Aerosystems MSc

Postgraduate Loan from Student Finance England 
A Postgraduate Loan is now available for UK EU applicants to help you pay for your Master’s course. You can apply for a loan at GOV.UK.

Future Finance Student Loans
Future Finance offer student loans of up to £40,000 that can cover living costs and tuition fees for all students at Cranfield University.

Cranfield Defence and Security Alumni Discount Scheme
Graduates of Cranfield Defence and Security may be entitled to a 10% discount on taught or research based degrees if they are self-funded 

To find out about funding for UK MoD staff, please visit the MoD funding and eligibility page. 

For all other applicants, please contact cdsadmissionsoffice@cranfield.ac.uk for more information on funding.

In order to attend the course there are two consecutive application stages:

1. Military relevance and suitability of the candidate to the course;
2. 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.