MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Aerodynamics
Course Overview
This MEng in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a focus on Aerodynamics equips you with the advanced knowledge to analyze and control aerodynamic behavior for vehicles, wings, and propulsion systems. The course is designed to launch your career in the high-performance aerospace and motorsport industries. You will gain unparalleled hands-on experience using our world-class facilities and benefit from our strong industry connections.
Key Program Highlights
- Access to the largest university wind tunnel in the UK, used by Formula 1 teams and Olympic athletes
- Hands-on design, build, and test projects in every year of study, showcased in an annual Engineering Design Show
- State-of-the-art facilities including a jet propulsion lab, a Boeing flight simulator, and a professional manufacturing center
- Unique flight-testing course conducted on board a flying laboratory aircraft
- BAE Systems preferred course with excellent industry links and an optional paid industrial placement year
Course Overview
This MEng in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a focus on Aerodynamics equips you with the advanced knowledge to analyze and control aerodynamic behavior for vehicles, wings, and propulsion systems. The course is designed to launch your career in the high-performance aerospace and motorsport industries. You will gain unparalleled hands-on experience using our world-class facilities and benefit from our strong industry connections.
Key Program Highlights
- Access to the largest university wind tunnel in the UK, used by Formula 1 teams and Olympic athletes
- Hands-on design, build, and test projects in every year of study, showcased in an annual Engineering Design Show
- State-of-the-art facilities including a jet propulsion lab, a Boeing flight simulator, and a professional manufacturing center
- Unique flight-testing course conducted on board a flying laboratory aircraft
- BAE Systems preferred course with excellent industry links and an optional paid industrial placement year
Requirements
Modules
- Aerospace Electronics
- Aerospace Materials
- Data Science & Computational Methods
- Introduction to Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Introduction to Aerospace Design
- Mathematics for Engineering and the Environment
- Statics & Dynamics
- Thermofluids for Aerospace Engineers
- Advanced Aerospace Systems Design
- Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Materials & Structures
- Aerospace Mechanics & Control
- Astronautics
- Digital Aerospace Methods
- Mathematics for Engineering and the Environment Part II
- Propulsion
- Advanced Aerospace Mechanics And Control
- Aerothermodynamics
- Individual Project
- Management & Law for Aerospace Engineers
- Advanced Aeronautics
- Aircraft Structural Design
- Introduction to Aircraft Design
- Advanced Aerospace Engineering Management
- Group Design Project
- Advanced Computational Methods I
- Advanced Finite Element Analysis
- Advanced Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells and Batteries
- Aeroacoustics
- Aeroelasticity
- Aircraft Propulsion
- Applications of CFD
- Automotive Propulsion
- Composites Engineering Design and Mechanics
- Computational Aerodynamics
- Computational methods in biomedical engineering design
- Corporate Finance
- Data-Driven Fluid Mechanics
- Design Search and Optimisation (DSO) - Principles, Methods, Parameterizations and Case Studies
- Experimental Methods for Aerodynamics
- Failure of Materials and Components
- Finite Element Analysis in Solid Mechanics
- Hypersonic & High Temperature Gas Dynamics
- Information Systems Management and Strategy
- Intelligent Mobile Robotics
- Materials for Transport Applications
- Microstructural and Surface Characterisation
- Nonlinear Control of Aerospace Systems
- Numerical Methods
- Principles of Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells and Batteries
- Project Management
- Project Risk Management
- Race Car Aerodynamics
- Renewable Energy from Wind, Wave and Tide
- Signal Processing
- Spacecraft Instrumentation
- Spacecraft Orbital Mechanics
- Spacecraft Propulsion
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Operations Management
- Sustainable energy systems, resources and usage
- Turbulence