Mechanical Engineering
27MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£50,000
SATISFACTIONnot published
CONTINUATION65%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS75%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 27% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Mechanical Engineering
BEng · Robert Gordon University
CONTINUATION ALERT
35% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £50,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £44,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £52,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 99th percentile of 1,186 Engineering and Technology courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 80%Found their work meaningful
- 80%Felt on track with their career
- 75%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 55% of graduatescards →
- 4 / 100Skilled trades occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).