Benefits for participating universities

• Provide real-world engineering experience to students
• Engage industry partners in your curriculum and research activities
• Showcase university strengths in a public forum
• Competition event boosts motivation in project work
• High student satisfaction
• Strong recruitment tool
• Supports accreditation.

Integration with university curriculum

• The Challenge encourages students to follow a system engineering process, through requirements generation, design, manufacture, verification, and the final validation at the competition event
• Can be integrated, including coursework exercises, into one or more units covering:
  • Systems engineering
  • Team projects
  • Design projects
  • Research projects
  • Business/professional studies
  • Aerodynamics/performance

  Practical/lab exercises can be built around the testing skills needed. The Challenge provides a natural focus for team design or research projects.

  Advice is available from other universities and companies who have successfully integrated it into their degree/graduate scheme – get in touch with us for more info.

  Benefits for students and teams

  • Obtain practical aerospace engineering skills for industry
  • Work with mentors from leading aerospace organizations to support you throughout the project
  • Gain real-world engineering experience before stepping into a job
  • Meet leading professionals in aerospace engineering and flight safety
  • Develop connections and network with like-minded students
  • Learn more about the next generation of aircraft
  • Throughout the competition, students will be provided opportunities to develop and demonstrate their technical, engineering design and manufacturing skills
  • A platform to enhance and practice key soft skills such as team-working, time management, project management, budgeting and presentation skills
  • Network with potential future employers and win a chance to visit their office for a week!