Aircraft Design option - MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design at Cranfield University

To design modern efficient aircraft requires a complex combination of aerodynamic performance, lightweight durable structures and advanced systems engineering. This specialist MSc Aerospace Vehicle Design option explores how different structural and systems elements can be designed and integrated using up-to-date methods and techniques.

Faculty: Aerospace  |  Duration: Full-time MSc: One year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September, March  |  Location: Cranfield, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Delivery: Taught modules 10%, group project 50%, individual research project 40%. Compulsory modules: Design of Airframe Systems, Design and Analysis of Composite Structures, Loading Actions, Aircraft Stability and Control, Reliability, Safety Assessment and Certification, Aircraft Performance, Design for Manufacture and Operation, Initial Aircraft Design, Flight Test Experience.

Career pathways

This MSc is valued and respected by employers worldwide. The applied nature of this course ensures that our graduates are ready to be of immediate use to their future employer and has provided sufficient breadth of understanding of multi-discipline design to position them for accelerated career progression.

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