Aircraft Engineering BEng(Hons) single honours

Bachelor's degree

In Surrey

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Surrey

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Alongside academic modules, work-based modules provide you with hands-on experience of aircraft component and equipment replacement, inspection, condition monitoring, and fault diagnosis and rectification. You will gain an understanding of the work environment and legal requirements relating to the operation of commercial aircraft.

The course covers all the knowledge requirements specified in the EASA category B1.1 aircraft maintenance engineering licence syllabus (Part 66). It introduces you to practical and maintenance skills, and provides you with opportunities to practise and develop these skills. In Year 1 you will also gain higher education study skills and other interpersonal skills necessary for completion of the course. In Years 2 and 3, you will develop these skills to improve your career prospects and enable you to complete further study.

This course is designed specifically to set you on the path for a career as an aircraft maintenance engineer in the aviation industry. It will give you the confidence and skills necessary to become a maintenance manager of the future.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Surrey
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Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LB

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

If you're interested in aircraft maintenance engineering and the idea of signing-off aircraft as fit to fly, this is the course for you.
It is specifically designed to help meet the growing need for skilled aircraft maintenance engineers. Our fully accredited courses meet the exacting requirements of the industry's licensing bodies, which will help you fast track a career in aircraft maintenance and its management.
You get to work with cutting-edge facilities from the start of your course up to its completion and to work alongside industry leaders.
In addition to academic study, you take work-based modules that give you hands-on experience of:
aircraft components and equipment replacement;
inspection;
condition monitoring; and
fault diagnosis and rectification.
You also gain an understanding of the work environment and legal requirements relating to the operation of commercial aircraft.
A range of resources both at Kingston and at partner institutions.
The opportunity to apply for an EASA Category B1.1 aircraft maintenance engineering licence after completing the course and a further two years' work experience.

This is the only UK degree that mirrors the requirements of EASA Part-147- approved courses, and it is accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society as meeting the requirements for IEng registration with the Engineering Council. The course is taught at a number of partner colleges – Newcastle College, and Cardiff and Vale College – and all are EASA Part-147 approved.

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Subjects

  • Engineering
  • Aircraft Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Practitioner Engineers
  • Physics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Aerodynamics
  • Digital Systems
  • Aircraft Electronic
  • Aircraft Material
  • Hardware
  • Maintenance
  • Systems

Course programme

Module listing

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.

Year 1
  • Mathematics and Physics for Practitioner Engineers
  • Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
  • Aerodynamics and Aircraft Electronic and Digital Systems
  • Higher Education Study Skills and Personal Development
Year 2
  • Aircraft Material, Hardware and Maintenance
  • Aircraft and their Systems
  • Practical Engineering Sklls and CAD
  • Professional Practice for Aircraft Engineers
Year 3
  • Turbine Engines and Thermodynamics
  • Aircraft Maintenance Practices
  • Individual Project (Aircraft IEng)
  • Air Transport Economics

Additional information

International Fee -:

Year 1 (2019/20): £14,200
Year 2 (2020/21): £14,600 
Year 3 (2021/22): £15,000

Aircraft Engineering BEng(Hons) single honours

£ 9,250 VAT inc.