This one year course offers you the chance to top up your engineering foundation degree or HND with an honours degree qualification. This will broaden your range of skills and improve your career prospects. You will be taught how to turn ideas into reality by applying the principles of science and technology to the research, design, manufacture and maintenance of highly sophisticated aircraft. The degree also helps develop transferable skills such as oral and written communication, teamworking and time management, all of which will provide a sound basis for employment in the aerospace industry. Throughout this practical engineering course, you will also develop the range of specialist skills, knowledge and understanding needed to become an incorporated engineer.

Careers and employability Graduates will be equipped with the specialist knowledge necessary to start a career in aeronautical design. The aeronautical engineering degree also equips you with the skills to succeed in jobs in a range of other sectors. Career options include airframe design, engine design and testing, flight testing and wind tunnel testing, aircraft maintenance, stress analysis, aerodynamics, and flight simulation.