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Careers and your future in Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering at Brunel is designed to meet the needs of the industry, giving you the skills and knowledge you need for a successful future career.

Whether you’d like to get into aerospace, aeronautical or astronautical engineering jobs, data processing or teaching, our degree courses give you transferable skills including problem-solving, innovative design and analytical thinking to take into your graduate career.

We are known for developing high-calibre graduates and will support you with a strong engineering foundation, practical learning in thermofluids, aerodynamics and propulsion to enable you to go out with skills employers are looking for.

With the right combination of academic and technical knowledge in designing and implementing aeronautical vehicles, you’ll have the necessary tools to take you into an aerospace engineering career.

Brunel is the closest university to London’s Heathrow Airport, providing opportunities for site visits, and placement and career options. Our students take up employment in fields such as aircraft and components design and manufacture, maintenance and testing, flight simulation, aviation, avionics and patent engineering. Our graduates are working for Rolls-Royce, Airbus, British Airways, BAE Systems, GE Aviation and the Ministry of Defence.

Our support doesn’t stop once you leave Brunel. You’ll have access to our Professional Development Centre who can give expert career support and help to prepare you for interviews and assessment centres for up to two years after you graduate.

Supporting you with your career journey