Bachelor

Aerospace Engineering

28% 28% 27% 17%

Aerospace Aerospace Engineering Basic Engineering Minor
Design Sciences and Technology Sciences

How do you make an aircraft climate neutral? How do you design satellites that can
monitor climate change? How will you dispose of them when they fail? How can you
make aircraft quieter? These are questions you will encounter during the Aerospace
Engineering bachelor's programme. Are you ready to become a multidiciplinary
engineer who makes a change in society, within the aerospace sector as well as in many
other industries?

Admission Selection procedure

What does the programme look aircraft designs and drone swarms. You learn
requirements
like? how to work in international teams, think outside
The programme starts off with a series of the box and communicate effectively.
Language English introductory courses in the field of Aerospace
Engineering, as well as general engineering You will study alongside more than 2500 BSc
Number of first 440 topics such as calculus and mechanics. Quickly and MSc students at the Faculty of Aerospace
year students you will realise that every course builds upon Engineering. The Faculty is unique in Europe
the foundations provided by previous courses, and enjoys worldwide acclaim. Aside from
BSA* 68%
which requires you to really keep up the pace in the theoretical part of the BSc programme,
order to be successful. Lectures are taught by the Faculty is able to offer you access to
Numerus Yes
experienced lecturers and professors, who state-of-the-art facilities over the course of
Clausus
use examples to illustrate the importance of several practicals, including an advanced
Average week 42 hours their disciplines. Extensive group projects are flight simulator, our own jet aircraft as a
Lectures 16 hours employed to integrate the skills and knowledge flying classroom, subsonic, supersonic and
Projects and 8 hours you acquired during lectures. During the hypersonic wind tunnels and a large laboratory
laboratory courses projects you will solve design challenges, based for the development, manufacturing and testing
Self-study/tutorials 18 hours on real-life cases, such as ultra-efficient new of structures and materials.

* Binding recommendation on continuation of studies

 Aerospace Engineering
What do you learn?  In the second year, you will learn more to do this at other TU Delft faculties, at other
From the very first day of your studies, you will about designing systems and processing universities in the Netherlands or at one of our
be able to dive into the specifics of aerospace measurement data. A series of intensive many partner universities abroad.
engineering. While you are also taught the mathematics courses will provide you with the
basic engineering sciences such as mechanics tools required to tackle the aerospace courses. Your last semester consists of the final BSc
and calculus, the programme focuses on Topics that were discussed briefly in the first courses as well as a flight practical in the
how to apply these engineering disciplines year are now explored in depth, providing you faculty’s flying classroom, a Cessna Citation
to aerospace design problems as soon as with a solid theoretical background in subjects aircraft, which you will use to carry out
possible. such as aerodynamics and orbital mechanics. measurements in flight. Everyone finishes their
The aerodynamics courses are supplemented third year with the Design Synthesis Exercise
In the first year this occurs mainly in the by two wind tunnel practicals. (DSE). During a ten-week period, you will work
aerospace design projects, which will take up a with a team of students on an original and
significant portion of your weekly schedule. The first semester of the third year allows you relevant design assignment, in many cases
to broaden the scope of your education by commissioned by aerospace companies or
means of a minor programme. You can choose research organisations.

Number of
What is the profile of an
BSc students
100%
Aerospace Engineering

1323
student?
• Good at acquiring new maths and
physics skills at a rapid pace
• Solving multidisciplinary design pro-
English-language
blems with a group of fellow students English-language BSc & MSc
• Able to study in a very international- programmes
ly-oriented environment with English
as the main language
Number of
MSc students

1263
THE Ranking

4th
place for
Engineering &
Technology
43%
International
MSc students
Career prospects

42%
MSc tracks
• 88% of MSc graduates find a job they • Aerodynamics & Wind Energy
like within 6 months after graduating • Aerospace Structures & Materials
• 40% become employed in the Aeros- • Control & Operations
pace sector International • Flight Performance & Propulsion
• 60% find a job within other engineering BSc students • Space Flight
sectors, consultancy or management • European Wind Energy Master

TUDelftAerospaceEngineering @AETUDelft study-ae@tudelft.nl www.tudelft.nl/ae

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