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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September 17, 2025
Rhinegeist Brewery is making a new apple-flavored beer from yeast UC's rocketry team fired into high altitude in competition.
August 27, 2025
University of Cincinnati aerospace engineering alumna Lynn Pickering was interviewed by WLWT, highlighting her Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award. She earned both her bachelor's and doctorate degrees at UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science.
August 26, 2025
Lynn Pickering was drawn to the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science for its top-ranked cooperative education program. Her work in artificial intelligence has taken her around the world. Earning both her bachelor's and doctorate in aerospace engineering from UC, Pickering received the prestigious Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship to support her research in her final year.
