This specialist degree provides a rigorous and traditional academic education coupled with a well-developed appreciation of the highly technical nature of the aerospace industry. The subjects studied include analytical and computational skills, principles and concepts appropriate to the design and operation of aircraft, and professional skills needed to equip graduates in the aerospace industry. The final year of the MEng is about broadening and deepening your knowledge and understanding of the discipline, to better meet the leadership needs of industry. * Read about Student Industrial Work Placements. * Brunel Aerospace students top UK university in BMFA Heavy Lift Challenge. * Current Aerospace/Aeronautics Engineering students to build and fly a Microlight aircraft. Why Study Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Course at Brunel University? NSS3rd best UK University for overall student satisfaction in Aerospace and Aviation: 2012 National Student Survey NSSTop London-based University for overall student satisfaction in Aerospace and Aviation: 2012 National Student Survey NSSAccredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) What Do Our Students Think About this Course? View student profiles to see what our students say about this course. About Mechanical Engineering at Brunel From jet aircraft to air conditioning plant, from tunnelling machines to body-scanners, from technical consultancy to financial services such as insurance, mechanical engineers deal with the design and production of the machines, systems and structures that are taken for granted in the modern world. The range and diversity of career choice is consequently tremendous. In response to this diversity, we offer a variety of courses. Interacting with students from different specialisms and with different interests is an important part of the University experience. To help with this, we have introduced a multidisciplinary project for Level 1 students. This is a design-based competition between teams made up of students from a number of subjects. We also offer the Engineering with an Integrated Foundation Year course. The range of courses reflects several of our research interests: * energy and environmental engineering; * internal combustion engines and their fuels; * structures and materials; * fluid mechanics. Aims This specialist course aims to produce highly qualified aerospace engineers equipped with qualities and transferable skills for demanding employment in the field of aerospace engineering and related topics, requiring the exercise of leadership, initiative, personal responsibility and decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.

Graduates from the MEng degree course have demonstrated themselves to be of the highest calibre of their peer group. Generally, our MEng students have a number of job offers before they graduate, and find themselves in the enviable position of cherry-picking their prospective careers. The five-year thick-sandwich degree programme enables you to gain high-quality, relevant professional experience which is sought by employers. Students have the opportunity to change from the full-time mode of study to the thick-sandwich course up to the end of Level 2. Careers Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey These statistics relate to graduates from a number of different pathways – Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (MEng), Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics, Mechanical Engineering with Automotive Design, Motorsport Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Aviation Engineering and Aviation Engineering with Pilot Studies. In 2011/12, six months after graduating: * 71.9% of graduates with a first degree were in employment * 13.5% were in full-time further study * 1.0% were combining work and study Read more about graduate destinations for this subject area Aerospace Engineering graduates take up employment in fields such as aircraft and components design and manufacture, maintenance and testing, propulsion systems, flight simulation, aviation, avionics, patent engineering, financial services, and many more. Recent graduates have gone on to work for: * Rolls-Royce Aero Engines * British Airways * Airbus * GE Energy * Thales * Marshall Aerospace * BAE Systems * Qinetiq Group * Lockheed Martin * the Ministry of Defence Research Some of our graduates go directly into research, leading to the award of a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD), whilst others spend several years in industry first before studying for either a PhD or EngD (Engineering Doctorate). Opportunities for research are open to excellent graduates from the Aerospace Engineering course.