Aerospace Engineering Courses: Eligibility, Course Fees, Career Prospects, Top Colleges

Aerospace Engineering Courses
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Average Duration		2 years-4 years
Average Fee		15 K-17 L INR annual
Study Mode		Regular

All About Aerospace Engineering Courses

Aerospace Engineering is a discipline of engineering that focuses on designing, manufacturing and maintaining aeroplanes, spacecraft, missiles and weapons systems. Aerospace engineering is regarded as one of the most difficult fields of engineering offering courses at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels that have established a place for themselves among students. Mechanical engineering makes up a substantial portion of aerospace engineering and it covers a wide range of disciplines such as aeronautics, robotics, electricity, drawings, physics, mathematics, structures, computer applications among others.

Aerospace engineering is a highly specialised technical area that necessitates a high level of mathematical, calculative and observational abilities. Tenacity and perseverance are essential qualities which the students of aerospace engineering courses must possess as research in this discipline takes years to complete.

The candidates are required to check out the sections below for all the detailed information regarding the aerospace engineering courses that are on offer.

Highlights of Aerospace Engineering Courses

Some important facts have been put into the aerospace engineering course highlights table below -

Types of Programmes Offered	Diploma UG PG
Duration of Programmes	Diploma - 3 years UG - 4 years PG - 2 years
Minimum Academic Eligibility Criteria	Diploma - 10th pass with 50% aggregate with Science and Maths as compulsory subjects UG - 12th pass with 60% aggregate with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects PG - B.E/B.Tech degree in Aerospace Engineering (or relevant discipline) with 60% aggregate
Admission Process	Merit based and entrance based
Average Annual Course Fee (In INR)	Diploma - 54k to 60k per annum B.Tech - 88k per annum to 17 LPA M.Tech - 15k per annum to 8 LPA
Major Recruiters	Indian Air Force, Helicopter Corporation of India, Pawan Hans, Defense Research and Development Laboratories, Air India etc
Job Profiles	Aerospace Engineer, Assistant Technical Officer, Mechanical Design Engineer, Aerospace Design Checker etc
Average Starting Annual Salary (In INR)	INR 30 LPA to INR 50 LPA

Aerospace Engineering Courses Eligibility Criteria

The table below contains the degree-wise aerospace engineering courses’ eligibility criteria -

Degree	Eligibility Highlights
Diploma in Aerospace Engineering	Applicants should at least be class Xth qualified from any recognized Board with a minimum aggregate score of 55% and the applicants must have studied both the Science and Mathematics subjects at the qualifying exam level
B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering	Applicants who have completed their higher secondary education from a recognized board with a minimum aggregate of 60% and have studied Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects
M.Tech Aerospace Engineering	B.E/B.Tech in aerospace engineering candidates (or B.E/B.Tech degree holders in any relevant discipline) with at least 60% aggregate score are eligible

Aerospace Engineering Courses Admission Process

Given below are the methods through which aerospace engineering aspirants are offered admission at various levels of the discipline -

Diploma	Admissions are offered based on some entrance exam scores like JEXPO, HP PAT, Bihar DCECE, HSTES DET etc OR based on the previous qualifying examination scores of the applicants
B.Tech	Admissions are offered based on some entrance exam scores like KIITEE, JEE Main,JEE Advanced, BITSAT, VITEEE etc OR based on the previous qualifying examination scores of the applicants
M.Tech	Admissions are offered based on some entrance exam scores like GATE, IPU CET, BHU PET, BITS HDOR based on the previous qualifying examination scores of the applicants

Syllabus for Aerospace Engineering Courses

The degree-wise aerospace engineering courses’ syllabi have been provided in the following table -

Diploma in Aerospace Engineering Syllabus	B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering Syllabus
M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering Syllabus	---

Career Options and Job Prospects of Different Aerospace Engineering Courses

Aerospace engineering degree or diploma holders have excellent opportunities in India and abroad both. With the influx of other reputed private companies into the aerospace industry, better and bigger opportunities await the students. An aerospace engineering student can get hired by these companies in the following job profiles -