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Mechanical Engineering (with a year abroad) BEng Hons
Spacecraft and satellites. Reactors and robots. Mechanical engineering is at the core of most systems that move. But how is technology improving their performance? To build the future, you need to keep
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Points of entry for Mechanical Engineering (with a year abroad) BEng Hons
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Entry requirements for Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at University of Leicester
Entry requirements are the formal requirements students need to meet to be considered for a place on a university course. But, each year many universities accept students with lower grades. The bar chart below shows the actual UCAS tariff points of students currently on this course.
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Required subjects for Mechanical Engineering (with a year abroad) BEng Hons at University of Leicester
ABB including Maths. Two AS-levels considered in place of one A-level.
UCAS points for current students on Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at University of Leicester
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Most relevant Student Reviews for Engineering at University of Leicester
member6120751
18th October 24
Aerospace Engineering (with Industry), BEng Hons FullTime
A good course with great content, and practical opportunities. It has enabled great job prospects. read more
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member10111666
21st June 24
Aerospace Engineering (with Industry), MEng Hons FullTime
Good course for reaching your dreams in Aerospace read more
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member988969
14th July 23
Aerospace Engineering, MEng Hons FullTime
teachers just read of slides, no point even going to lecturers more efficient reading sldies on ur own read more
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member1280993
12th March 23
General Engineering (with Industry), MEng Hons FullTime
A good course but due to the change in staff members the new staff members need some experience in teaching certain subjects in Engineering. read more
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member1074575
21st December 22
Aerospace Engineering, MEng Hons FullTime
Great course would recommend it read more
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member1058615
24th May 21
Aerospace Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
The course is fantastic, great people, great tutors, great facilities, I'm not sure what else I can add. read more
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member534981
19th November 18
General Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Nice challenging course that teaches you a lot about the subject matter and professional experience. read more
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member631487
29th April 18
General Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Pretty good, though some of the lecturers are hard to understand and hopefully you aren't paired up with absolute idiots. Other than that, you get what you pay for. read more
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member423247
20th July 16
General Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
I had a fantastic time at Leicester! Enjoyed the course and graduated to a job in engineering! 3 years off the course and just about to progress to a senior engineer role with a large well known company. So all in all an amazing experience and learnt loads. read more
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Rachel
20th July 16
Aerospace Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Very career focussed, give a lot of guidance for placements. Lecturers are very helpful. read more
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akl
1st July 16
General Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Lots of contact hours making the course good value for money. Great lecturers and teaching assistants read more
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member922922
1st July 16
Aerospace Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Great course with excellent support read more
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Ecm22
29th April 16
General Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Good lectures content and style read more
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Beth
24th November 15
General Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Great course, mostly great lectures. read more
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Most relevant Student Reviews for Mechanical Engineering at University of Leicester
member1098949
1st February 24
Mechanical Engineering, MEng Hons FullTime
Great value for money with all bills included read more
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member981133
13th March 23
Mechanical Engineering, MEng Hons FullTime
I am happy with the university read more
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member777115
4th February 23
Mechanical Engineering, MEng Hons FullTime
Great department and course with good staff read more
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member561760
17th August 21
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
This is a very perfect apartment. The apartment facilities are very good and the front desk management is very enthusiastic. Living here is like being at home and very warm. In particular, warm-hearted reception staff, will be responsible for solving students' every problem! read more
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member558947
26th May 21
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Don’t know who my personal tutor is, the content is sometimes interesting but can also be very dull and seems irrelevant read more
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member1047246
10th April 20
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
The course is good, the lectures are professional and competent. Employed straight after graduation. read more
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member1336882
2nd April 19
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
No social care in a timely manner, 6 month waiting times when I had a crisis and needed help and no personal tutor who cared although I know others were lucky enough to have a good one. A split in excellent lecturers who care about their students and feedback and bad ones who are only there for research and who see student's feedback as irrelevant and carry on regardless (Engineering Department). What would have been good is more practical experience in learning FEA and CFD software earlier in the course to prepare engineers better for industry and their projects. (I had to learn CFD myself for my final project and was then taught it in an excellent Master's course later on which would have been beneficial earlier) read more
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member1236759
26th March 19
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Poor teaching, lack of enthusiasm, no assistance available and hostile learning environment read more
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Jackierchiles
25th July 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
It was a great experience with great tutors and I was extremely satisfied with my time at the Mechanical engineering department. The library is also amazing. read more
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member923240
20th July 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
The department still needs to invest more in facilities and more hands on teaching. Also the teaching quality ranges from excellent lecturers to a few who confuse the subject matter for many students and don't answer questions well when asked. There have only been a few instances in my course where a lecturer has shown why it is useful in industry to know about a certain subject, which would massively increase students motivation to learn, rather than just for learning's sake. read more
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BluesFan95
4th July 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Although there are great opportunities within the engineering department. The organisation of said department is not great. With timetables coming out late and sometimes incorrect, it is only worth joining if you are good at pushing yourself and for improvements yourself. read more
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member623034
4th July 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
practical enough, good teaching and excellent staff. read more
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member723031
4th July 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Personal tutor is always eager to help whenever possible. Lecturers always respond to questions and content is relevant. Vast improvement from first year. read more
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member1022923
1st July 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Studying here is really nice. Everything is comfortable read more
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member1322589
24th May 16
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Really enjoying it, wish I'd worked harder before exams, I'm stressing out right now. Only criticism is all the practical stuff is left till after exams, which means no hands on during the year and you have to say for 2 weeks after the exam period. There's also an oddity, and you can take positives and negatives from it, semester 1 starts late, finish quiet early. Then the same with semester 2. This does mean you get longer Christmas and Easter holidays. However this means Uni doesn't finish until towards the end of June. read more
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member617638
30th October 15
Mechanical Engineering, BEng Hons FullTime
Maths and mechanical engineering lecturers are brilliant! Design lecturers are also very good read more
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