We're home to the second-oldest aerospace engineering program in the country with well-established ties to the aerospace industry locally and nationally.
Modern aerospace systems become increasingly intricate as technology advances. Successful, safe, and sustainable aerospace engineering requires coordination of many interrelated processes and systems.
By encompassing the areas of aeronautics and astronautics, the aerospace engineering program at UC prepares you to analyze, design and implement aerospace systems to become the next generation of explorers. You'll build a foundation in the contemporary aerospace engineering principles required to innovate in a variety of fields and learn to design and develop flight vehicles and aerospace systems like avionics, propulsion, remote sensing and autonomous navigation.
Course work includes the analysis and design of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets and satellites. Students engage in hands-on training in the fields of fluid mechanics, propulsion, structures, controls and electronics. Computer skills are increasingly vital in the aerospace industry, so students also take courses in computer-aided design, structural analysis and simulation studies.
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April 2, 2026
UC Students Launch First Satellite April 8. Help Send Bearcats to NASA Liftoff as they make history for UC and Ohio.
March 30, 2026
The University of Cincinnati Aerocats club built a plane from scratch and flew it all the way to a fourth-place finish in the regular class during the SAE Aero Design East Competition in Lakeland, Florida.
March 25, 2026
The local community is invited to explore the innovative engineering student projects at the CEAS EXPO on April 7 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Fifth Third Arena. The annual event, presented by DRT Holdings, LLC, features capstone projects from University of Cincinnati Graduating seniors from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.