Graduate Admissions

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is an international leader in aerospace education, research and innovation. With the #7 nationally ranked graduate program, internationally renowned faculty and state-of-the-art research facilities, the department has been committed to preparing graduate students for exceptional academic and professional careers since its inception in 1944.

Aerospace Engineering at Illinois offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in aerospace engineering. The M.S. and M.Eng. are also offered as online degree programs.

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Focus Areas

A student may pursue major studies in one of the following general areas:

Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Compulsion and Propulsion
Control and Dynamical Systems
Structural Mechanics and Materials
Space Systems

Certificate Programs

Students may also elect to enroll in certificate programs in the following certificate programs:

Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics
Aerospace Materials
Aerospace Structural Mechanics
Hypersonics
Spaceflight Engineering
Aerospace Design and Systems Engineering.

Success in Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering graduates can pursue careers in aerospace, automotive work, defense, engines, government work, manufacturing, security and more.