📖Program Curriculum
The taught component of the Aerospace Vehicle Design Master's is generally delivered from October to March (or March-August for the March intake). Modules for each option vary - please refer to course option pages for descriptions of compulsory modules which must be undertaken. Students also have an extensive choice of optional modules to match their specific interests.
Course delivery
Refer to course option pages for breakdown of assessment
Group project
The extensive group design project is a distinctive and unique feature of this course. This teamwork project takes place from October to March (or March-August for the March intake), and recreates a virtual industrial environment bringing together students with various experience levels and different nationalities into one integrated design team.
Each team member is given the responsibility for the detailed design of a significant part of the aircraft, for example, forward fuselage, fuel system, or navigation system. The project progresses a design from the conceptual phase through to the preliminary and detail design phases. Students will be required to run project meetings, produce engineering drawings and conduct detailed analyses of their design. Problem solving and project coordination must be undertaken on a team and individual basis. At the end of the project, the group is required to report and present findings to a panel of up to 200 senior engineers from industry and academia.
This element of the course is both realistic and engaging, and places the whole student group in a professional role as aerospace design engineers. Students testify that working as an integrated team on real problems is invaluable and prepares them well for careers in a highly competitive industry.
Watch past presentation videos to give you a taster of our innovative and exciting group projects:
A9 Dragonfly Box Wing Aircraft,
A-13 Voyager,
Blended Wing Body Aircraft,
MRT7 Tanker Aircraft,
SL-12 Vimana.
Individual project
