Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies with a Year in Industry University of Liverpool

Overview

If you are interested in becoming either private or professional pilot, the  Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies with a Year in Industry programme from University of Liverpool is the programme for you.

Key Features

• In addition to studying the core aerospace engineering topics outlined, you will also take the pilot studies modules and develop knowledge, skills and experience of flying. As well as the flight training, pilot studies students also have access to and use of the students pilots lab and can join the Flight Simulation Group (FSG). Study Aerospace Engineering and by the end of your time at Liverpool, you will be able to show that you can now design, build, test and fly an aircraft.
• As an aerospace engineering student, you will experience a wide variety of topics and modes of study, whether it be conducting research, analysing reports or designing and building an aircraft. You will have have the opportunity to study a wide range of topics during your time at Liverpool such as aerodynamics, aerostructures, flight dynamics and control, propulsion systems, avionics, aerospace materials and aircraft design.
• Aerospace engineers design, analyse, build, test and maintain vehicles, their sub-assemblies and components as well as their associated systems that fly. Flight is not limited to simply within the Earth’s atmosphere, and can also be outside of it.

Career opportunities:

As a graduate of aerospace engineering, you will be equipped with the skills to work in the development and maintenance of aircraft, satellites, and space vehicles.

Typical types of work our graduates have gone on include:

• Airline operators
• Armed forces,
• Government research agencies like the Ministry of Defence (MoD)

Recent employers of our graduates are from the following industries and companies:

• Engineering and Infrastructure: ABB Ltd, Bentley, Metronet Rail, Rolls Royce;
• Utilities: United Utilities;
• Defence and Military: BAE Systems, British Army, RAF (Royal Air Force), Royal Navy;
• Aviation: British Airways;
• Government organisations: National Nuclear Laboratory (Government-owned).