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Aerospace Engineering with Sandwich Placement

  • BEng (Hon)
  • 4 Years
  • Sandwich
  • September 2026
  • Undergraduate
University of Wolverhampton
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Course summary

BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering with Sandwich Placement at the University of Wolverhampton builds a full Industrial Placement Year directly into your degree, giving you twelve months of credited, hands-on industry experience before you return to complete your final year. Previous students on this course have secured placements with companies including Rolls-Royce and Airbus.

Across Years One and Two, you'll design, build and test real aerospace components using industry-standard CAD, CFD, FEA and MATLAB software, test designs in our subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels (including an F1-specification rolling road wind tunnel and an aircraft flight demonstrator), and get hands-on with our very own two-seater aircraft through the University of Wolverhampton Aerospace (UWA) club. UWA also lets you design, build and fly your own aircraft, competing in the national UAS Challenge and BMFA competitions.

Your Year Three Industrial Placement carries academic credit as part of your degree, giving you real workplace experience, mentorship from industry professionals, and a professional network before you graduate.

The course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), built around the Engineering Council's AHEP 4 standards, and delivered from our £7m Springfield engineering campus, with composites, materials testing and metal 3D printing labs. Our relationships with RAF Cosford, MOOG, Marston's (Collins) Aerospace and Safran give you further live project and networking opportunities throughout your degree.

Course structure:
Year 1: Master core engineering principles including propulsion and avionics through hands-on lab work and an industry-linked group project.
Year 2: Specialise further into aerospace design and analysis, plus a year-long Enterprising Group Innovation Project.
Year 3: Industrial Placement Year, working in industry on live engineering projects and challenges.
Year 4: Design and build a complete aircraft system as a team, presenting at our annual Innovations Unleashed event, and complete an Individual Innovation Project informed by your placement experience.

Graduates go on to roles including Aerospace Design Engineer, Propulsion Engineer, Flight Systems Engineer, Structural Engineer and Test and Evaluation Engineer, across aerospace, automotive, defence and advanced engineering.

University of Wolverhampton was rated number one in the UK for teaching in Aerospace Engineering in the National Student Survey 2026*, and sits in the heart of the UK's engineering and manufacturing region, with strong academic and wellbeing support throughout your studies. *National Student Survey NSS 2026 Results

This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • University of Wolverhampton

Study options

  • BEng (Hon) • Sandwich • 4 Years

Start dates

  • September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
H402
Institution code:
W75
Campus name:
University of Wolverhampton
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
H402
Institution code:
W75
Campus name:
University of Wolverhampton
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
80 points

including a Level 3 qualification in Mathematics and another subject in either Physics, Chemistry, Design Technology, Further Mathematics, Electronics, Computing, ICT or Engineering. Excluding General Studies or Critical Thinking

A level
CDD

including a Mathematics at grade C and another subject in either Physics, Chemistry, Design Technology, Further Mathematics, Electronics, Computing, ICT or Engineering. Excluding General Studies or Critical Thinking

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MMP

in an Engineering subject to include Mathematics

Access to HE Diploma

Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (80 UCAS point equivalence) in a Engineering subject to include Mathematics.

Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF)
DM

in an Engineering subject to include Mathematics

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above or an acceptable equivalent.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
MMP

in an Engineering subject to include Mathematics

T Level
Pass (C and above)

in an Engineering subject:
Design Development Engineering,
Maintenance, Installation and repair for Engineering
Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control

Students must have studied a minimum of two years post GCSE level. However, it is expected that some applicants will be mature students with work experience, who wish to further their career development. These applicants will be processed through standard procedures, which may involve an interview as part of the process. Please see http://wlv.ac.uk/mature for further information.

Those who do not meet the entry requirements may be offered an alternative course

English language requirements

As an EU or International applicant you will need to showcase your English language proficiency skills during your admissions process. The below qualifications are accepted for a number of courses, please be aware these scores are a guide on what is acceptable. http://wlv.ac.uk/english We have a suite of courses that require differing English language proficiency, these requirements are there to ensure that you have the correct ability to achieve your desired qualification with us. You will also need to check each individual course page for accuracy as our Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies courses require specific English qualifications prior to entry.

English Language Requirements - EU and International Applicantshttps://www.wlv.ac.uk/english

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Fees and funding

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