The Year in Industry course offers the opportunity to apply the knowledge you gain in the first two years within an industrial environment during your third year. There is no direct entry on to this course but you can apply to transfer from our other aerospace engineering courses if you reach the required academic standard and are successful at the industry interview. Places are limited and are highly competitive.

The five-year course covers a broad range of subjects organised into three streams:

• aerodynamics
• dynamics and control
• structures and materials.

These subjects are specialised from year one and are taught with aerospace applications and examples.

The first two years are devoted to core concepts, which are taught via lectures and backed up by practical experience through coursework and lab work. Further material, such as space applications and aviation operations, is covered in specialist units.

You will also learn skills that cross all the streams, such as computing, systems engineering and design. There is extensive mathematical content throughout.

You will undertake your placement in your third year.

In years four and five there is greater flexibility for you to pursue options that interest you. Some units relate to particular application areas, such as helicopter aerodynamics, space systems or wind power. Others study particular technologies, such as composites analysis.

The diversity of topics in aerospace engineering makes this a very challenging degree but the reward is a uniquely broad education.

A current student who completed a year in industry shares how her placement year boosted her confidence, career prospects and appreciation for university life. Find out more about her story.