Name: Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies, BEng (Hons)
Price: £9,535 per year GBP

Interested? See

Attendance

Campus

Start

Book an autumn Open Day

Duration

3 years

Start

September 2025

UCAS Code

AE10

Delivery

In-person

Foundation year available

Are you fascinated by aircraft? This course combines the practical and theoretical aspects of flying with the underlying principles of Aerospace Engineering.

Benefit from the practical application of what you learn in the classroom in our full motion simulator.

You’ll undertake Private Pilot License (PPL) theoretical studies in Year 2. Successful completion of this is determined by passing the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Private Pilot’s Licence Examinations.

CAA examinations are an essential component of a PPL. This degree doesn’t include the practical flying components of the PPL (typically 45 hours) but we partner with a flight training school who will offer those for an additional fee.

Why study with us

Top
10
in the UK for academic support
National Student Survey (Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering) (compared with unis in the Guardian University Guide)
2023
Top
10
in the UK for overall positivity
National Student Survey (Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering) (compared with unis in the Guardian University Guide)
2023

You will undertake ‘Private Pilot Licence (PPL)’ theoretical studies in your 2nd year.
There’s an optional 48-week sandwich placement in industry for full-time students between Year 2 and Year 3.
During your studies you'll benefit from significant investment in the latest high quality facilities available, including state-of-the-art software tools, flight simulators, subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels and a UAV Lab.

Interested?

Download

Slide 1 of 3

Sub and Supersonic Wind Tunnel Facilities

Slide 1 of 9

Student using wind tunnel

What you'll do

You’ll graduate with a rounded education in aerospace engineering which can lead to a wide range of career options.
Our Engineering Innovation Centre enables you to work on real-world projects with commercial partners in state-of-the-art facilities.
Fine tune your practical skills using the University’s excellent flight simulators and UAV lab.

Slide 1 of 6

The lecturers treat you as peers and really value your opinion and interests, their doors are always open when you need assistance.

Georgia Green smiling in glasses and a grey jumper

Georgia Rae Green

MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering Student

Modules

This module aims to further develop your analytical knowledge and techniques necessary to analyse and solve a variety of engineering situations and problems.

Module code: SC2153

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Slides 1 to 2 of 10

Sub sonic wind tunnel 4 — Wind Tunnel Laboratory

22287-aerospace — Flight Simulator Suite

Academic expertise

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer of Aerospace Engineering

Dr Kirijen Vengadasalam

Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Future Careers

Studying Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies leads to careers in the aerospace, space, defence, automotive, biotechnology, computing, electronics, energy and manufacturing sectors.

Progression to MEng course

After completing three years of full-time study you’ll have the option to graduate with a BEng (Hons) degree (it will take four years to reach this stage if you choose to go on a 48-week industrial placement in-between Years 2 and 3). You can then choose to undertake an additional year of advanced study and graduate with an MEng (Hons) degree instead (this normally takes four years to complete in all, or five years with an industrial placement).

The MEng option is ideal if you aspire to become a commercial pilot. It introduces Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) theoretical studies in Year 4. These are university examinations designed to prepare you for sitting CAA ATPL examinations after you’ve graduated. You’ll be able to make use of our simulation facilities to further develop your flying skills, and practical flying can be arranged at additional cost with our flight training school partners. This is a great way to gain the theoretical training required to obtain a pilot’s license while simultaneously gaining an engineering degree.

Entry requirements

We will consider your educational achievements, predicted grades, work experience and personal statement. If you don't meet the grades for your chosen course, we will consider you for other programmes.

We know that many factors can influence the grades you achieve in school or college. If your life experience has affected your academic studies, we can take this into account. Use the UCAS Points Calculator below to check whether you are eligible.

Unsure if you meet our entry requirements? Contact our friendly Course Enquiries team to talk through your options.

UCAS: 104 points at A2 including Maths and Physics or STEM at grade C
BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM in Engineering including Maths units. Please see UCAS for specific unit requirements
Pass Access Course: 104 points including 15 level 3 credits in Maths and Physics or STEM at Merit
International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass with 104 points from Higher Level subjects including Higher Level 6 in Maths and Physics or STEM
T Level: M including Maths and Physics. Please see UCAS for a list of the T Levels we can accept
IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent

Use our UCAS points calculator

Discover how many UCAS points your qualifications are worth

Calculate your grades

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2025/26

Full-time£9,535 per year

Sandwich year£1,575 for the sandwich year

International

Full-time£17,325 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

Select your country/region

Care Leaver Bursary
Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.
Find out more about Care Leaver Bursary
Estranged student support
Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.
Find out more about Estranged student support
Dependants Bursary
Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package. 
Find out more about Dependants Bursary
Financial support package
If you are from a low income household our Financial Bursary may be able to help.
Find out more about Financial support package

A three-year degree qualification typically comprises 360 credits and each 20 credits (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study.

Modules comprise a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study.

Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your options.

Our course is delivered via a mix of lectures, practicals and projects. Lectures are provided to guide and inform and your knowledge, understanding and skills are developed through application.

Assessments will be divided between unseen examinations and a variety of regular assignments and challenges. Practical competence is important to our engineering philosophy and this will be reflected in the design and weighting of assessments.

Invited lectures and masterclasses will be provided on a range of topics, including the effective use of software packages for computer-aided design, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis and so on.

This course provides access to these facilities:

Immersive flight simulators.

Redbird FMX: The FMX’s electric motion platform and wrap-around visual offer fantastic realism. Our FMX can be configured as two different aircraft types, a Cessna C172, and a Piper Seminole PA44-S and is complete with an instructors’ station, and an external monitoring and debriefing station.

Desktop flight simulators.

This equipment takes the advanced flight training tools found on our large simulators and puts them in a multi-screen desktop device. As a student on our aerospace degree courses, you can use these simulators to reinforce your understanding of aircraft flight dynamics and they can be rapidly reconfigured to a wide range of different aircraft types, from civil aircraft, helicopters and even the Space Shuttle!

Composites (GRP Bodywork) workshop.

The composites workshop is used for a variety of activities from research on resin infusion to the development of F3 hovercraft. We also intend to use this for airframe manufacture. 

This course has been designed to comply with the educational requirements published by the UK Engineering Council.

Interested?

Download

This course is delivered by the School of Engineering and Computing

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

You can find regulations and policies relating to student life at the University of Central Lancashire on our student contract page

Your saved courses

Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies

Why study with us

Gallery01 / 09

What you'll do

Hear from our students

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Year 2

Compulsory modules

Optional modules

Year 3

Compulsory modules

View the course facilities

Academic expertise

Future Careers

Entry requirements

Use our UCAS points calculator

Not got the grades?

Fees and funding

Scholarships and bursaries

Care Leaver Bursary

Estranged student support

Dependants Bursary

Financial support package

Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies

Why study with us

Gallery01 / 09

What you'll do

Hear from our students

Study in our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)

Modules

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Gain real work experience through industrial placements

View the course facilities

Academic expertise

Future Careers

Visit us on campus

Entry requirements

Use our UCAS points calculator

Not got the grades?

Fees and funding

Additional costs

Scholarships and bursaries

Care Leaver Bursary

Estranged student support

Dependants Bursary

Financial support package

Learning and assessment

Industry links

Further information