Aeronautical Engineering with a Year Abroad

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

• Introduction to Aerodynamics
• Aircraft Performance
• Properties of Materials
• Mathematics
• Mechanics
• Introduction to Structural Analysis
• Thermodynamics

• Computing
• Engineering Design
• Engineering Ethics
• Experimental Methods (5 labs)
• L1 Applications

You will have the choice of modules from Aeronautics and Imperial Horizons.

• Imperial Horizons
• Management and Business for Aeronautical Engineers

• Aerodynamics
• Circuits, Signals and Systems
• Materials
• Mathematics
• Mechanics of Flight
• Propulsion and Turbomachinery
• Structural Mechanics and Dynamics

• Numerical Analysis
• Manufacturing Processes
• Experimental Methods (8 labs)
• L2 Applications

You will have the choice of modules from Aeronautics and Imperial Horizons.

• Imperial Horizons
• Technology, Business and the Market for Aeronautical Engineers

You also have the opportunity to attend a flight testing course at Cranfield University.

You spend this year abroad. We currently have exchange agreements with:

• the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (Aachen, Germany)
• the Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France)
• the Ecole Nationale Supérieur d'Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (both in Toulouse, France)
• the National University of Singapore
• the University of California, USA

While abroad, you will undertake a combination of classes and a project (in France this may be undertaken in industry), with formal assessments counting towards your degree at Imperial.

In France and Germany you will normally be taught in the host country's language, preparation for which forms part of years one and two.

Students who are on track to achieve a 1st by the end of year two are eligible for selection for Singapore and USA. For European institutes a minimum of a 2:1 standard is required.

• Structural Dynamics
• Wing Design
• Aerospace Vehicle Design
• Airframe Design
• Experimental Methods (5 Labs)
• L3 Applications
• Six-week Individual Research Project

The following list of modules are those currently available; the selection may be altered to accommodate new modules.

You choose six optional modules from below.

• Advanced Mechanics of Flight
• Materials Modelling
• Helicopter Dynamics
• Introduction to Turbulence and Turbulence Modelling
• Applications of Fluid Dynamics
• Computational Mechanics
• Materials in Action
• Emerging Technologies for Green Aviation
• Design-Led Innovation and New Venture Creation
• Separated Flows and Fluid-Structure Interaction
• Innovation Management
• High-Performance Computing
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Control Systems
• Aircraft systems Engineering & Unmanned Vehicle Technologies
• Mathematics
• Advanced Propulsion
• Design of Experiments
• Computational Fluid Dynamics

You will have the choice of modules from Imperial Horizons and the Business School, to broaden your studies.

You can choose one option from below within your six choices above.

• Imperial Horizons
• Business for Professional Engineers and Scientists