Aeronautical engineering is one of the toughest, challenging and most competitive one in engineering. Aeronautics is the study about the flight maintenance, designing and testing of engines. It is one of the booming industries now and having wide range of job opportunities all over the world. Speaking indeed, it is one of the branches of engineering that deals with designing and construction of aircraft and their components. If anyone looking to do something different or having some guts in you then be an aeronautical engineer is the idealist option. Having a broad, imaginative mind is very important for making you to stand out in this branch. Aeronautical engineering mainly specializes in construction, maintenance and designing an aircraft and their components.

SOME BRANCHES IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING:

1. Aerodynamics
2. Propulsion
3. Structural mechanical and design
4. Avionics
5. Production
6. Maintenance
7. Navigation and operations

8. Communication

Basically aeronautical engineering is not a single handling job; every aeronautical engineer will have to work as a team under the supervisions of senior engineer so that they could get some experience from their higher ones. Those who have interest to become an aeronautical engineer must keep eyes open and need to gather some update information’s of what happening around the world. The field aeronautical engineering is one of the fast growing industries around the world so keeping you updates skills is very important to make your career shine. Having good mathematical background will make you more successful. There are also some jobs like air traffic controller. Students have to keep their mind focused on any one of the branch like avionics, aerodynamics, maintenance and so on. There is one main stream like navigation and operation by opting this anyone can become a pilot. You can separate three kinds of pilot namely commercial pilot, military pilot and missile pilot. Become a pilot you must get some proper license. DGCA (Directorate general of civil aviation) issuing license certificate for those who have finishing their training successfully Self-discipline is vital for a pilot to have always with him. Communication skill is very important for a pilot to speak effectively with his co-pilot. There is lot of sub-branches within this field such as air traffic controller

COURSES OFFERED BY SOME UNIVERSITIES:

1. Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT) are offering both under graduate and post graduate in aeronautics with very well practical and theory sessions.

2. NASA conducting one research programmed named as Graduate student researchers program (GSRP). I t is very useful for a graduate students leading to masters or doctoral degrees related to research and development.

3. University of Sydney (AUSTRALIA) offering four years bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering which specializes in Aerodynamics, structural designing and flight controlling and so on.

4. Stanford University in California offering a degree of Doctor in philosophy in Aeronautics and Astronautics

5. University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign offering four years bachelor’s degree in aeronautics.

ELIGIBILITY:

A Student must have finished 10+2 with science( physics, chemistry, mathematics ) or equivalent with at least 60% of marks in any aggregate.

JOB OPPURTUNITIES:

There are plenty of job opportunities all over the world for who have finished successfully their bachelors or masters degree in this aeronautical engineering. Airlines are mushrooming in numbers everyday; this shows the importance of this field in forthcoming future. It is also possible for an aeronautical engineer to do a research work. Lot of airlines is opening their doors looking for good skilled aeronautical engineers. ISRO, NASA and so many research organizations are looking for some well knowledgeable and well dedicating engineers for their research work. There are also some famous research centers like British National Space Centre (BNSC) in UK which provide lot of job opportunities for every year. It is not an easy one to leave a one good research centre like Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in UK has been sending lot of missiles in every year. At least there are 15-30 people who have working in a single mission. The work for an aeronautical engineer is to design, testing, manufacturing of an engine or missiles and the work will always a team work so every engineer must co-operate with their team members. There is lots of demanding for good skilled pilots all over the world. Students can also able to get job in the defense research laboratories and other aviation departments after finishing their bachelor’s degree. The civil aviation now allowing their aeronautical engineers

For testing the performance of the air-frame and air-worthiness of their aircraft

THREAT:

The aeronautical engineering is one of the highly prestigious jobs so people who are rich allowing or forcing their children to choose this field. For prestigious issue they are ready to give lot of money for their children to get job. This may affect the students who are belonging to middle – class section. But having money is not a safety option for running their career successfully so having good imaginative or creative skills and hard-working is very important to make you shine.