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Program Overview
Advanced Aerospace Engineering MSc
Course Overview
Our Advanced Aerospace Engineering MSc degree is ideal for aspiring aerospace professionals seeking to develop advanced skills in sustainable design, flight dynamics and autonomous systems. It aims to prepare you for innovative roles in a rapidly evolving global industry.
Why You Should Study This Course
- Gain hands-on experience with leading engineering software, including 3D CAD, finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
- Get access to Abacus, SolidWorks, STAR-CCM+, SIMPACK and Granta Edupack, with MATLAB/Simulink available for advanced engineering simulations.
- Access industry-standard facilities including Mercedes Patronas AMG1/5 scale wind tunnel, a materials composites lab, rapid prototyping and workshop facilities, a full-size Harrier T4 jump Jet and Cobra flight simulators providing a fully immersive flight experience.
- Benefit from Coventry University's strong industry collaborations with global leaders such as Emirates, UTC, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Unipart. These connections enhance research relevance and offer opportunities for industry-led projects and networking.
- Gain practical experience and boost your CV with an additional professional placement.
What You'll Study
The aviation and aerospace industry is committed to a sustainable future. This course covers the appropriate techniques, methods and subjects within this industrial environment in more detail. With an emphasis on applied technical work, particular prominence is given to the developments in aircraft autonomy, the design and analysis of aircraft structures, computational fluid dynamics, advanced materials and processes, flight simulation and experimental methods.
Modules
- Propulsion Systems and Aerodynamics - 30 credits
- Study aerodynamics (Navier-Stokes equations, CFD), as well as aerothermodynamics, in the context of aero-engines. Develop your critical analysis skills regarding aerodynamics, as well as the detailed aero-mechanical design of gas turbine engines and electric propulsion systems.
- Flight Dynamics and Autonomous Systems - 30 credits
- Study and work on contemporary concepts related to UAVs. You’ll also explore both the flight dynamics of an aircraft, as well as autonomous aerospace vehicles (such as drones), analysing them from multiple perspectives.
- Design for Sustainability - 30 credits
- Explore sustainable design opportunities across diverse and complex socio-environmental technical contexts. Apply complex and whole systems perspectives to understand present and future unsustainability issues, developing your competency in reflexively designing viable sustainable solutions across multiple scales and dimensions.
- Structural Integrity and Dynamic Behaviour - 30 credits
- You’ll be focusing on the advanced concepts of stress analysis and the dynamic behaviour of structures, essential for understanding and predicting the performance of engineering components and systems under various loading conditions.
- Master’s with professional placement
- If you successfully secure a placement in industry within your first semester, this master’s with professional placement option allows you to extend your 12-month master’s course up to an additional year to complete the placement before starting your final 60-credit module.
- Individual Project - 60 credits
- This is your opportunity to put into practice the prior and new learning that acquired from your taught modules to solve a significant engineering problem in a professional manner.
How You'll Learn
Teaching and learning methods may include:
- lectures
- seminars
- tutorials
- presentations
- group projects
- workshops
- practical laboratory sessions.
Teaching Contact Hours
As a full-time postgraduate student, you will study modules totalling 180 credits each academic year. A typical 30-credit module requires a total of 300 hours of study. Study hours are made up of teaching contact hours, and guided and independent study.
Teaching Hours
Teaching hours may vary, depending on where you are in your studies, but on average you will have between 8 and 12 teaching and learning hours each week.
Guided and Independent Study
Throughout your studies, you will be expected to spend time in guided and independent study to make up the required study hours per module.
Assessment
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which could vary depending on the module. Assessment methods may include:
- reports
- tests
- essays
- exams
- practical coursework
- assignments
- viva
- presentations.
Entry Requirements
Typical entry requirements:
- UK
- International
An honours degree 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in aerospace, aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering or related discipline.
English Language Requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 overall, with no component lower than 5.5.
Fees and Funding
Student | Full-time | Part-time
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UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man | £11,200
£1,500 professional placement fee (if placement secured) | Not available
EU | £11,200 per year with EU Support Bursary**
£1,500 professional placement fee (if placement secured) per year with EU Support Bursary**
£18,600 per year without EU Support Bursary**
£1,800 professional placement fee (if placement secured) per year without EU Support Bursary** | Not available
International | £18,600
£1,800 professional placement fee (if placement secured) | Not available
Facilities
Facilities you will have access to include:
- Cobra Virtual Flight Simulators
- Mercedes Patronas Wind Tunnel
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Laboratory
- High Performance Engineering Centre.
Careers and Opportunities
The specialist topics studied on the programme are designed to prepare you for work in companies involved with aeronautical engineering, but there are also many roles in related industries that rely on the same technology, such as the automotive industry. Possible destinations could include the fields of design, development, operations and management, as well as projects, systems, structural and avionics engineers.
On successful completion of this course, you should have developed a wide range of transferrable professional and technical skills, including the ability to produce technical, written reports and deliver oral presentations, engage in self-directed study, operate as part of a team, demonstrate a critical awareness of professional, legal, social and ethical issues.
On successful completion, you will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of advanced principles of flight dynamics, structures, aerodynamics, materials, advanced engineering modelling techniques and aerospace-related systems (and their future applications), advanced analysis and design tools and processes, the implementation and critical evaluation of design solutions through simulation and practical applications, and the planning, execution and critical evaluation of projects in the field of aerospace-related systems at a professional level
- conceptualise complex technical aspects of future aerospace systems
- conduct detailed and systematic technical analyses of aspects of current and future aerospace systems
- devise technical solutions to problems in the design and implementation of current and future aerospace systems
- critically evaluate solutions devised to problems arising in the design and implementation of aspects of future aerospace systems
- select, apply and critically appraise tools and techniques of advanced analysis and design
- implement appropriate software and hardware solutions and simulations and critically evaluate the outcomes
- plan, perform, critically evaluate and present the results of an independent project in your chosen specialist subject area.
Where Our Graduates Work
Coventry University aerospace graduates have gone on to work for companies including:
- General Electric
- Rolls-Royce
- BAE Systems
- Airbus
- Collins Aerospace
- Red Bull Racing
- ALTEN Ltd
- Safran
- Tata Consultancy Services
- NP Aerospace.
Overview:
- Founded in 1843 as the Coventry School of Design
- Received university status in 1992
- Over 30,000 students from over 150 countries
- Campuses in Coventry, London, and Scarborough
- Known for its focus on practical, industry-focused education
Student Life:
- Over 150 student clubs and societies
- Sports teams in various disciplines
- Student support services include counseling, mental health support, and disability support
- Campus facilities include a gym, swimming pool, and student union
Academics:
- Offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of subjects
- Faculty with industry experience and research expertise
- Teaching methodologies include lectures, seminars, workshops, and project-based learning
- Academic support services include writing centers, math labs, and peer mentoring
- Unique academic programs include:
- Centre for Applied Science and Technology
- Centre for Business in Society
- Centre for Intelligent Systems
Top Reasons to Study Here:
- Ranked among the top 150 universities in the UK (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023)
- Excellent industry connections and partnerships
- Specialized facilities such as the National Transport Design Centre and the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing
- Notable alumni include:
- Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine
- Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
- Sir Patrick Stewart, actor
Services:
- Counseling and mental health support
- Health center
- Accommodation services
- Library with over 1 million books and resources
- Technology support
- Career development services