BEng (Hons) in Aircraft Engineering

Alongside academic modules, work-based modules that provide you with hands-on experience of aircraft component and equipment replacement, inspection, condition monitoring, and fault diagnosis and rectification. You will gain an understanding of the work environment and legal requirements relating to the operation of commercial aircraft. You will also have unlimited access to our state-of-the-art Elite Flight Simulators to enhance your learning experience.

The course covers all the knowledge requirements specified in the EASA category B1.1 aircraft maintenance engineering licence syllabus (Part 66). It introduces you to practical and maintenance skills, and provides you with opportunities to practise and develop these skills.

This course is designed specifically to set you on the path for a career as an aircraft maintenance engineer in the aviation industry. It will give you the confidence and skills necessary to become a maintenance manager of the future.

Year 1 modules include:

• Mathematics and Physics for Practitioner Engineers
• Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
• Aerodynamics and Aircraft Electronic and Digital Systems
• Higher Education Study Skills and Personal Development

Year 2 modules include:

• Aircraft Materials, Hardware and Maintenance
• Aircraft and their Systems
• Practical Engineering Skills and CAD
• Professional Practice for Aircraft Engineers

Year 3 modules include:

• Turbine Engines and Thermodynamics
• Aircraft Maintenance Practices
• Individual Project (Aircraft IEng)
• Air Transport Economics

You will also have the opportunity to train in our Gas Turbines area, which houses a range of Gas Turbine Engines including Rolls Royce RB211 Triple Spool High Bypass ratio engine, Avon Turbojet and Ardour Twin Spool Low By-pass ration engines.

The skills you gain will improve your career prospects and enable you to complete further study to Masters level and beyond.

Assessment methods include: Written assignments, practical work-based assessment, written exams and guided independent study.

Tuition Fees: £9,250.00

The minimum standard entry qualifications for the program are: 96 UCAS tariff points from three A-levels to include Mathematics and Science (General Studies and native language A-levels are not accepted) 96 UCAS tariff points from a BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in an engineering subject (MMM), to include Further Mathematics for Engineering Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at level 3, equivalent to a minimum of 96 tariff points, in an Engineering subject. Maths and Physics units graded Distinction. Plus: Five GCSEs grade A*to C which must include English Language, Mathematics and a science or technology subject. Native language GCSEs, Key Skills Level 2 Communication and Application of Numbers, and IGCSE English as a Second Language are not accepted. Applicants with military and/or civil aircraft maintenance engineering experience or who have completed vocational aircraft engineering courses will be considered on an individual basis. A minimum International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.0 (min 5.5 in Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading) or equivalent is required for those for whom English is not their first language.

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