ESAT at Imperial College London
Imperial Design Engineering: ESAT requirements
The short answer
For 2027 entry, Imperial Design Engineering (28G3) requires 2 ESAT modules: Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2.1 Sit it in the October window (12 to 16 October 2026) or the January window (4 to 8 January 2027).2 Imperial does not publish figures for this UCAS course. Across its Design Engineering department in 2025, home applicants outside widening participation who received offers averaged 8.3 out of 18 across their modules, and 35% of that group received an offer.3
Imperial's own offer-holder figures for this department, beside your module scores.
ESAT modules for Imperial Design Engineering
- Compulsory
- Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 21
When to sit the ESAT
Published scores and offer rates
Not published Imperial has not published ESAT scores or offer rates for this course in the sources we checked (27 September 2026). ESAT-wide percentiles describe every candidate, so they cannot say what this course's applicants scored.1
Imperial Design Engineering department results
Imperial publishes ESAT results by department, not by UCAS code. These are 2025-entry figures for everyone who applied to Design Engineering, so they describe this course's department rather than the course itself.3
- Received an offer
- Interviewed, no offer
- Not interviewed
Totals add the module scores (each 1 to 9), so the scale runs to 18.
| Applicant group | Applicants | Offers | Offer rate | Average total: offer | Average total: interviewed, no offer | Average total: not interviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home WP | 43 | 39 | 90.7% | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.0 |
| Home non-WP | 202 | 70 | 34.7% | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| Overseas | 555 | 87 | 15.7% | 11.1 | 11.9 | 9.7 |
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Questions people ask
What ESAT score is competitive for Imperial Design Engineering?
Imperial does not publish figures for this UCAS course. Across its Design Engineering department in 2025, home applicants outside widening participation who received offers averaged 8.3 out of 18 across their modules, and 35% of that group received an offer.3
Which ESAT sitting should I take for Imperial Design Engineering?
Sit it in the October window (12 to 16 October 2026) or the January window (4 to 8 January 2027).2
How should I read the published ESAT score distribution?
UAT-UK's percentile tables cover every ESAT candidate. They tell you where a score sits nationally, not what Imperial Design Engineering applicants scored. The course figures above are the closest evidence for this course.1
Sources
Every figure on this page links to one of these. A checked date is the day we read the page, not the day it was published. Labels: Published, Past cycle, Calculated from published counts, Estimate, Not published.
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- 2UAT-UKChecked 27 Sep 2026.
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Data checked 27 September 2026. Missing figures are shown as not published, never as zero or a guess.