Aerospace Engineering

What is Aerospace?

Aerospace Engineering is the broader parent of aeronautical engineering. Alongside how aircraft fly, it covers how rockets reach orbit, how satellites are kept stable and how spacecraft survive extreme heat and vacuum.

Core subjects include aerodynamics (including high-speed and hypersonic flow), aerospace structures, propulsion (jet engines and rocket motors), flight dynamics, orbital mechanics, and guidance, navigation and control. Programmes at IITs and IIST are research-oriented, with wind tunnels, propulsion labs and student satellite or rocketry teams.

Choose Aerospace if you want the option of space as well as aviation; choose Aeronautical if you are sure about aircraft; and choose Mechanical if you want a wider job market with the possibility of moving into aerospace later. IIST graduates may be considered for ISRO placement subject to its rules, but this is not automatic.

Who is this course for?

• Students excited by space missions, rockets, satellites and aircraft
• Those who enjoy advanced mathematics, physics and computer simulation
• Students aiming for top JEE Advanced ranks and research careers
• People interested in ISRO, DRDO or the private space start-up scene
• Team players who like building rockets, drones or CubeSats in student clubs
• Students open to higher studies (M.Tech, MS, PhD)