In order to attend the course there are two consecutive application stages:
- Military relevance and suitability of the candidate to the course;
- Academic application to attend the course
For stage (a): the preselection process (prior to submitting an academic application) for the Aerosystems Course which is met via a Selection Board that comprises RAF (Air & Space Warfare Centre, Defence Academy), Royal Navy and Cranfield University personnel (Course Director), reviewing a comprehensive application form that contains academic and work experience, relevant interests and courses, a personal narrative and a 1st and 2nd Reporting Officer recommendations. Based on successfully satisfying stage (a) then the candidates are encouraged to apply for a University place to study the Aerosystems course.
(b)
• A UK first or second class honours degree in a relevant subject area; or
• An equivalent international qualification (find out whether your qualification meets our requirements by visiting our International Student page); or
• Relevant work experience in combination with a degree below second-class honours
If you do not meet our formal entry requirements, but still feel you can demonstrate the ability to complete the course successfully, you may still be accepted onto a course. Each application will be considered on its merits and a case will be made by the Course Director.
All students accepted onto the course, are required to complete the pre-sessional 10-day Shrivenham course in August (8th-19th) prior to attending the award studies in September. The pre-sessional studies comprise refreshers studies in maths and technical topics that enable levelling the background knowledge that can be assumed by lecturers in the award course. All students are required to study the pre-sessional studies to ensure fresh knowledge of topics which students have not studied and probably not used recently.
ATAS certificate
Students requiring a visa to study in the UK may need to apply for an ATAS certificate to study this course.
Security clearance for Shrivenham
Some Cranfield University courses are delivered at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham which is a Ministry of Defence (MoD) site. All applicants to courses that are wholly or partially delivered at Shrivenham must complete the BPSS (HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard V4 April 2014) prior to registration on the course or must already hold a security clearance to this level or higher.
Please visit our security clearance page for further information.
English language
To study for a formal award at Cranfield you will need to demonstrate that you can communicate effectively in English in an academic environment. Full details of how you can meet this requirement can be found in our English language requirements section.
Approved English tests for Military Aerospace and Airworthiness MSc
Please note that:
- We verify all test scores with the test providers.
- We are only able to accept tests taken within two years of the course start date.
- All elements of the test results must be demonstrated in one test, we are unable to accept a combination of scores across two or more tests.
- In extremely rare circumstances we may reject a test score if one element of the test has a very low score. This would only occur if we believed this would impact on your ability to study with us or if the score did not meet UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requirements to study in the UK.
IELTS*
IELTS Academic, IELTS Online, IELTS for UKVI Academic - 7.0 overall and 5.5 in all skill components.
TOEFL
TOEFL iBT (we accept TOEFL iBT, TOEFL iBT Home Edition and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition) - 100 total and minimum skill component scores of 18 reading, 17 listening, 20 speaking and 17 writing.
Pearson PTE
PTE Academic, PTE Academic Online, PTE Academic UKVI - 68 overall and 59 in all skill components.
Cambridge Assessment English
Any Cambridge Assessment English test meeting the required scores will be accepted. The following are recommended as being within the scale score range: Cambridge C1 Advanced, Cambridge C2 Proficiency - Cambridge English Scale score of 190 overall and 160 in all skill components.
Trinity College London
Integrated Skills in English - ISE III (C1) - Overall Pass outcome.
LanguageCert
International ESOL C1 Expert (both the Written and Spoken tests must be taken), International ESOL SELT C1 (this test includes all 4 skill components) - Pass overall and 33 in all skill components.
Kaplan
KITE (Kaplan International Tools for English) - 505 overall and 410 in all skill components. Cranfield applicants and offer holders are entitled to a £25 discount, reducing the price of KITE to £65. Register for a test using the this form to benefit from the discount.
*We also accept IELTS Indicator, note this test is no longer available for new test bookings.