Master of Engineering (MEng/MSc) Aeronautical engineering

About

The department offers graduate programs in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and nuclear engineering and science. To accommodate a student’s career plans and interests, the graduate programs are structured to allow great flexibility in choosing appropriate courses, while ensuring sufficient depth and breadth. The student’s faculty adviser has the knowledge to make suggestions of specific courses to further the student’s educational goals. Aeronautical engineering focuses on the analysis, design and operation of structures, vehicles and systems (e.g. aircraft, helicopters, drones) which nominally involve safe, sustained and controlled atmospheric flight. It can also involve other vehicles and systems such as wind-turbines, Formula One race cars and submarines which operate in aerodynamics or hydrodynamics environments. The Aeronautical Engineering program at RPI is accredited by Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Aerospace and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

Career Path

Career path includes Aerospace Engineer, Aeronautical Engineer, Design Engineer, Manufacturing Systems Engineer, CAD Technician, Flight Test Engineer, Propulsion Engineer, Systems Integration Engineer, Avionics Engineer, Structural Engineer, Researcher, Higher Education Academic, Production Manager Airworthiness Engineer, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Navigation Systems Engineer, Satellite Systems Engineer Defence Technology Specialist, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analyst, Financial Analyst (Engineering Sector), Aircraft Performance Engineer, Rotorcraft Design Engineer, UAV (Drone) Systems Engineer, Materials and Composites Engineer, Thermal Systems Engineer, Spacecraft Systems Engineer.