This specialist degree in aerospace engineering 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.

This can take longer if industrial training is difficult to come by. The provision of training can be expensive for employers, because they will incur costs in providing it, and will lose the use of an employee’s service while training is undertaken.

Brunel’s sandwich courses help smooth the way through this stage because the integrated work experience is approved by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. With a large proportion of industrial training already completed, students are well down the road to registration, even before graduation.

Level 1

• Fundamentals of Solid Body Mechanics
• Fundamentals of Thermofluids
• Analytical Methods and Skills
• Engineering Materials, Manufacturing and Electrical Machines
• Introduction to Engineering Design
• Aerospace Laboratories, Technical Drawing and Workshop Experience.

Level 2

• Solid Body Mechanics
• Thermofluids
• Principles of Aircraft Design
• Professional Engineering Applications and Practice
• Computing, Analytical Methods, Control and Instrumentation.

Level 3

• Major Individual Project
• Propulsion Systems, Aircraft Structures and Materials
• FEA, CFD and Numerical Modelling
• Professional Engineering Practice
• Flight Testing and Analysis.

Level 5

• Major Group Project
• Strategic Management, Innovation and Enterprise
• Current Topics in Aerospace
• Design and Analysis of Aircraft and Spacecraft Systems
• Advanced Aerodynamics, Propulsion Systems and Space Mechanics

Choose one optional module from:

• Advanced Thermofluids
• Advanced Solid Body Mechanics.

• GCE A-level AAA including Maths and Physics (General Studies not accepted).
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF)/BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (RQF) Not accepted for the MEng entry. BTEC Extended Diploma students are encouraged to apply for the BEng degree in this subject and if they achieve sufficient grades on year two of the course they can discuss transferring to the MEng.
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma (QCF) D*D* in Mechanical Engineering only, with distinctions in Further Mathematics for Technicians and Further Mechanical Principles modules, AND A-Level Maths grade A.
• BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (RQF) D*D* in Mechanical Engineering only, with Distinctions in Engineering Principles, Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems, Further Engineering Mathematics, Static Mechanical Principles in Practice, Dynamic Mechanical Principles in Practice, Principles and Applications of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamic Principles and Practice units, AND A-Level Maths at grade A.
• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma (QCF)/BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (RQF) D* in any subject with A-Levelsgrades AA in Maths and Physics.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma 34 points including 6 in Higher level Maths and 6 in Higher level Physics.
• Access to Higher Education Diploma not accepted for the MEng entry. Access students are encouraged to apply for the BEng degree in this subject and if they achieve sufficient grades on year one of the course they can discuss transferring to the MEng.

• GPA 5.0 or 80%

  80% is required in any specific subjects that are stated in GCE A-level entry requirements above.

• IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
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