Embry-Riddle’s graduate programs in Aerospace Engineering provide students with a favorable balance of practical and theoretical training using the most current techniques and tools available to engineers. Students augment their engineering and science background with studies in computational fluid dynamics, aeroacoustic modeling, rotorcraft aerodynamics, flow control, air-breathing hypersonic and rocket propulsion, autonomous unmanned air and ground vehicles. Studies also include aircraft and spacecraft guidance, navigation and control, aeroelasticity, composites, nanomaterials, smart materials, structural health monitoring, computational structural mechanics, and design optimization, as well as other topics in aerospace engineering. A minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate-level work (10 courses or seven courses plus a thesis) is required for this degree.

Candidates for this degree program can select courses that prepare them for the aerospace engineering profession. Also, an available thesis option prepares them to continue on to doctoral studies.