**course overview** combine the practical and theoretical aspects of flying with the underlying principles of aerospace engineering on our aerospace engineering with pilot studies foundation entry degree course. **why study with us** - you’ll undertake ‘private pilot license (ppl)’ theoretical studies in your 2nd year. - fine tune your practical skills using the university’s excellent flight simulators. - you’ll get involved with unmanned air vehicles (uavs) for civil applications. - during your studies you'll benefit from significant investment in the latest high quality facilities available, including state-of-the-art software tools, flight simulators, subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels and a uav lab. **what you’ll do** - this course offers an optional 48-week sandwich placement in industry between the second and third years. - you’ll access lectures and masterclasses on topics such as the effective use of computer-aided design software, computational fluid dynamics, and finite element analysis. - our flight training school partners cover the practical flying components of the ppl (typically 45 hours), for an additional fee. **future careers** aerospace engineering graduates go on to roles in the aerospace, space, defence, automotive, biotechnology, computing, electronics, energy and manufacturing sectors.