AERONAUTICAL AND AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
Aeronautical Engineering
Automotive Engineering
MEng (Hons) DIS/DIntS/DPS*: 5 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: H402
MEng (Hons) DIS/DIntS/DPS*: 5 years full-time with placement year UCAS Code: H342
MEng (Hons): 4 years full-time UCAS code: H403
MEng (Hons): 4 years full-time UCAS code: H343
BEng (Hons) DIS/DIntS/DPS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: H401
BEng (Hons) DIS/DIntS/DPS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS Code: H341
BEng (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: H410
BEng (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS Code: H330
Typical offers A level: A*AA (MEng) including Maths and Physics, with A* in Maths or Physics / AAB (BEng) including Maths and Physics IB: (MEng) 38 (7,6,6 HL) including HL Maths and Physics with 7 in Maths or Physics / (BEng) 35 (6,6,5 HL) including HL Maths and Physics BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: (BEng only) DDD in a relevant subjects plus A level Maths grade B (for other combinations please refer to the online prospectus)
Typical offers A level: A*AA (MEng) including Maths and Physics, with A* in Maths or Physics / AAB (BEng) including Maths and Physics IB: (MEng) 38 (7,6,6 HL) including HL Maths and Physics with 7 in Maths or Physics / (BEng) 35 (6,6,5 HL) including HL Maths and Physics BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: (BEng only) DDD in a relevant subjects plus A level Maths grade B (for other combinations please refer to the online prospectus)
This course will prepare you for a career tackling challenges in aviation from day one, such as finding environmentally sustainable methods of propulsion, to increasing automation that allows unmanned aircraft to accomplish an ever-increasing range of tasks.
The automotive industry is changing rapidly, with an emphasis on digital engineering, electric propulsion and increasingly autonomous driving using artificial intelligence. The course introduces these concepts, as well as the fundamentals underpinning them, from year one.
Year 1
Year 1
Areas studied include aircraft systems and performance, introduction to aircraft design, thermodynamics, mechanics, materials and manufacturing.
Year 2
Areas studied include fixed and rotary wing aircraft performance, low and high-speed aerodynamics, turbomachinery, control engineering, electrotechnology, structural design, and reliability assessment.
Optional placement/study abroad year
Optional industrial placement and/or overseas study.
Year 2
Areas studied include vehicle loading suspension, advanced powertrain systems, ground vehicle aerodynamics, electrotechnology, control engineering, machine elements and automotive materials and systems reliability assessment.
Optional placement/study abroad year
Year 3
Optional industrial placement and/or overseas study.
Areas studied include aircraft and gas turbine design, sensor fusion, spacecraft engineering, and computational fluid dynamics. BEng students will undertake their individual project.
Year 3
Year 4 (MEng only)
You will carry out a major individual project working on a real-world engineering challenge, a group design project, and topics such as autonomous vehicles or experimental fluid mechanics.
Graduate destinations
Areas studied include vehicle design and development, thermodynamics, mechanics, materials and manufacturing, ensuring an emphasis on automotive engineering principles from day one.
Areas studied include sensor fusion, vehicle dynamics and simulation, battery technology and computational fluid dynamics. BEng students will undertake their individual project.
Year 4 (MEng only)
You will carry out a major individual project working on a real-world engineering challenge, a group design project, and autonomous vehicles or vehicle handling.
Airbus, BAE System, British Airways, Caterpillar, Cummins, Dyson, GKN Aerospace, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, Leonardo Helicopters, Lockheed Martin, Marshall Aerospace, RAF, and Rolls-Royce.
Graduate destinations
*Diploma in Industrial/International/Professional Studies
*Diploma in Industrial/International/Professional Studies
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Placement opportunity
Study abroad
AMG Petronas Motorsport, Aston Martin, Bentley, BMW, Caterpillar, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, Red Bull Racing and Rolls-Royce.
Additional award
Accredited course
