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School of Aeronautical and Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering (AACME)

Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

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Key skills developed during your degree

  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Computer programming
  • Confidence
  • Initiative
  • Numeracy
  • Practical, environmental and business awareness
  • Problem solving
  • Professional competence
  • Project management
  • Report writing and presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Time management

Career options

Career areas related to the Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering courses:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

The engineering career options are very broad. The majority of graduates move into design engineering roles within large companies, opportunities within HM Forces and students who excel academically can progress to postgraduate studies.  The department's degrees are, however, balanced and well-rounded, providing you with the skills required for a professional career in a wide range of sectors; you will be equally attractive to employers in finance, industry, consultancy and public services.

*You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in*

Further study

Further study at Loughborough University:

The School of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering offers a taught MSc programme in Automotive Systems Engineering the modules of which can also be run as short courses for automotive engineering professionals.

The school offers postgraduate research opportunities including PhD and some MPhil degrees.

 Further study elsewhere:

Postgraduate Taught programmes:

PhD opportunities:

Professional development websites:

Where do graduates go?

What do Loughborough Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering graduates do?

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Airbus, Cummins, Deloitte, Jaguar Land Rover, Johnson Matthey, Leonardo Helicopter Division, Rolls-Royce, Sky, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, Zodiac Seats UK.

Roles included:

Aeronautical Engineer, Applications Engineer, Associate Software Developer, Commodity Acquisitions Engineer, Engineering Consultant in Motorsports, Graduate Landing Gear Engineer, Legislation Engineer, Test Engineer, Merchandiser, Digital Media Intern.

Further Study included:

MSc Automotive Engineering, MSc Advanced Composites, MSc Sports Bio Mechanics, MRes in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics, PhD Fuel Cells

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Resources to research career areas

Websites:

Resources to find work experience, placements and graduate jobs

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.

Aeronautical Engineering student placement profile.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

Other useful links:

Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information (LMI):

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