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Aircraft Engineering
Search through Aircraft Engineering courses at UK universities and colleges.
Subject Description
Would you be happy taking ultimate responsibility for declaring an aircraft airworthy? Could you
confidently make decisions which could have significant impact on the safety of potentially thousands
of holiday-makers ever year? If so then Aircraft Engineering could be the course for you. As an
aircraft engineer, you would be ultimately responsible for deeming an aircraft airworthy in accordance
to local and international aviation standards, and therefore carry considerable legal responsibility.
All courses in aircraft engineering combine academic modules with work-based or laboratory-based
practical modules providing students with not only an understanding of the work environment and
legal requirements of this arena, but also hands-on experience of situations such as fault diagnosis,
equipment replacement and designing aircraft components. Most institutions offering aircraft
engineering offer access to specific resources to support this style of learning, for example your
chosen institution may have access to a plane fuselage in order for you to gain direct and practical
experience of working on this piece of equipment. Most institutions offering this subject will also have
strong ties with certain companies within the industry and it will be worth exploring these options when
making your decision over which institution to apply to.
Courses in aircraft engineering are designed to allow for progression directly into the aviation industry
at management or technician level and therefore employ a number of teaching methods, from the
teaching of project management through studying theories of management in a seminar format
through to developing an in-depth knowledge of how an airplane engine functions by mechanically
stripping an engine down. As a result, assessment is a deliberate mix of examination, assessed
coursework and assessed essays as well as presentations, individual projects, experimental work
and, in some instances, the opportunity to study towards a private pilots licence.
Aviation fuels
Management and economics
Management and control
Avionics
Aviation legislation
Aerodynamics
Industrial finance
Aviation design
Aerodynamics and electronic instrument systems
Aircraft materials and hardware
Engineering fundamentals
Turbine engines and propellers
Workshop and hangar practice
Electrical engineering
Safety management in aircraft engineering
Materials and hardware
Aeroplane propulsion systems
Aircraft electronic techniques and digital systems
Business applications in engineering