The Foundation Degree in Aerospace Engineering (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) is run in partnership with Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (Marshall ADG), one the UK's major aircraft, maintenance and repair (MRO) organisations. The primary purpose of the Foundation Degree programme, conducted in an industrial setting, is to prepare you for engineering and management roles in the aerospace MRO environment. The course is taught by professionally qualified instructors with many years industrial and military experience in the aerospace sector at Marshall ADG's AeroAcademy in Cambridge. You can choose to 'top up' to a Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) approved BSc(Hons) degree in Aircraft Engineering which starts you on the path to IEng status. This third year is delivered at Kingston University's Roehampton Vale campus and can be completed in full- or part-time modes of study. Aerospace Engineering (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) Foundation Certificate - 1 year full time Aerospace Engineering (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) Foundation Degree (FdEng) - 2 years full time

The primary purpose of the Foundation Degree programme, conducted in an industrial setting, is to prepare students for engineering and management roles in the aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) environment. Their technical knowledge of aircraft mechanical, electrical and avionic systems, combined with a familiarity with the legal requirements and the standards and practices followed by MRO organisations will enable graduates to compete effectively for employment within the industry. The thorough grounding in aircraft systems gained whilst on the Foundation Degree programme, although not intended to prepare students for the CAA B Licence theory exams, does provide a very good starting point for those students who intend subsequently to extend their knowledge and obtain this qualification. On successful completion of the foundation degree, you may be able to top up to our Aircraft Engineering BSc(Hons). The Aerospace Growth Partnership, in its Reach for the Skies (2013) document states: The UK has 17% of the global market for aerospace. This makes us the largest aerospace industry in Europe and globally second only to the United States. The sector provides over 100,000 direct jobs and indirectly supports many more across the UK. It generated £24.2bn of UK revenue in 2011 – 75% of which was exported. Much of this current success results from investment made in research and technology over a number of decades, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. The UK has particular capabilities in the most complex parts of the aircraft. About half of the world's modern large aircraft fly on wings manufactured in the UK. A Rolls-Royce powered aircraft takes off somewhere in the world every two and a half seconds. UK companies also have world-class strengths in advanced systems (such as landing gear, actuation, avionics, fuel and power supply), and deliver innovative new ways of providing services such as maintenance, repair and overhaul. In addition, the UK is one of only a handful of nations with the range of capabilities needed to design and build advanced helicopters.