Aerospace Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year - BEng (Hons)

University of Sheffield

This degree is all about maximising your employability. You’ll follow the same academic programme as our standard Aerospace Engineering course, but you may have the opportunity to spend a year working in a graduate-level role in an engineering company.An aerospace professional needs to be able to communicate effectively with experts in different fields. By the time you graduate, you'll have plenty of experience with this.All first year students also take the Global Engineering Challenge, where teams of students work to solve engineering problems in developing countries.This is designed to develop you as a professional engineer and enhance your career prospects. Second years get to work on a project to solve a problem set by one of our industrial partners.Your year in industry will put your studies into context and enhance your career prospects. You will pay a reduced fee to the University for that year and you'll be paid a salary.After completing a programme of core study, you'll choose either the avionic systems or aeromechanics stream. In your final year, you'll work on a research project led by one of our world leading academics. Industry placement