Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Aerospace Engineering - BEng (Hons)

Aston University, Birmingham

**Start your path to the skies with a foundation year leading to a degree in Aerospace Engineering.****Course outline**Begin your journey towards a career in aerospace with our Foundation Programme: Aerospace Engineering, designed to prepare you for progression to BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering.This foundation year provides the essential academic knowledge, practical skills and confidence to succeed in university-level study. You’ll explore core principles in mathematics, physics and engineering science, while developing your problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills through collaborative, project-based learning.Working alongside students from other engineering disciplines, you’ll gain experience of interdisciplinary thinking and real-world ways of working. These are skills that are vital in the aerospace industry and beyond. You’ll also be part of a supportive learning community that helps you transition smoothly into degree-level study and prepares you to thrive in a fast-moving, high-tech sector. **Key benefits**- Supporting progression – Opportunity to progress onto an Aston University degree programme by learning fundamental subject knowledge.- Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)**Where can this degree take me?**Successful completion of this foundation programme enables progression onto our full-time BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering course.The transferable skills that our aerospace engineering programmes provide mean that graduates may find opportunities in a wide range of roles, such as:- Aerospace engineer- Avionics engineer- Flight systems engineer- Aircraft design engineer- Propulsion engineer- Maintenance and safety engineer- UAV (drone) systems designer- Aerodynamics specialist- Systems integration engineer- Spacecraft engineer- Research and development engineer

Aston Foundation Centre