
Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Design Engineering Beng (Hon)
Course Overview - Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Design Engineering Beng (Hon)
Our foundation programme paves the way to a degree programme in BEng Design Engineering at the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Course outline
In our Design Engineering foundation programme, you will be equipped with the essential groundwork for your future undergraduate studies, offering a clear path towards BEng Design 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 eng...
<strong>Our foundation programme paves the way to a degree programme in BEng Design Engineering at the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Course outline</strong><br/><br/>In our Design Engineering foundation programme, you will be equipped with the essential groundwork for your future undergraduate studies, offering a clear path towards BEng Design Engineering.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/><strong>Key benefits</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Supporting progression – Opportunity to progress onto an Aston University degree programme by learning fundamental subject knowledge.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Where can this degree take me?</strong><br/><br/>Successful completion of this foundation programme enables progression onto our full-time BEng (Hons) Design Engineering degree course.<br/><br/>The transferable skills that our design engineering programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as:<br/><br/><br/>• Application engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Research and development graduate engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Head of curriculum<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Assistant digital engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Tax associate<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Graduate project manager<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Graduate quality engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Balfour Beatty, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Leonardo, Fabrio Design, Technical Services (UK), Faurecia Group, and Laing ORourke.
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
Unknown
Start Date
14/09/2026
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
H15F
Institution Code
A80
Points of Entry
Foundation
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
Access to HE Diploma
D:9,M:21,P:15
Obtain a minimum of 9 Distinctions, 21 Merits and 15 Pass at Level 3 in any subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
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.
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 or Literature Grade C/4.
A level
C,C,D
D,D,D
In any subject CCD: Standard offer CDD: if the student is also presenting either Core Maths or Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) grade B DDD: Contextual offer
T Level
M
All T-level subjects accepted.
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Fees and funding
Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
---|---|---|---|
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales | £9,535 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |