You will study the following modules:

Aircraft Materials

Aircraft Propulsion

Finite Element Analysis

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Heat Transfer and Combustion

Monitoring and Control

Safety Engineering

Integrated Project Planning and Management

Dissertation

HOW TO STUDY

Modules involve lectures, tutorials and practical laboratory work, with continually assessed coursework or a mixture of coursework and exams. The dissertation allows you to research a specific aeronautical engineering topic to illustrate your depth of knowledge, critical awareness and problem solving skills. The dissertation has three elements of assessment: a thesis, a poster presentation and a viva voice.

Career prospects

Glamorgan has comprehensive links with industry through the Industrial Panel, which includes representatives from major industry companies including BAMC, Storm, GE, Nordam Europe, TES and BA Avionics. A key element in the employment of postgraduate engineers is progression to management, so you will develop relevant skills during this course, in addition to an awareness of the wider issues that impinge on the aeronautical industry, such as the environment and safety.

It is predicted that employment prospects will remain buoyant, so there has never been a better time to join such an exciting and extensive industry. Graduates with an MSc Aeronautical Engineering degree enhance their career opportunities in commercial and military aircraft engineering, the air transportation industry, teaching or research. The highly technical nature of this course also equips you for careers in many related, technology-intensive fields. Graduates are likely to go on to occupy senior positions in the aeronautical engineering industry and related sectors.