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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May 28, 2026
Each year, the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (APOP) develops an engineering challenge for college students across the nation. The 2026 challenge was to design a heat exchanger for a small gas turbine engine. The University of Cincinnati student team placed first. The team adviser was Professor Jongguen Lee.
May 19, 2026
Space, rockets, and NASA have been a lifelong fascination for John McCullough '89. He was inspired after watching the moon landing as a child and learning about aerospace engineering. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in aerospace engineering and has worked at NASA for more than 36 years. He has played key roles in many missions including Artemis I and the most recent Artemis II.
May 12, 2026
University of Cincinnati engineering students earned first place in the advanced class of the international SAE Aero Design competition, where students design, build and fly an aircraft.