Specialise in aerospace design, performance, analysis and systems. Develop the engineering skills for a career in the aerospace industry.

In your first two years of study, you’ll focus on learning the core mechanical engineering principles and the role of a professional engineer. You’ll explore how to incorporate design into the science, manufacturing and management elements of engineering so that you can build, analyse and test a product.

Building on this, you’ll go on to specialise by studying areas including aerodynamics, stability and control, propulsion, structures and performance. This helps you develop a full understanding of aircraft from design to manufacture. During your studies, you'll also visit a local airfield and take a flight test course.

At Bath, we want to make sure you have the transferable skills engineers need in industry. You’ll develop complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills as well as professional behaviours. You’ll explore how what you do as an engineer can impact the world around us and consider the ethical and environmental responsibilities this involves.

Our course focuses on giving you opportunities to apply what you’ve learnt through practical project work. You’ll work on a group project to design a new aircraft to a specification given by industry or for entry into a competition such as the annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge. In your final year, you’ll choose from a range of specialist units and complete an individual research project that could be based on simulation, experimentation or design.

Category C

If you do not meet our English GCSE requirements, you will need a suitable English language qualification. Examples include:

• IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components
• IELTS Indicator: 6.5 with 6.0 in each component
  
• TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components
• TOEFL IBT and IBT Special Home Edition: 90 overall with 21 in each component
  
• The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
• The Pearson Test of English Academic Online (PTE Academic Online): we do not accept this qualification
• Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 180 with no less than 169 in all elements
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 180 with no less than 169 in all elements
• Duolingo (taken up to 1 July 2024): 120 overall with sub scores of Literacy 120, Comprehension 130, Conversation 115, Production 100
• Duolingo (taken after 1 July 2024): 120 overall with sub scores of Speaking 110, Writing 110, Reading 110, Listening 105
• LanguageCert Academic SELT or LanguageCert Academic (Test Centre or Online): B2 Communicator High Pass with no less than 65 in any component
• SFE Skill for English (SELT) test: B2 Pass with Merit overall and in all four components

See the full list of accepted English qualifications.

Start your future here

Our graduates have many skills making them attractive to prospective employers, including problem solving, creativity, numeracy and teamwork. They often hold specialist and managerial roles in high technology industries in engineering and manufacturing or pursue academic and research careers with further study. Some of our graduates have gone on to work at international companies including:

• AB Dynamics
• BAE Systems
• BMW Mini
• Crux Design
• Dyson
• GKN Aerospace
• Jaguar Land Rover
• nPower
• Rolls Royce