C/4.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 26

26 points overall, including 3, 3, 3 in Higher Level subjects (any subjects).

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MMM

All BTEC subjects accepted.
For other BTEC combinations please see Aston's web pages.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Aston Ready is our contextual offer scheme that could reduce your undergraduate offer by one or two grades. Assessed at the point of application, there are no additional forms to fill in. Details of eligibility criteria can be found on our website.

Learn more on the Aston University, Birmingham website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland£9790
International£22575

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

(The tuition fees mentioned are for the 2026/7 academic year. These will be updated to the fees for 2027/8 academic year as soon as they are available.)

*Home students: for entry to the University in 2026/7, the home tuition fees are expected to be £9,790, subject to parliamentary approval. For more information please visit the relevant course webpage at www.aston.ac.uk.  If you are already holding an offer with us, please check your offer letter for information on fees.

**International students: For more information please visit the relevant course webpage at www.aston.ac.uk.  If you are already holding an offer with us, please check your offer letter for information on fees

For Sandwich courses, the placement fee is £1250 for Home and £2500 for EU and International students.

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