UCL vs Edinburgh vs Durham vs Bristol Engineering

I can only apply to two out of these 4 unis and I can't decide which ones. I would apply for mechanical engineering at bristol and edinburgh, and general engineering at durham, and mechanical engineering with business finance at UCL. I want to apply to Bristol because it is probably the best one (according to the rankings) for mech eng. But I would love to go to Uni in Scotland and edinburgh is a beautiful uni, but It would be 2nd year entry so possibly harder to make friends. UCL has a really good course which combines mechanical engineering with finance so I would love to go there as I might want to go into finance after uni and that would best prepare me. Also UCL is a london uni and more prestigious, so banks may prefer to employ a UCL grad over the other unis. However Durham Uni has impressive buildings and I like how it is one of the oldest Uk Unis, and has the most impressive buildings. I would not mind doing general engineering and then mechanical in 3rd year at Durham. I want to go to the uni which would give me the most job opportunities and is most prestigious, but also a Uni which is historic picturesque like durham and edinburgh. Please help me pick 2 out of these 4 options.

I wouldn't choose any of those for Mech Eng.

Ignore rankings - look at the course - does it have a year in indsutry? Is it accredited? Bath is better than Bristol for a start - they are successful in Formula Student
Durham and UCL sre not ones my students look at either ..

I want to work in IB after my engineering degree, so London Unis and Oxbridge are target Unis for IB. Also my first 3 choices are Cambridge, Imperial, Bath, so I need to choose 2 of those remaining 4. And why is Bath better than Bristol? I've heard that Bristol is a more targetted uni for IB than Bath and it is a Russell group, more prestigious worldwide

Don't do an Engineering degree then - you are taking a place from someone who does want to work in the industry. Do Economica or something more relevant ... I would be reluctant to write a UCAS reference for somone focusing on IB and doing an Engineering degree.

"Prestige" is entirely relative and employment prospects are completely fickle metrics. I would always advise people not to factor these things into their decision when choosing between good universities - they're the kinds of things you might consider if you were trying to decide between Durham and Essex, but the universities you've chosen are all excellent to begin with. You'll stand just as much chance of getting a job after graduating from of any one of those. Employers really aren't going to say "well, they're an excellent candidate but they went to Bristol rather than UCL so we won't hire them". No one can offer you a cast iron guarantee that one university will get you a better job over the other three.

Instead, think about the way the course is structured and how they assess you, and whether this fits your preferences (eg, if they assess predominantly by exams, but you prefer coursework, the don't pick that uni). But also think about where you want to live, what kinds of amenities and lifestyle choices those unis offer, what accommodation options you want, how far you want to travel from your parents' house etc etc.

I'm doing an engineering degree because of how versatile it is. I could work in engineering or finance or a different sector with that degree. Also if I want to go into the more mathematical, quant side of finance engineering is way better than econ as it is a STEM degree

but is prestige more important if I want to work abroad, ie people have heard of UCL across the world and would respect a degree from there more than from bristol