BEng (Honours) - Aerospace Systems in Canberra Australia | The Australian National University

The cost of accessing space and utilizing uncrewed aerial systems is declining quickly, creating fresh possibilities in communication, defense, and Earth resource monitoring and management. Aerospace systems engineers possess the expertise to design, integrate, and manage interconnected space and aerial subsystems, ensuring they operate effectively, safely, and reliably for both commercial and defense applications. In this major, students will explore subjects like space systems engineering, advanced propulsion technologies, space instrumentation, and aerospace vehicle control. These areas draw on ANU's strengths in electrical and mechatronics engineering, intelligent systems, and collaborations with the Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre and ANU InSpace. Situated in Canberra, Australia's defense hub with the highest concentration of defense, national security agencies, and industry partners—including top aerospace firms like Boeing and Airbus—ANU provides students with early hands-on experience through industry projects, internships, and work placements.

Learning Outcomes
Utilize structured, design-focused engineering approaches, supported by mathematical modeling and computer simulations, to assess and develop aerospace systems, covering structural, propulsion, data and flight instrumentation, communication, and guidance, navigation, and control subsystems.

Assess engineering solutions for aerospace challenges by employing theoretical concepts and techniques from science, mathematics, computing, systems theory, and engineering disciplines that connect fundamental physical sciences to aerospace system behavior.