Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Aerospace Engineering Beng (Hon)

Start your path to the skies with a foundation year leading to a degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Course outline
Begin your journey towards a career in aerospace with our Foundation Programme: Aerospace Engineering, designed to prepare you for progression to BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering.

This foundation year provides the essential academic knowledge, practical skills and confidence to succeed in university-level study. You’ll explore core principles in mathematics, physics and engineering science, while developing your problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills through collaborative, project-based learning.

Working alongside students from other engineering disciplines, you’ll gain experience of interdisciplinary thinking and real-world ways of working. These are skills that are vital in the aerospace industry and beyond. You’ll also be part of a supportive learning community that helps you transition smoothly into degree-level study and prepares you to thrive in a fast-moving, high-tech sector.

Key benefits
• Supporting progression – Opportunity to progress onto an Aston University degree programme by learning fundamental subject knowledge.



• Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)



Where can this degree take me?
Successful completion of this foundation programme enables progression onto our full-time BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering course.

The transferable skills that our aerospace engineering programmes provide mean that graduates may find opportunities in a wide range of roles, such as:
• Aerospace engineer



• Avionics engineer



• Flight systems engineer



• Aircraft design engineer



• Propulsion engineer



• Maintenance and safety engineer



• UAV (drone) systems designer



• Aerodynamics specialist



• Systems integration engineer



• Spacecraft engineer



• Research and development engineer