- UCAS course code
- H400
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
BEng Aerospace Engineering
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Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: H400 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Field trips
- Typical A-level offer: A*AA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 37 points overall with 7,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Course unit details:
Conceptual Aerospace Systems Design
| Unit code | AERO31521 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
To provide practical experience of project engineering team approaches to conceptual design for aerospace systems, utilising core course material assimilated in years one and two of the course, leading up to a preliminary design review. The focus for the course will be spacecraft systems.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACE20512 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
To provide practical experience of project engineering team approaches to conceptual design for aerospace systems, utilising core course material assimilated in years one and two of the course, leading up to a preliminary design review. The focus for the course will be spacecraft systems.
Syllabus
Students carry out a conceptual group design project leading up to a systems requirements review and a preliminary design review. Conceptual design in aerospace engineering requires requirements analysis, the development of systems models, an understanding of when sufficient analysis has be done to demonstrate the feasibility of a concept, and engineering trade-offs to identify the most promising concepts.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Other | 8% |
| Report | 80% |
| Oral assessment/presentation | 12% |
Other - peer evaluation
Feedback methods
Report - written feedback is provided after the end of the project
Oral presentation - Feedback is provided during the event and written after the event
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Demonstration | 4 |
| Lectures | 6 |
| Practical classes & workshops | 3 |
| Project supervision | 27 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 60 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Katharine Smith | Unit coordinator |