FdEng Aircraft Maintenance

Key facts

• Fully accredited courses. BEng (Hons) degrees and FdEng degrees have been accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Royal Aeronautical Society**
• State-of-the-art Merlin Flight Simulator. Design and test your own aircraft using engineering theory and see how alterations to aircraft affect the flying experience
• You will also have access to flight simulation packages such as FLITE, RANT navaids trainer and Boeing 747
• Access to cutting edge design, analysis and simulation softwares - Fluent for computational fluid dynamics, Abaqus for finite element analysis, MATLAB and Simulink for dynamics system modelling/analysis/simulation, Pro Engineer and Edge-Cam
• Access to the university's internationally-recognised research centres, including the Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre at Airbus.
• Excellent links with industry. Vocational training opportunities at companies such as Airbus UK, Light Aero, Garmin, MyTravel and Hawker Beechcraft (FdEng courses)
• Subsonic and supersonic wind tunnel facilities and a fully operational gas turbine test cell on our Wrexham campus
• Work on jet and piston engine aircraft in our aircraft hangar
• Apply for member status with the IMechE when you graduate, and after a period of appropriate work experience (honours degree graduates only). You will be eligible to
  be considered for membership of RAeS (BEng (Hons) graduates only)
• Join the Institution of Engineering and Technology at Engineering Technician level (HND/HNC students). You will be invited to interview and membership will be at a level in line with your grade and responsibilities (fee payable)
• Rapid Prototyping Facility (fused deposition method) and specialist manufacturing systems simulation software 

Course content

• aerodynamics
• fluid mechanics
• CAD
• aircraft structures
• aircraft design
• manufacturing processes
• business management
• thermodynamics
• computer-based manufacturing
• supply chain management
• aircraft stability and control
• avionic systems
• gas turbine science

Career opportunities

The current UK shortage of qualified engineering graduates means you will have plenty of career options when you graduate. You can find employment in the fields of aeronautical, mechanical and manufacturing engineering consultancy, research and development or in the armed forces.

Previous graduates have gone on to work for organisations such as Airbus UK, Rolls Royce Engineers, the National Air Traffic Control Service and British Airways, amongst others.

Course content

FdEng Aircraft Maintenance

Designed and developed to suit apprentices or trainee students already working in
the field of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. You will investigate the fundamentals of engineering materials and aircraft systems, as well as boosting your workshop skills. Learn about aviation legislation, avionic systems, gas turbine engines and gas turbine science and supplement this with work-based learning within companies such as MyTravel, Thomas Cook and Hawker Beechcraft

This foundation degree is provided in collaboration with Deeside College. The course will be delivered on a 50/50 basis between Glyndŵr University and Deeside College.

FdEng Aircraft Maintenance modules

Level 1

• Analytical studies 1 (40 credits)
• Business and quality management (20 credits)
• Aircraft systems and maintenance principles (20 credits)
• Composites and aeronautical materials (20 credits)
• Work based learning (20 credits)Level 2

 Level 2

• Aviation legislation/ Human factors  (20 credits)
• Aerodynamics (20 credits)
• Airframe, electrical and electronic digital systems (20 credits)
• Avionics* (20 credits)
• Gas turbine engines* (20 credits)
• Project (40 credits)

* Optional modules

Entry requirements and applying

120 UCAS points at A2 level or equivalent. (To include A level in Mathematices or a relevant science subject or equivalent.) Appropriate AS-Level and Level 3 Key Skills qualifications will also be taken into account. Applicants should have completed a National Certificate/Diploma. Please contact us to discuss your experience or equivalent qualifications. See information on general entry requirements.

Assessment

During the course of your studies you will undertake phase tests, written assignments, practical work on computers, portfolio of work, logbooks, presentations and laboratory work case studies and CAD. A combination of this work will form part of your assessment. Exams may also form part of your assessment.