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Why Aerospace Engineering?
Aerospace Engineering excites the imagination – who can fail to be impressed by the sight of a modern airliner taking off, a state-of-the-art fighter showing off its manoeuvres, a helicopter rescuing people in danger or the Space Shuttle on its return to earth. All of these products represent astonishing engineering achievements, challenging the frontiers of aeronautical, mechanical, electrical, materials, manufacturing and computer engineering. Nor should we forget the managerial achievement in bringing such complex projects to successful fruition. Aerospace engineering courses are inter-disciplinary, incorporating all of these engineering disciplines. They are intended to provide a firm educational background for entry into the design, development and manufacturing sectors of the aerospace industry.
Why Aerospace Engineering at Liverpool?
– The programmes are unique in the UK in being accredited by the Royal
Aeronautical Society, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the
Institution of Electrical Engineers.
– There are more than 20 members of teaching staff who are all involved
in a weekly, personal tutorial scheme – this means that small groups, of
up to five students, receive individual attention from tutors on a weekly
basis.
– Our research is internationally recognised and we have all the
laboratory and workshop facilities that are expected where high quality
research is carried out.
– A particularly exciting experimental facility is the new Bibby Flight
Simulator featuring motion and visual cueing and a library of different
aircraft types that students can 'try their hands on'.
– Students will be offered a variety of 'Flavoured' routes during the
MEng degree including Flight Technologies and Avionic Systems.
Careers in Aerospace Engineering
The global Aerospace Industry offers an extensive, almost unlimited, range
of career opportunities for Liverpool’s Aerospace graduates including
technical specialisation in research, design and development, flight test,
manufacturing, piloting, sales and marketing, management etc. The
multi-disciplinary nature of Aerospace and Liverpool’s approach to the
learning programmes mean that employment opportunities exist across a wide
range of technical areas from airframe to powerplants to on-board and
ground-based systems. Some of our graduates have entered the Aerospace
Industry and have found that within a short period they are given
significant responsibility for projects and teams. Some students find
employment outside the traditional large Aerospace companies and find
their skills are well suited to smaller technical consultancies. Others
turn their problem-solving skills, uniquely developed in the Liverpool
course, to employment outside the engineering sector, including banking
and financial services in general. But it is the lure of exciting
Aerospace projects that attract most graduates and the aviation challenges
in the 21st century promise to be equally demanding as in the 20th
century, with environmental issues, safety and air traffic control
dominating the civil sector and stealth, affordability and agility
dominating the military world.