BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering at Swansea University

Aerospace Engineering at Swansea provides training in the theory and operation of aeronautical and astronautical vehicles, from jet-powered and propeller-driven aircraft to gliders and helicopters. Learning combines theory with laboratory and computational work, supported by an engineering flight simulator, a JetCat P120 engine, wind tunnels and advanced structures, fluids and dynamics laboratories at Bay Campus. The BEng is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Faculty: School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with a foundation year, year abroad or year in industry)  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers Materials and Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering Design, Build and Test, Introduction to Aerospace Technology, Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and Thermofluids. Year 2 covers Aerospace Structures, AI and Aerospace Systems, Subsonic Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics, Fundamentals of Space Technology and Aerospace Dynamics and Control; Year 3 adds Advanced Structural Dynamics, Gas Dynamics and Propulsion, Aerospace Engineering Design and Management, an Individual Engineering Project and an Aeronautical, Astronautical or Materials stream module.

Career pathways

Graduates work as aircraft design engineers, defence engineers, flight test engineers, high speed railway engineers, in space and rocket science, and in aerodynamics for motorsport or sustainable energy; destinations include Rolls-Royce, Airbus, BAE Systems, GE Aviation, the RAF and Jaguar Land Rover.

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