Aeronautical Engineering (with Industry Placement) Beng (Hon)

Why choose this course?<br/>The key aim of the Aeronautical Engineering Degree is to develop intellectual and application skills through knowledge acquisition, problem solving, deductive skills, synthesis, analysis, and evaluation. This also encompasses social and environmental implications.<br/><br/>During the degree, you will:<br/>- develop a full understanding of engineering design concepts and the product development process.<br/><br/><br/>- gain key skills and sound knowledge for a successful career in aircraft design and manufacturing industries, as well as in a variety of modern manufacturing engineering sectors,<br/><br/><br/>- be pragmatic, taking a systematic approach and the logical and practical steps necessary for often complex concepts to become reality.<br/><br/><br/>- seek to achieve sustainable solutions to problems and have strategies for being creative, innovative, and overcoming difficulties by employing their skills, knowledge and understanding in a flexible manner.<br/><br/><br/>- be skilled at solving problems by applying their numerical, computational, analytical, and technical skills, using appropriate tools.<br/><br/><br/>- be risk, cost and value-conscious, and aware of their ethical, social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider professional responsibilities.<br/><br/><br/>- be familiar with the nature of business and enterprise in the creation of economic and social value appreciate the global dimensions of engineering, commerce, and communication;<br/><br/><br/>- be able to formulate and operate within appropriate codes of conduct, when faced with an ethical issue.<br/><br/><br/>- be professional in your outlook, be capable of team working, be effective communicators, and be able to exercise responsibility and sound management approaches.<br/><br/><br/>You will have opportunity to transfer to an integrated-master’s degree course MEng Aeronautical Engineering at the end of your year 3 (placement year) study.<br/><br/>You can also choose to study this degree without industry place BEng Aeronautical Engineering (3 years) or with a foundation year BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering with Foundation year (4 years).<br/><br/>Key Course Features: <br/>- Industry placement year provides students with a more diverse range of skills and experiences in a workplace setting.<br/><br/><br/>- You will be taught by a dedicated teaching team, with extensive industrial experience.<br/><br/><br/>- Subsonic and supersonic wind tunnel facilities.<br/><br/><br/>- Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre based in Broughton.<br/><br/><br/>- Rapid prototyping facility and specialist manufacturing systems simulation software.<br/><br/><br/>- 3D laser scanner.<br/><br/><br/>- Access to cutting edge computer-aided design, analysis and simulation software, including ANSYS, Abaqus, MATLAB and Simulink, etc.<br/>