Studying Aeronautical Engineering

For some of your classes you’ll be in lectures with other engineering disciplines and break down into smaller groups for tutorials. In more specialist modules you’ll be in smaller groups with just your course cohort.

Your studies will be a mix of practical and theory. Generally, you’ll learn the theory before going on to demonstrate it in a practical experiment in the laboratories. Alongside these subject specific skills, we’ll work with you to develop your employability and transferable skills, so you’ll be able to approach industry with confidence.

Yes, you can look to undertake a year-long industry placement and you’ll be supported by our own placements team and careers staff to highlight your opportunities to apply for placements in industry and help you with your CV, interviews and careers skills to make sure you present yourself and your talent in the best possible way. Students have gained placements previously with Boeing UK and Airbus Helicopters amongst others.

Our Aeronautical graduates have gone on to a range of aviation roles, some as pilots (with further training), some into military roles and others into engineering roles, in both Aviation and other areas of Engineering.  We’ve seen them employed at companies such as Airbus Helicopters, Augusta Westland, Boeing and Red Bull F1.

While you’ll be able to access texts either in-person or as e-books during your studies, there’s some good places to get started on your reading.

The following websites are good sources of information.

aerosociety.com

theengineer.co.uk/aerospace

nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics

For books, a good starter is Introduction to Flight by John D. Anderson