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Dive into the intricacies of aircraft systems and flight processes through a mix of theory and hands-on experience. Learning in the college's state-of-the-art Aeronautical Engineering Training Centre, taught by industry experts, you may:

explore modern aircraft construction, materials, and major component construction methods; investigate aerodynamics, flight mechanics, and the layout of different aircraft types; delve into aircraft propulsion systems, focusing on piston and gas turbine engines; learn about pneumatic and hydraulic power within common aircraft systems; study aircraft avionic systems, covering radio communications, radar, navigation, and automatic flight control; explore physics for aviation, solving engineering problems in solid mechanics, thermofluids, wave motion, and mechanical vibration; focus on human factors and their impact on performance in an aircraft engineering environment; learn about aircraft electrical and electronic principles, covering operational amplifiers, combinational logic and DC networks.

You will also have the opportunity to develop proficiency in the industry-standard CATIA V5 design package.

Entry Requirements

2 relevant Highers, preferably Maths and Physics, plus National 5 English, or NC Aeronautical Engineering, or other relevant national qualifications at SCQF Level 6. Entry subject to interview.

Progression Routes

Modern Apprenticeship, or articulated entry to MEng (Hons)/BEng(Hons) Aircraft Engineering at the University of the West of Scotland