Aviation Safety Management, Risk and Regulation MSc

Why this course?

This programme is delivered through the specialist Cranfield Safety and Accident Investigation Centre, operating for over 45 years to support global safety and investigation. This course is unique as it combines the knowledge and expertise of the Centre’s academic staff with the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s senior staff.

The course structure supports enhanced depth of learning, and online delivery gives students more flexibility. Cranfield University offers a comprehensive range of library and IT services that support a part-time mode of learning, enabling national and international students to study while balancing work/life commitments. The course is innovative, different, unique and flexible:

• Innovative and different – the taught modules and group project modules have a variability of credits, enabling more flexibility and enhanced depth of knowledge.
• Innovative and different – the course has two group projects, each in the second half of each academic year. They give students on the PgDip and PgCert paths an opportunity to gain experience in group projects. They also provide students on the MSc path an excellent opportunity to further develop and practice their teamwork skills in an online environment.
• Unique – developed and delivered in partnership with the UK Civil Aviation Authority International.
• Flexible– clear and easy-to-follow structure of the course, delivered via online live streaming of classes with supplementary use of pre-recorded material, gives part-time students more flexibility and the ability to manage their time effectively.

To study for a formal award at Cranfield you will need to demonstrate that you can communicate effectively in English in an academic environment. You can meet this requirement in the following ways:

• If you have previously obtained a higher education level qualification from a UK university and have been taught and assessed in English (note that international applicants applying for Master’s courses in Cranfield’s School of Management are required to have studied in the UK for the full duration of the course).
• If you are a national of or have a obtained a higher education level qualification from a country on the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) list of majority English speaking countries:
  
  

  Antigua and Barbuda	Ireland
  Australia	Jamaica
  The Bahamas	Malta
  Barbados	New Zealand
  Belize	St Kitts and Nevis
  Canada*	St Lucia
  Dominica	St Vincent and the Grenadines
  Grenada	Trinidad and Tobago
  Guyana	United States of America

  
  
  *You will usually be required take an English test if your studies were not taught and assessed in English.
• If you have been continuously employed in the UK for a minimum of five years immediately prior to the start of the course, providing you are able to supply a reference from your current employer which explicitly confirms you are able to communicate effectively in English.
• By providing a satisfactory English test certificate that meets the requirement of the course you have applied for.

Your career

Most students on this course will probably be already in full-time employment at the time of attending the course. However, this MSc prepares them for a higher level of responsibility in a variety of areas. The course has a unique blend of subjects covering the varied topics within risk and safety management, which will have a huge benefit for people within all aviation sectors. It is therefore entirely possible that the course will enable people to take on additional responsibility and/or transition to other areas within the aviation industry, or gain promotion as a result of successfully progressing/completing this course.