You'll take an induction programme with all our Aeronautics and Astronautics students. This will give you your first practical experience and the opportunity to get to know your fellow students.

We'll develop your design and programming skills and teach you to build and test engineering systems, components and mechanisms.

You'll also learn manufacturing skills in our workshops so that you can make your ideas a reality.

Core modules include topics such as:

• aircraft operations and flight mechanics
• design and computing
• electrical and electronic systems
• mathematics
• thermofluids

You'll build on your core knowledge from the first year, and increases your focus on Aeronautics and Astronautics disciplines. Compulsory modules include:

• aerodynamics
• astronautics
• mechanics of flight
• propulsion

These modules feature hands-on teaching, using facilities such as our wind tunnels, turbojet and rocket engine.

You’ll take a systems design and computing module, and participate in a team project to design, create and test a robot, drone, responsive system or other device.

At the end of the second semester you’ll take a flight test course, in which experiments are performed on board a Jetstream aircraft.

You'll deepen your understanding of aircraft design, including their environmental impacts. Core modules include:

• aerothermodynamics
• aircraft structural design
• aerospace control design

You'll choose optional modules from topics including:

• engineering design and management
• accounting and finance for engineers

You'll carry out an individual research project using many of the concepts that you've learnt over the previous 2 years. For example, students have investigated how to deflect asteroids, or use 3D-printed, metal jet engines.

Technical modules can be selected from a list of advanced level topics which focus on engineering management. These include:

• information systems management and strategy
• project risk management
• accounting and finance for engineers