As you delve into the core of aerospace engineering, you'll acquire the essential knowledge to build a robust foundation from which you can develop your expertise to design systems, integrate various disciplines and collaborate with students from around the world.

With these vital skills you can create and optimize satellites, helicopters, aircraft, and wind turbines, all in a world where sustainability is at the forefront of attention.

About the programme

Every year, billions of people rely on air travel, while satellites play a crucial role in daily communication, meteorology, Earth observation, and navigation. Wind energy is essential for the energy transition. In the BSc Aerospace Engineering you will learn how aerospace engineering can contribute to a better, sustainable world.

The BSc Aerospace Engineering teaches you the knowledge, skills and mindset required to address these challenges. The programme has an excellent reputation worldwide and the faculty is equipped with high-tech facilities. We have an advanced flight simulator, our own aircraft which is used as a flying classroom, a clean room for the development of our own satellites, subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels. Additionally, we have access to a large laboratory for the development, manufacture and testing of materials and structures.

Field of study

As Aerospace Engineer, you can take on challenging problems in complex fields. You find solutions to societal problems that are cost-effective, lightweight and safe. This means you can work effectively in a multidisciplinary team and are able to synthesise knowledge from a variety of related fields. This requires a broad foundation, comprising a background in all corners of the field of aerospace engineering. During the bachelor’s programme, you will be introduced to a variety of engineering domains:

What will I learn?

To equip you with the right set of skills and knowledge, you will explore various disciplines in this BSc programme.

• As an Aerospace Engineering student you will:
• Test aerodynamics in windtunnels
• Calculate satellite orbits
• Explore aircraft and rocket propulsion, aircraft operation, satellites, drones,
• Perform material testing in laboratories
• Work on all the disciplines of aerospace engineering
• Use aircraft, rockets and satellites as subjects of study to help you develop the basic technical knowledge.

This will enable you to design aircraft, satellites, and windturbines. In addition to the technical foundation, you will learn how to guide processes in order to develop new products. You will also get to know projects made possible through this combination of knowledge, such as the Delfly dragonfly drone with flapping wings and the NUNA solar car.

As you progress through the programme, the emphasis shifts from theory to application. The academic year is divided into four ten-week periods. This means that you will have examinations four times each year. Lectures are alternated with tutorials, laboratory courses and projects, in which you apply what you have learned. The emphasis during project-based education is on learning to design in teams.