Strathclyde,Aberdeen,Herriot Watt and Swansea. How respected are their MEng courses?

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Son capable of AAA but only got AAB predictions so far so choices for MEng quite limited. Don’t want him wasting money on a course that isn’t that well respected.

Strathclyde is very well respected for engineering. I know 3 Scottish families with an engineer parent who's kids have gone there, 2 mechanical one Civil.
With all 3 Strathclyde was their 1st choice.

2 of them are there currently and one has already graduated and in an excellent job in the defence sector.

Aberdeen also well respected.

As suggested on a similar thread elsewhere, the option for starting with a BEng with lower entry requirements and switching to an MEng later in the course is often available.

Does it matter for engineering? I would have thought a degree in a practical STEM subject was the important thing, not where you did it.

It's not like the traditionally "snobby" subjects like law.

@ColinTheKoala

Does it matter for engineering? I would have thought a degree in a practical STEM subject was the important thing, not where you did it.

It's not like the traditionally "snobby" subjects like law.

Yes and no. Yes, afaik anyone with an MEng from an accredited course should be pretty employable. No, the exact range of what they can do won't necessarily be the same. However, that doesn't mean that uni A is better for everything than uni B.

For instance... if you wanted to go into one of the branches of engineering which entail doing (rather than just utilising) really hard maths, then perhaps you'd need to be able to go to somewhere like Cambridge or imperial. But if you wanted to go into high voltage power stuff, you might look to members of the 'Power Academy'. Other branches might be served better by midlands unis with strong links to automotive and other industries. That sort of thing. (Note the 'probably' and 'might' - I'm just thinking up examples.)

There are lots of good engineering courses, one size doesn't fit all.

Does he know what branch of engineering he wants to do? Some are more flexible than others. S1 had offers from a couple of places that had standard offers of A* AA but were AAB in clearing. (Thankfully )

Sheffield is worth looking at. Good rep but lower entry requirements than others.