BEng (Research and Development) (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 communications, 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 efficiently, reliably, and safely 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 build 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, ANU offers students in this major early hands-on experience through industry projects, internships, and work placements with leading aerospace firms like Boeing and Airbus.

Learning Outcomes
Utilize systematic, design-focused engineering principles—supported by mathematical modeling and computer simulation—to analyze and develop aerospace systems, covering structural, propulsion, data, flight instrumentation, communication, and guidance, navigation, and control subsystems.

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