Aerospace Engineering (Hons) Swansea University

Overview

Graduates of the MEng Aerospace Engineering (Hons) degree at Swansea University are set on course for a range of employment opportunities. Your future could lie in any of the following roles:

• Aircraft Design Engineer
• Rocket Scientist
• Defence Engineer
• Airline Pilot
• High Speed Railway Engineer
• Flight Test Engineer
• Aerodynamicist in Motorsport and Sustainable Energy Sector

Our graduates go on to have interesting and varied careers at companies such as, Rolls Royce, Airbus, BAE Systems, GE Aviation, Royal Air Force and Jaguar Land Rover. Our average graduate salary after 6 months of graduating is £25,000. 

This course offers you the opportunity to spend a YEAR IN INDUSTRY (UCAS H404), in the UK or overseas, giving valuable workplace experience as well as a salary that is currently over £15,000 on average. Support and guidance is provided to help secure your placement.

We also offer you the option to spend a YEAR ABROAD (UCAS H406) at a partner university which enriches the degree, giving a valuable cultural experience which can broaden your horizons when seeking employment.

Our career support services include:

• Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
• Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
• Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
• Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
• Advice and guidance on postgraduate study and funding
• Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.