- 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:
Mechanics (Aerospace)
| Unit code | MECH11622 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 1 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Engineering mechanics is both a foundation and a framework for most of the branches of engineering. The majority of the topics in mechanical and aerospace engineering are based on this subject. Thus, the theme is critical to the engineering curriculum. The course serves to solidify the student’s understanding of applied mathematics and physics and provides settings to strengthen students' problem-solving abilities.
Aims
• To equip students with the knowledge and skills required to develop and solve mathematical models of simple dynamical systems.
• To enable students to apply fundamental mechanical principles to break down, simplify and analyse the behaviour of complex systems met in later modules of their engineering course.
Syllabus
(1) Kinematics: velocity and acceleration; multidimensional motion in Cartesian and polar coordinates; motion under gravity in 2 dimensions; variable acceleration.
(2) Momentum: laws of motion in force-momentum, impulse-momentum and energy forms; conservation of momentum; direct and oblique collisions; friction; extended objects; centre of mass.
(3) Energy: definitions of kinetic energy, work, power, efficiency; Mechanical Energy Principle; conservative and non-conservative forces; gravitational and elastic potential energy; virtual work and potential-energy criterion for equilibrium.
(4) Rigid body dynamics: rotational kinematics; rotational dynamics; moments of inertia; combined rotation and translation.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written exam | 80% |
| Report | 15% |
| Practical skills assessment | 5% |
Feedback methods
Exam and coursework feedback is communicated via Blackboard.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Supervised time in studio/wksp | 2 |
| Tutorials | 6 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 68 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Elijah Borodin | Unit coordinator |