Aerospace Engineering BEng(Hons) with integrated foundation year

Program Overview

Through project-based learning and industry collaborations, students develop essential engineering skills and knowledge in mathematics, physics, and aerospace systems. The program prepares graduates for successful careers in the aerospace industry, with an emphasis on real-world problem-solving and teamwork abilities.

Program Outline

Outline:

Foundation Year:

This option allows you to enter the Aerospace Engineering BEng(Hons) degree without meeting the standard entry requirements, and is particularly beneficial if you are changing careers or returning to study. The focus is on developing the essential mathematics, physics knowledge, and practical study skills required for further engineering studies.

Year 1:

• Core Mathematics: Introduces mathematical concepts and software tools for solving engineering problems.
• Engineering Practice: Develops engineering skills through project-based learning, covering reflection, organization, planning, design, communication, and planning.
• Mechanical Design: Involves drawing, CAD software (SolidWorks), basic mechanical design and machine components knowledge.
• Energy Systems: Introduction to energy production, conversion, storage, conservation and coupling, utilizing basic applied concepts of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer and engineering economics.
• Design Project: Teamwork on designing and manufacturing a functional product, applying a range of engineering skills and knowledge, and gaining experience with project management.
• Materials and Manufacture: Introduction to materials, properties, manufacturing processes, environmental considerations, component manufacturing from various materials, and selecting and evaluating manufacturing processes and product quality control.

Year 2:

• Dynamics and Control: Explores the dynamic behavior of engineering systems, using mathematical models to analyze and predict behavior, along with control methodologies to improve system performance.
• Engineering Systems: Interdisciplinary teamwork on solving complex real-world engineering problems, including legal, ethical and environmental aspects, with a focus on integrated subsystems, and professional working practices enhancement.
• Mechanics of Materials: Covers fundamentals, failure analysis (crack propagation and fatigue failure), stress analysis under various loadings (axial, torsional, flexural, pressurised vessels), stress concentration and intensity factors, and deflections of beams and buckling instability.
• Aerospace Fluid and Thermal Systems: Introduction to thermodynamics, internal flows, heat transfer, energy conversion cycles principles, thermal device design, rotodynamic machines and heat exchangers.
Practical exercises enhance and evaluate systems and strategies.
• Engineering Design: Develops theoretical knowledge and applies design practice through multidisciplinary teamwork on an engineering project, culminating in a competitive test of the product's functionality.

Final Year:

• Flight Dynamics and Control: Aircraft design, simulation and analysis of control and dynamic systems for aeronautical applications.
Focuses on flight mechanics, dynamic stability, classical and modern control theory, control system design and compensator methods for performance improvement, and using digital simulation software to build models for aircraft flight dynamics and flight control applications. Covers potential flow theory, flow around bodies and boundary layer theory, turbulence modeling, compressible flows, heat and mass transfer theory, and the computational fluid dynamics technique (theory and practice).
• Aircraft Design and Management Project: Develops knowledge and skills for aircraft and component design.
• Aerospace Propulsion Systems and Avionics: Further explores aircraft propulsion, principles of general aircraft avionics, particularly communication and navigation systems focusing on gas turbine engines and satellite/ground-based navigation systems.
• Individual Project: An opportunity to independently lead your own major individual project, exploring a technical problem in significant depth.
You'll collaborate with an academic advisor, enhancing confidence and competence in project management, and integrating previously gained knowledge from the program.

Option:

• Private Pilot Studies: An optional module to complement your studies and gain a private pilot license (PPL) by training with a pilot training facility according to CAA rules.
• The program emphasizes developing essential engineering skills through project-based learning, utilizing cutting-edge technology and facilities.
• Students gain a strong foundation in mathematics, physics, and engineering principles, with specific knowledge of aerospace systems, design, and operation.

Other:

• The program emphasizes industry links with guest lectures from industry experts and showcases of individual projects to potential employers.
• The University works closely with industry to ensure the program content aligns with workforce needs, preparing graduates for successful careers in the field.
• Industrial liaison panels advise on program content to ensure industry relevance.
• Opportunities exist to undertake real industrial projects during the coursework.
• The emphasis on project work, including a final year project, prepares graduates for real-world problem-solving and teamwork skills.

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,250 GBP International (full-time) 15,900 GBP If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.