Engineering university choices....pls help

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Hello..we seek help and advice for lovely DD. My daughter is applying for general engineering this September. She is doing Maths, Further Maths and Physics A levels...predicted grades A,A A...poss Oxford.Definetly not London ie no Imperial. She is considering oxford , Durham, Warwick, Cardiff and Sheffield. Does anyone have any experience with any of these unis/cities, or other unis they’d recommend us looking at for engineering? All help gratefully received.. Thank you .

You should ask if it would be possible to transfer to the MEng if you do well enough in first year.

Sorry for the double post.

One thought - from the number of modules you mention I infer you did maths but not FM? If so, and if you did decide to do retakes of your other three subjects, would it be worth seeing if you could study FM at the same time? Some sixth forms do maths in yr11 then FM in a year. Ignore me if that seems daft or unfeasible.

Dear all. DD and I are delighted that this has taken off. DD is still researching. But the information has been of great help to DD1 BF who did not get the grades he hoped for to getting in to Mech Engineering at his chosen universities and has via clearing now got a place at Strathclyde.....Which got very good reviews here. I hope that it has been a similar help to Marshal .Thank you all so much all input welcome for us and others.

That's good! I similarly found MN an invaluable source of information when DD was making her choices, probably including from some of the knowledgeable posters on this thread.

Marshall - I think I would take Newcastle now. Are you going to get the improved grades? Is that realistic? If it’s a huge gamble, then I would take the offer you have. Hopefully Newcastle will support you if it’s more challenging for you.

A friend's DS did engineering at Nottingham, apparently very good.

Marshal
As far as I can see Newcastle say they want AAB to do a degree in civil eng so to get in with CCC is a real result (if you will excuse the phrase!). Don't believe your actual results, believe your predicted results - this is what you are capable of.
CGSE and A Level results are partly a reflection of how good your teachers are. Yours let you down.
Degree results are a reflection of you. Not how good your lecturers are but how good you are at getting the best out of an opportunity. That's why employers value degrees - it's an indicator of you (the adult), your self-determination and work ethic. (I'm just reiterating what Chemenger said, basically, from a different angle)
Take the Newcastle offer and prove that you are worth this second chance.
Are you going for the year-in-industry option?
Good luck!

A relative of mine lectures at Newcastle - you will do well there. Good luck!

I just wanted to correct what a pp said earlier about Structural Engineering and Chartered status. The Requirement (on their web page) is now an MEng or further study after a BEng. Therefore, for highflying candidates, do the MEng. Options are limited with just a BEng and this would be Associate level within the Institution.

If a university has made an offer at CCC one would assume they will offer catch up classes if needed. Any student who has a lower achievement at A level than most on the course, should be offered this in my view.

@BubblesBuddy The Istructe website is not terribly clear but it appears that the Technical Report route still exists? For that you only need a BEng but it must be accredited (or the process is extremely onerous). You can apply for the technical report interview and the PRI at the same time and given the right experience this could be within 6-7 years of graduating, so about the same time frame as an MEng. Someone in my office did it (unfortunately they failed the PRI).
www.istructe.org/membership/types-of-membership/chartered-member/technical-report-route

Perhaps they (istructe) are withdrawing it and it may be worth a check for anyone applying to uni but it means I wouldn't panic about doing a BEng if your heart is in structures! You can still get chartered.

@MarshalTheTroops my uni (UCL) offered maths help sessions with current PhD students running them as it was recognised there would be a range of maths ability. I'm sure Newcastle will have similar, but you could ask if you are worried. I'd go for it! The maths is hard but ime everyone helps each other out, an engineering degree tends to be very sociable. Good luck

Nothing to stop a BEng graduate doing a one year MSc either, in some ways that can be a more useful qualification, they are very rigorous. The criteria is usually a Masters level degree or equivalent.

Yes, butunlikeky, there is that route but you have to satisfy the Institute that your academic standard is equivalent to Masters. If you are working on designs that are not varied, this can take a long time! A 4 year MEng is much quicker! Or a MSci if taken after a BEng. They do prescribe what you are expected to know and when you are working, you are highly unlikely to cover it in a year as you would with MEng. Therefore it’s onerous on top of the exam and professional development. However, not impossible. But - they still want equivalent of MEng!