Aviation Engineering with Pilot Studies

Description

Becoming a pilot is one of the most exciting and rewarding of career choices. This specialist degree provides an ideal starting point for you to train to become a professional pilot after graduation. It incorporates fundamental practice and theory, but also presents the opportunity to obtain a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL) and to undertake training in a flight simulator.

Why Study Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Course at Brunel University?

• NSS3rd best UK University for overall student satisfaction in Aerospace and Aviation: 2012 National Student Survey
• NSSTop London-based University for overall student satisfaction in Aerospace and Aviation: 2012 National Student Survey
• NSSAccredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

About Mechanical Engineering at Brunel

From jet aircraft to air conditioning plant, from tunnelling machines to body-scanners, from technical consultancy to financial services such as insurance, mechanical engineers deal with the design and production of the machines, systems and structures that are taken for granted in the modern world.
The range and diversity of career choice is consequently tremendous. In response to this diversity, we offer a variety of courses.

Interacting with students from different specialisms and with different interests is an important part of the University experience. To help with this, we have introduced a multidisciplinary project for Level 1 students. This is a design-based competition between teams made up of students from a number of subjects.

We also offer the Engineering with an Integrated Foundation Year course.

The range of courses reflects several of our research interests:

• energy and environmental engineering;
• internal combustion engines and their fuels;
• structures and materials;
• fluid mechanics.

Aims

This course has been developed to allow graduates the widest possible range of career options within the aircraft industry. The engineering content is accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the pilot training provides the first stepping stone for those hoping to progress to a career as a commercial or military pilot.

As well as covering flying basics, the degree programme examines wider aspects of the aviation industry, for example airport design (BEng), aircraft operations (MEng) and environmental issues. This aims to prepare graduates for the many career opportunities within the aviation industry, as well as for becoming a commercial pilot.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 16000 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

Three-year BEng Route

Level 1 provides grounding in engineering fundamentals and all students will study for the ground examinations for the European Private Pilot’s Licence, including air law, meteorology, principles of flight and human factors. You will also complete the flying training elements of the UK National Private Pilot’s Licence.*

Levels 2 and 3 will comprise specialist engineering and aerospace subjects, and opportunities exist to continue flying training towards the European JAR-FCL Private Pilot’s Licence, possibly with the addition of either a Night Qualification or an Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) rating.

Flight simulation, making extensive use of the University’s flight simulator, is used throughout the course.

* Because of the cost of undertaking flying training, there is a major additional cost for the Aviation Engineering with Pilot Studies course, although this is payable in Level 1 only. Please contact the Admissions Tutor for more information.

Modules

Level 1

• Fundamentals of Solid Body Mechanics

• Fundamentals of Thermofluids

• Analytical Methods and Skills

• Aircraft Ground Theory and Flying Practice

• Engineering Materials, Manufacturing and Electrical Machines

• Aerospace Laboratories, Technical Drawing and Workshop Experience

Level 2

• Solid Body Mechanics

• Thermofluids

• Performance and Control of Aircraft

• Principles of Aircraft Design

• Professional Engineering Applications and Practice

Level 3

• Major Individual Project

• Flight Testing and Propulsion Systems

• Aviation Management, Safety and Ethics

• Airworthiness, Aerospace Business and Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

• Airport Environment and Design

(If you choose the placement route, you will take your year-long placement in between Levels 2 and 3)

Four-year MEng Route

The four-year MEng route provides an opportunity to add an aerospace engineering flavour to your degree and so more detailed technical aspects are covered, such as advanced computer modelling and advanced aeronautics.

Level 1

• Fundamentals of Solid Body Mechanics

• Fundamentals of Thermofluids

• Analytical Methods and Skills

• Aircraft Ground Theory and Flying Practice

• Engineering Materials, Manufacturing and Electrical Machines

• Aerospace Laboratories, Technical Drawing and Workshop Experience

Level 2

• Solid Body Mechanics

• Thermofluids

• Performance and Control of Aircraft

• Principles of Aircraft Design

• Professional Engineering Applications and Practice

Level 3

• Major Individual Project

• Flight Testing and Propulsion Systems

• Aviation Management, Safety and Ethics

• Airworthiness, Aerospace Business and Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

• Engineering Systems Design and Numerical Modelling

Level 4

• Major Group Project

• Strategic Management and Enterprise

• Research Methodology and Innovation

• Advanced Aerodynamics, Propulsion Systems and Space Mechanics

• Current Topics in Aerospace

• Aircraft Operations

(If you choose the placement route, you will take your year-long placement in between Levels 2 and 3)

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 60(Grade C)

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• GCE A-level AAB, including Maths and Physics (General Studies not accepted for this subject at all).
• Advanced Diploma Progression Diploma Grade A in Engineering, plus the Specialist Unit in Maths for Engineers at grade C along with 1 AS-level (excluding General Studies) at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning.
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma D*D*D, including Distinctions in Further Mathematics for Technicians, and Further Mechanical Principles or equivalent.
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma D*D in a related subject with an A Level Maths or Physics at grade A.
• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D* in a related subject with A Levels grade AA in Maths and Physics.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma 35 points, including 6 in Higher Level Maths and 5 in Higher Level Physics.
• Access to Higher EducationDiploma Complete and pass Access to Engineering course with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. All Maths and Physics units must be Distinctions at level 3.

GCSE Mathematics grade C and GCSE English grade C are also required.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Brunel University.