Graduate Programs

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Aerospace Engineering (AE) and a Master of Engineering (MEng) with a concentration in Aerospace Systems Engineering. A student may pursue major study in one of the following general areas: aerodynamics, astrodynamics, combustion and propulsion, control systems, dynamical systems, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and materials.

Here is a partial listing of the places our MS and PhD graduates began their careers over the past 5 years:

Recent Job Placements

Boeing
Pratt & Whitney
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Tesla
Caterpillar
NETL/Leidos
Divergent 3D
Aurora Flight Services
McKinsey
Naval Research Lab
Sandia National Labs
Applied Materials
Lam Research
AeroVironment
Intel Corp.
Duke University
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Goddard Space Flight Center
CU Aerospace