MEng in Aerospace Engineering (5 years full-time with placement)

Course delivery is a well-balanced combination of theory and practical sessions. In your first two years, you will gain solid knowledge and understanding of key aerospace engineering principles. You’ll also develop your reflective skills and professional development planning through the professional engineering practice module. In later years, you move on to specialist topics such as propulsion systems, flight testing, advanced aerodynamics, space mechanics, and the design and analysis of aircraft and spacecraft systems. There is also a choice of optional modules, either fluids or solids, depending on your area of interest. You will work on your industry-relevant individual research project in your third year and your major group project in your MEng final year.
This course can be studied 4 years full-time or 5 years full-time with placement, starting in September.
Year 1
Compulsory

• BE1601 - Engineering Mathematics and Programming
• This module aims to develop the ability to understand and apply fundamental methods of engineering mathematics. It introduces the use of programming in engineering to improve the skill to represent and solve problems algorithmically.
• BE1602 - Engineering Practice
• This module develops the study skills needed in all engineering disciplines to support the journey through Higher Education and into professional life and thus maximizing employability.
• BE1603 - Engineering Systems and Energy
• This module provides a grounding in concepts of measurement and uncertainty, and knowledge about applied physics relations that govern engineering systems, including power and energy.
• BE1604 - Engineering Mechanics and Materials I
• This module provides a grounding in the fundamental principles of engineering mechanics. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the common and important material properties for various engineering applications.
• BE1606 - Engineering Mechanics and Materials II
• This module provides a grounding in the fundamental principles of engineering mechanics. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the common and important material properties for various engineering applications and problem solving.
• ME1620 - Mechanical Engineering Science
• This module develops the study skills governing the mechanics of solid bodies under static conditions. Students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills in modelling and analysing engineering problems.
  Year 2
  Compulsory
• ME2619 - Aerodynamics and CFD
• This module provides introduction to the fundamental principles of aerodynamics and development of experimental laboratorial procedures for basic aerodynamics. Students learn basic concepts of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to be used in aerodynamics problems.
• ME2611 - Design Process for Machine Elements, Manufacturing Processes, Materials and CAD
• This module introduces relevant mechanical components, assemblies in an engineering design context and Computer Aided Design (CAD). Students learn to consolidate the disciplines of materials science, materials engineering and modern manufacturing processes.
• ME2617 - Dynamics of Machines
• This module helps to establish a foundation for vibration analysis and machine dynamics. It will introduce analytical and graphical methods for mechanism analysis and synthesis.
• ME2610 - Engineering Mathematics and Programming
• This module helps to enhance knowledge about the application of Mathematical modelling to Engineering problems. Students develop study skills about programming techniques that are useful for solving Mathematical models.
• ME2612 - Engineering Business
• This module helps to develop and demonstrate an understanding of project management by working as part of a team to research and plan a project and enhances student preparedness for work placement and employment.
• ME2620 - Flight Mechanics and Aircraft Design
• This module introduces the basic principles of aircraft flight performance, stability and control, and aircraft design.
• ME2614 - Solid Mechanics and Introduction to FEA
• This module helps to establish a solid foundation for the analysis of solids and structures based on the fundamental principles of continuum mechanics. Students learn to link models and engineering applications with a range of real-life examples, experimental testing and comparative analysis of experimental measurements and theoretical results.
• ME2616 - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
• This module introduces new fundamental concepts of thermodynamics and apply to relevant thermal power and heating/cooling systems. Students learn basic concepts of heat transfer.
  Year 3
  Compulsory
• ME3630 - Aerospace Structures
• This module introduces advanced concepts for the analysis and design of lightweight structures for aerospace vehicles. Students will learn basic principles underpinning modelling of composite materials and basic principles of static and dynamic aero elasticity.
• ME3631 - Aircraft Propulsion
• This module introduces students with the basics of aircraft propulsion systems. It will provide an understanding of the different propulsion systems for subsonic and supersonic flight and understanding of performance parameters of air breathing engines.
• ME3629 - Applied Aerodynamics
• This module introduces more advanced concepts of aerodynamics to develop further aircraft wing aerodynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for the solution of aerodynamic problems. It will provide a flight test experience to students.
• ME3620 - Major Individual Project
• This module provides experience in planning, researching and conducting a major engineering project in the specialised course of study. Students will apply engineering techniques, critically assess the findings, putting forward ideas and drawing conclusions.
• ME3618 - Mechatronics and Control Engineering
• This module introduces knowledge and methods for designing and implementing mechatronic systems for control and robot systems. Students will develop an understanding of modelling dynamic systems using transfer functions and block diagrams by providing a mathematical foundation for control systems analysis, design and performance improvement.
• ME3632 - Space Mechanics and Airworthiness
• This module introduces students to aspects of the mechanics of space and orbit flight and fundamental concepts of atmospheric re-entry and atmospheric heating. Students will learn introduction to aircraft airworthiness requirements and regulations and explain how to meet these requirements in aircraft design and manufacture.
• ME3619 - Sustainable Engineering Management and Practice
• This modules helps to learn pertinent environmental, quality, health & safety issues, and their relevant related regulations, influencing engineering business. Students will develop professional and technical skills to assess and manage these impacts within the framework of industry-recognised Management Systems.
  Year 4
  Compulsory
• Advanced Aerodynamics and Propulsion Systems
• This module provides a more advanced understanding of aircraft aerodynamics and introduces advanced theories and tools for analysis of aircraft aerodynamics.
• Current Topics in Aerospace and Advanced CAD
• This module helps students to understand current topics that are relevant to the current and future design or operation of aerospace vehicles and enable students with more advanced features of CAD.
• Major Group Project
• The project aims to give experience of design practice and engineering systems design through undertaking a large multidisciplinary project. It aims to develop the necessary skills in design project management and planning, and to enable students to apply these skills in diverse situations.
• ME5661 - Strategy and Business Planning
• This module aims to critically evaluate the strategic positioning of an organisation for strategy decisions, analyse and assess an organizations resources and capabilities, in relation to an organisations strategic direction in order to develop an effective business development plan for an engineering company.
  Optional
• Design and Analysis of Aircraft
• This module aims to familiarise students with a range of aircraft, their configurations, operating environments and design issues and provide an ability to identify the key design features of an aircraft, with reference to airframe structure, aerodynamics, propulsion, use of materials, and mission requirements. It will introduce students to fixed-wing aircraft design methodology.
• Design and Analysis of Spacecraft Systems
• This module aims to familiarise students with a range of spacecraft missions, types, operating environments and major design issues and enable students to develop the design of a space system, taking into account relevant design drivers.
• Fluid Structure Interaction and Aeroelasticity
• This module aims to familiarise students with theories and numerical analysis of linear and nonlinear elastic solids and unsteady aerodynamics. It will help students to numerical techniques for coupling the dynamics of fluid flow and structures.
• Spacecraft Dynamics and Propulsion
• This module aims to familiarise students with more advanced concepts about orbital mechanics, develop the basic principles of rigid body dynamics and control for spacecraft vehicles and develop an understanding of the principles of spacecraft propulsion and current technologies.

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
• Pearson: 59 (59 in all sub scores)
• BrunELT: 58% (min 55% in all areas)
• TOEFL: 77 (min R18, L17, S20, W17) 

2022/23 entry
UK
£9,250 full-time
£1,385 placement year
£3,000 fee reduction in final year
International
£20,450 full-time
£1,385 placement year
£3,000 fee reduction in final year
Fees quoted are per year and may be subject to an annual increase. Home undergraduate student fees are regulated and are currently capped at £9,250 per year; any changes will be subject to changes in government policy. International fees will increase annually, by no more than 5% or RPI (Retail Price Index), whichever is the greater.
Fees for EU applicants – For entry in 2022/23 academic year, eligible EU applicants will have the same tuition fees as UK students to continue our support during this transition period. These fees will be applied for the duration of the course.

An aerospace engineering degree from Brunel will equip you with innovative technical knowledge and transferable skills relevant to demanding careers in the aerospace, aeronautical and related industries.
Our MEng students often have several job offers before they graduate and find themselves in the enviable position of cherry-picking their prospective careers. They take up employment in fields such as aircraft and components design and manufacture, maintenance and testing, flight simulation, aviation, avionics and patent engineering.
Brunel’s high-calibre graduates are working for prestigious organisations, including: Rolls-Royce, Airbus, British Airways, BAE Systems, GE Aviation, Thales, Bombardier, Lockheed Martin and the Ministry of Defence. Opting for the year in industry during your aerospace engineering degree often leads to a job offer from your placement company.