Our Aviation courses are accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Brunel is the closest university to London’s Heathrow Airport, providing opportunities for site visits and placement and career options.

Becoming a pilot is one of the most exciting and rewarding of career choices. This specialist degree provides an ideal starting point for you to train to become a professional pilot after graduation. It incorporates fundamental practice and theory, but also presents the opportunity to obtain a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL) and to undertake training in a flight simulator.

The four-year MEng route provides an opportunity to add an aerospace engineering flavour to your degree and so more detailed technical aspects are covered, such as advanced computer modelling and advanced aeronautics.

Level 1

• Aircraft Ground Theory and Flying Practice
• Fundamentals of Solid Body Mechanics
• Fundamentals of Thermofluids
• Analytical Methods and Skills
• Engineering Materials, Manufacturing and Electrical Machines
• Aerospace Laboratories, Technical Drawing and Workshop Experience.

Level 2

• Solid Body Mechanics
• Thermofluids
• Performance and Control of Aircraft
• Principles of Aircraft Design
• Professional Engineering Applications and Practice
• National Private Pilot's Licence.

Level 3

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

Level 5

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

• GPA 5.0 or 80%

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

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
• Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)
• BrunELT: 65% (min 55% in all areas)