Program Overview

Why choose this course?

• As a BEng or MEng student, you’ll have access to state-of-the-art wind-tunnel research facilities and learn from world-leading experts in the field.
• Take the opportunity to get industry-ready with our award-winning Professional Training placements.
• You can hone your practical, teamwork and leadership skills by joining one of our successful and dynamic student competition design groups. These include the UAS Challenge team (champions in 2021 and 2022), and our Team Peryton rocketry and satellite design teams (both category winners in 2023).
• This course is professionally accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
• With our strong heritage in space study, we're widely recognised as one of the best aerospace engineering universities in the UK.

What you will study

Our aerospace engineering courses encompass advanced materials, design, aerodynamics, space systems, propulsion, and the latest in computational and simulation tools.

With our research-led teaching, specialists will guide you in areas such as aircraft and environmental aerodynamics, propulsion, computational fluid dynamics and modelling of flows in gas-turbine engines (with links to our Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre).

You can apply to study for either a BEng or MEng. The latter builds on the BEng with a masters year and is a direct route to a masters qualification, known as an integrated masters.

Aerospace engineering placements

A crucial part of all our courses, our award-winning Professional Training placements provide you with further practical experience, enhancing your understanding of the subject.

As well as enabling you to apply the skills you’re learning, the placement gives you a deeper understanding of your studies and provides you with a head start as you enter the job market.

You can spend your placement working in the UK or another country. Companies that have participated in the scheme include:

• Airbus, France
• BAE Systems, UK
• BP, UK
• GE Aviation, USA
• Lockheed Martin, USA
• Rolls-Royce, Norway
• Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, UK
• TE Connectivity, Germany
• Williams Racing, UK.

The enhanced interpersonal and management skills you learn during the placement are highly valued by employers. This optional year also provides an opportunity to earn a full-time salary while still enjoying the benefits of being a student at the University.