MEng Aerospace Engineering with Management
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* tuition fees for home students. Tuition fees for international students will be £25,000 per annum
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Introduction
Course overview
- Study in the city which was the birthplace of the industrial revolution
- We have a long and proud engineering history, which goes back nearly 200 years.
- We offer a range of practical and exciting courses, developed alongside industrial and international engineering leaders.
- We prepare you for a professional career in the aerospace industry, coupled with a specialism in management.
- We have fantastic facilities and a great depth of academic knowledge - an ideal place for a budding engineer to study.
- From September 2022, learn in our brand-new, £400m purpose-built engineering and material science building, MECD.
Course description
The MEng Aerospace Engineering with Management will provide you with a broad, well-balanced preparation for a professional career in the aerospace industry, with a specialism in management.
As a graduate from the University of Manchester, you'll also gain skills useful for work in other areas, such as an understanding of design, comprehension of the commercial world and competence in transferable skills (problem-solving, team working, creativity and IT). You'll be taught using interactive learning approaches and using cutting-edge and industry-standard tools.
The final year combines engineering science taught in previous years into multi-faceted, commercially-realistic projects allowing you to demonstrate your applied skills in addition to your technical skills. Additional specialist units will allow you to focus on advanced topics taught by world-leading researchers.
As well as all this, specialist management-focused units enable you to plan large engineering projects in addition to developing your technical skills.
And the degree also provides an excellent route for you should you wish to proceed to further postgraduate research.
The sky really is the limit!
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Curriculum
Aims
The course will give you the skills necessary for a successful career in the industry. In addition, you will gain a route into postgraduate research that is tailored to individual areas of interest, either in a more specialised area of Aerospace Engineering or move into a different engineering or technical discipline.
When you complete the course, you will have:
- Comprehensive knowledge of engineering science and a strong base of practical skills
- The skills to begin a successful career in industry
- Transferable skills, particularly team working, creativity and adaptability
- A route into more specialised postgraduate study
Special features
We're getting ready to move into a £400million Manchester Engineering Campus Development.
Additional course information
We do not currently offer Erasmus placements in this School. If you have queries about study abroad options, please contact the International Programmes Office who will be able to advise you further.
Teaching and learning
The course is taught via a combination of lectures, tutorial classes, practical laboratory sessions and computer-based sessions. There is a design project each year, which involves teamwork in small groups, and allows students to apply and develop their problem-solving and project management skills. In the third year, each student undertakes an individual project, allowing them to pursue a particular subject or application area in greater depth.
Coursework and assessment
Most course units are assessed through an examination at the end of the semester and coursework which is undertaken throughout the year. Parts of the coursework are, in many instances, associated with practical laboratory sessions, whilst others may be based on problem sheets, reports etc. A few subjects, for example, Design, are assessed purely on coursework. For detailed information about how different subjects are assessed, please see the course unit specifications below.
Course unit details
The course technical content is largely similar to the other MEng programmes; however, throughout every year there are two management-focused units that develop skills in areas such as project management, entrepreneurship, and risk management. This thread of management-focused study, in addition to technical engineering subjects, creates a unique student experience and set of graduate job opportunities.
The first year establishes a strategic overview of the main areas of aerospace engineering and introduces the underlying science and mathematics. You will be introduced to the fundamental principles of aerospace vehicles and systems as well as develop basic knowledge and skills applicable to all areas of engineering such as mechanics, structures, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and engineering design.
The second and third years develop the key knowledge and understanding necessary to enter industry, or postgraduate study. You will cover key aspects of aircraft and spacecraft systems performance and design, and will also develop further knowledge and skills in the key engineering disciplines of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, structures, dynamics and control. In the third year, you will also have the opportunity to undertake an individual project linking with and supporting industrial or academic research within the university.
The final year includes a full-year aerospace vehicle design and builds project combining all of the engineering science taught up to this point. In addition to the design project, research-inspired specialist units are taught giving students the option to focus on their exact desired discipline.
Career Opportunities
Launch your career, studying MEng Aerospace Engineering with Management at the University of Manchester. As one of the few Universities Most Targeted by Graduate Employers in 2021, this course prepares you for a professional career in aerospace and the more general engineering industry. These sought-after skills include everything from design and development to testing and operation.
Not only is this course fully accredited by RAeS and IMechE, but your MEng (Hons) also provides all the required academic qualifications for the internationally recognised Chartered Engineering Status.
Previous graduate employers include:
- Rolls Royce
- Jaguar Land Rover
- BAE Systems
- And many more
Overall, 90% of graduates are employed or engaged in further study within 15 months, according to the Graduate Outcomes Survey.
Example Careers:
- Aerospace Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Manufacturing Systems Engineer
- CAD Technician
- Researcher
- Higher Education Academic
- Production manager
- And beyond, including roles in technical development and finance
On this course, Aerospace Engineering is studied in conjunction with Management - encompassing additional project-based, finance, and risk management skills to prepare you for the technical, practical and business demands of your future in engineering.