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Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year

University of Southampton
Qualification
Degree
Length
5 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
Full-time
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About this course

Develop the next generation of healthcare technologies on our MEng Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year programme. Medical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year (MEng) starting September 2023 for 5 years Develop the next generation of healthcare technologies. You’ll design, build and test innovative new treatment methods and 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. 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.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
<48 pts1%
48-63 pts1%
112-127 pts1%
128-143 pts14%
144-159 pts22%
160-175 pts19%
176-191 pts13%
192-207 pts14%
208-223 pts7%
224-239 pts2%
240+ pts2%
How they qualified
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
What graduates earn over time
£34,500
3 years on
£42,500
5 years on
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