• Question: what kind of grades would you need to go into the engineering business?

    Asked by xkY3x to Hilly, Lee, Liz, Tadhg, Yasmin on 14 Jun 2015.
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      Yasmin Ali answered on 14 Jun 2015:

      It depends what route you take. If you want to study engineering at university, you probably need A’s to C’s at A-level, in Maths and probably another science. There are lots of engineering apprenticeships – for those you need A* to C grades at GCSE.

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      Tadhg O'Donovan answered on 14 Jun 2015:

      Popular engineering courses will need good grades (A’s and B’s) in Maths and a science subject. For most engineering courses you will need Physics but for Chemical Engineering you need Chmisty (obvious enough, I guess).

      In Scotland, where I work, it’s a it different. It takes four years to Bachelor level (and 5 to Masters level); in the rest of the UK it takes a year less. If you have A-levels, it means you can directly enter the course in the 2nd year in Scotland….or if you’re grades are a little lower than the 2nd year entrance standard you can go into the 1st year.

      Complicated, I know…but you have lots to options.

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      Lee Margetts answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hi @ xkY3x. Each university will have its own entry requirements, so this would require a bit of investigation. A typical offer from the University of Manchester would be two A’s and a B at A-level. The grades reflect how popular a course is. If the grades are high, the course is very popular and is likely to be very good! Maths and Physics are important subjects to study.

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