Top 10 Aerospace Engineering Masters Degree Courses In The UK & Europe

A Masters in Aerospace Engineering will lead to a career in a fast-growing industry that has a growing number of opportunities for employment outside of the traditional centres of space exploration in America and Russia.

There are plenty of opportunities for international study as well as an international career. You will need to have an undergraduate degree in Engineering to move onto a postgraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Here are ten of the best Aerospace Engineering masters degree courses that you can opt to study in the UK and Europe*.

MSc in Aerospace Engineering – Delft University of Technology

Duration: 2 years full time.
Cost: €2,060 per year for EU students / €15,575 per year for international students.
What You Will Study: Students at Delft University in the Netherlands will learn to contribute to the Aerospace industries with imaginative and inventive solutions. The course is taught in English.

MSc in Space Engineering – Politecnico di Milano

Duration: 2 years full time.
Cost: €883 to €3,886 per year for EU students depending on income / €3,886 per year for international students.
What You Will Study: This course in Italy focuses on the research and design aspects of working in space and is taught in English.

Master in Aerospace Engineering – KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Duration: 2 years full time.
Cost: No fee for EU students / SEK310,000 total cost for international students.
What You Will Study: Students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden focus on one concentration choosing between Aeronautics, Space, Lightweight Structures or Systems. The course is taught in English.

MSc in Aeronautics and Space Engineering – Cranfield University

Duration: 1 year full time or 2 to 5 years part time.
Cost: £11,000 total cost for UK and EU students / £22,500 total cost for international students.
What You Will Study: With a strong emphasis on a personal research project this course at Cranfield University provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of Aerospace Engineering.

Master of Space Engineering – Technische Universität Berlin

Duration: 2 years full time.
Cost: €18,500 total cost for all students.
What You Will Study: Modules at Technische Universität Berlin in Germany include Satellite Technology, Space Flight Mechanics and Space Electronics. The course is taught in English.

MSc in Aerospace Engineering – University of Manchester

Duration: 1 year full time.
Cost: £10,500 for UK and EU students / £22,000 for international students.
What You Will Study: Students at the University of Manchester will gain plenty of industrial experience with companies that have close links with the university, like BAE Systems and Rolls Royce. Modules include Advanced Aerospace Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

MSc (Eng) in Aerospace Materials – University of Sheffield

Duration: 1 year full time.
Cost: £11,650 for UK and EU students / £21,450 for international students.
What You Will Study: The University of Sheffield has a number of masters programs that offer a more specialised education into specific fields of Aerospace Engineering. On the Aerospace Materials course, you will learn about the use, composition and manufacture of materials used in space flight as well as areas such as thermodynamics.

MSc by Research in Aerospace Engineering – University of Bristol

Duration: 1 year full time or 2 years part time.
Cost: £4,235 for full-time UK and EU students or £2,118 per year for part-time UK and EU students / £20,700 for full-time international students (part-time study is not available for international students).
What You Will Study: This Masters by Research at the University of Bristol has three areas of study which are Fluid Flow and Aerodynamics, Advanced Composites, and Dynamics and Control.

MSc in Aerospace Engineering – University of Leeds

Duration: 1 year full time.
Cost: £10,250 for UK and EU students / £21,500 for international students.
What You Will Study: The University of Leeds has close contacts with the Aerospace industry in the UK which students can take advantage of. Modules include Aerospace Vehicle Design, Rotary Wing Aircraft and Aerospace Structures.

Masters in Aerospace Engineering – Sapienza University of Rome

Duration: 2 years full time (reduced to 1 year if you have completed the undergraduate Engineering course of 5 years).
Cost: €1,268 per year for all students.
What You Will Study: This course at Sapienza University of Rome covers the fundamentals of Aerospace Engineering and most of the learning is lab based. Students work in labs such as the Guidance and Navigation Lab and the Thermo-vacuum and Optics Lab. The course is conducted in English.

*SOURCE: TOP UNIVERSITIES

PLEASE NOTE: As a result of Brexit, from Autumn 2021 postgraduate students from the European Union studying at a UK university will be charged the same tuition fees as international students. UK students studying their postgraduate course at a European university are also likely to incur higher tuition fees than their EU counterparts. It is advisable to check with the individual universities in the UK and Europe for up-to-date information on tuition fees for all postgraduate programs.

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