Aviation Engineering and Management
Prepare yourself for a career in the aerospace industry. Gain relevant expertise and get hands-on with state-of-the-art facilities at USW.
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In this course, you'll hone problem-solving skills for the aviation sector, understanding industry challenges through diverse modules. Learn tools and research methods to address real-world aviation issues. With commercial aircraft numbers expected to double in 20 years, our MSc Aviation Engineering and Management equips you for industry success.
DESIGNED FOR
Design to build on students' existing academic and professional expertise. Aimed at people aspiring to lead areas in aviation. The course will prepare students for the next stage in their careers, whether that is further study at doctoral level, or improving their career prospects at senior technical and management level.
Career Paths
- Aircraft maintenance planner
- Aircraft quality engineer
- Operations manage
- Maintenance manager
- Project Manager
Skills taught
- Communication
- Leadership
- Problem-solving skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Analytical skills
Course Highlights
Module Overview
The MSc Aviation Engineering and Management course has eight modules emphasising ethical decision-making and interpersonal relations. Enhancing personal and professional growth, it makes students more employable. The course equips students with transferable skills and expertise for leadership in technical and managerial roles, addressing complex engineering challenges creatively.
Aircraft Management and Operations
This module will help you develop a critical awareness of the aircraft life cycle and the associated legislation that ensures that new designs achieve high levels of reliability and inherent sustainability.
Human Engineering
You will be encouraged to critically analyse and evaluate safety management systems, organisation safety and human performance in the aviation industry.
Lean Maintenance Operations and Certification
Learners will develop and understand concepts in Six Sigma, lean maintenance, operational research, reliability centred maintenance and maintenance planning. You will evaluate and critically analyse processes within highly regulated industries.
Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering Management
Learners will develop the ability to critically analyse the Principles and Implementation of the Safety, Health and Environmental Management within the workplace. Also understand the role of stakeholder involvement in sustainable development.
Professional Engineering Management
Learners will develop the skills to critically analyse leadership and management theories and how these shape the effectiveness of an organisation.
Research Methods for Engineers
Support students to determine the most appropriate methods to collect, analyse and interpret information relevant to an area of engineering research.
Condition Monitoring Techniques
You will evaluate the use of condition monitoring and non-destructive testing tools in different situations within industry and make recommendations on necessary adjustments.
Individual Project
You will undertake a substantial piece of investigative research work on an appropriate engineering topic and further develop your skills in research, critical analysis and development of solutions using appropriate techniques.
Lean Maintenance Operations and Certification
Learners will develop and understand concepts in Six Sigma, lean maintenance, operational research, reliability centred maintenance and maintenance planning. You will evaluate and critically analyse processes within highly regulated industries.
Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering Management
Learners will develop the ability to critically analyse the Principles and Implementation of the Safety, Health and Environmental Management within the workplace. Also understand the role of stakeholder involvement in sustainable development
Professional Engineering Management
Learners will develop the skills to critically analyse leadership and management theories and how these shape the effectiveness of an organisation.
Aircraft Management and Operations
This module will help you develop a critical awareness of the aircraft life cycle and the associated legislation that ensures that new designs achieve high levels of reliability and inherent sustainability.
Human Engineering
You will be encouraged to critically analyse and evaluate safety management systems, organisation safety and human performance in the aviation industry.
Research Methods for Engineers
Support students to determine the most appropriate methods to collect, analyse and interpret information relevant to an area of engineering research.
Condition Monitoring Techniques
You will evaluate the use of condition monitoring and non-destructive testing tools in different situations within industry and make recommendations on necessary adjustments.
Individual Project
You will undertake a substantial piece of investigative research work on an appropriate engineering topic and further develop your skills in research, critical analysis and development of solutions using appropriate techniques.
Course Highlights
How you'll learn
Teaching
You will be taught through a variety of lectures, tutorials and practical laboratory work. On average you can expect to be in classroom-based activities for around 12 hours per week, you will also need to devote around 30 hours per week to self-study.
Assessment
You will be assessed through a range of methods, these include examinations, coursework such as individual written reports or group work. You can also expect to be assessed by completing a group or individual presentation. The dissertation allows you to research a specific aviation engineering topic, to illustrate your critical awareness and problem-solving skills.
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Teaching staff
The staff that deliver the modules have a breadth of expertise in their subject areas.
Some have developed this expertise through high quality research. The research areas are international in their scope whilst also having a relevance locally, often working with
international companies that operate locally.
Others have developed their expertise through successful careers in industry and are now using that knowledge to teach and prepare the students for their own careers.
This blend of backgrounds represented in the academic staff give a breadth to the student experience and develops them technically and professionally.
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Facilities
The University has invested £3.3m in its aerospace facilities, including a two-storey
Aerospace Centre extension, offering engineering students 1,000m2 of workshop and lab space, two aircraft hangars, and a MP521 flight simulator.
The Centre houses a Jetstream 31 aircraft, gas turbine maintenance, riveting, hand tool, and welding workshops. Additionally, it features clean and dirty composite workshops, labs for electronic tasks, avionics, hydraulics, and pneumatics. Sub-sonic wind tunnels facilitate aerodynamic instruction.
The Merlin MP521 simulator, programmable for any aircraft type, is pivotal in design testing and flight test preparation.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Typical qualification requirements:
A minimum 2:2 Honours degree in a related engineering discipline e.g. Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Aircraft Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering with relevant Aircraft experience, Electrical & Electronic Engineering with relevant Aircraft experience
or if you are an EASA licensed engineer with five years relevant industrial experience and relevant academic qualification.
International applications welcomed:
We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence, please view our dedicated country pages.
English language requirements
International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.
Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.
If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.
If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.
Contextual offers
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.
USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.
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Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.
Fees and Funding
£16,900
per year*£16,900
per year*Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
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At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
How to apply
There is an online application process for this course. Please choose the application form for your preferred start date and mode of study (i.e. full-time or part-time).
- September 2025 Full-time
- September 2025 Part-time
- September 2026 Part-time
- September 2026 Full-time
- February 2026 Full-time
International admissions
Please see our international admissions advice for further information about how to apply as a prospective international student.
