Aerospace Engineering (with Integrated Foundation Year)

Choosing the integrated foundation year ensures that you’ll have skills and knowledge – including the essential maths – and confidence to make the most of your degree.

Our integrated foundation year course offers an extra year to prepare you for study at degree-level.

After successfully completing the foundation year you can progress straight to the Aerospace Engineering BEng(Hons) degree where you’ll prepare for a career as a skilled, creative professional working on the development, testing, and production of drones, satellites, aircraft and spacecraft that help connect our world and explore the universe.

TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

- Foundation year that opens up opportunities in engineering if you don’t have the required qualifications, are changing career or returning to study.

- Exciting project work.

- Learn with researchers who have expertise in the thermal efficiency of propulsion systems and microgravity research with the European Space Agency.

- Student-led Sustainable Technology and Engineering Projects (STEP) lab – working to solve energy challenges.

- Specialist facilities include flight and car simulators, wind tunnel, prototyping labs and workshops, CNC machines, robotics and VR labs

- Progress to a degree accredited by IMechE and IET.

- Professional engineers visit to share their experiences in guest lectures.

- Gain a year of work experience on placement on the BEng(Hons) degree.