Aeronautical Engineering is a 3 years Diploma examined by KNEC.
| View institutions offering this programAbout Aeronautical Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering is a well-known branch of engineering that attracts students with interest in airplanes and their mechanism. Aeronautical engineers work with aircraft. They are involved primarily in designing aircraft and propulsion systems and in studying the aerodynamic performance of aircraft and construction materials.
This diploma in aeronautical engineering deals with the creation, design, and maintenance of travel machines, including airplanes missiles, helicopters, satellites and spacecraft.
What does an Aeronautical Engineer do?
- Aeronautical engineers design, develop, test, and help manufacture commercial and military aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft.
- Aeronautical engineers also develop and design extraordinary technologies such as: supersonic jets, helicopters, space shuttles, satellites and rockets.
- Work done by aerospace engineers has made such things as speedy mail delivery and moon travel possible.
- Aerospace Engineers are working to launch a space shuttle to reach the moon.
Entry requirements for Aeronautical Engineering
The minimum entry requirements for the diploma in aeronautical engineering course are:-
- Pass in relevant Craft Course, or;
- KCSE Mean Grade C- (Minus), or;
- Equivalent qualification approved by KNEC.
Institutions offering Aeronautical Engineering
Mombasa Aviation Training Institute
Private College
Mvita
Mombasa Aviation Training Institute is a world-class tertiary institution that offers a wide range of courses in aviation studies, hospitality & tourism, business studies, freight forwarding, media studies,...
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Private College
Langata
Kenya Aeronautical College is an aviation training institution based in Wilson Airport - Nairobi, Kenya. We first began in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2003 and have maintained a tradition...
| ApplyNational Youth Service Engineering Institute
Public College
Likoni
The National Youth Service (NYS) is the pride and backbone of our nation whose focus has been to help the youth discover and develop their potential since 1964.It...
| Read moreEldoret Aviation Training Institute
Private College
Soy
Eldoret Aviation Training Institute (EATI) was established in February 1999 to enhance excellence in Aviation and Commercial training within the East and Central Africa Region. It was conceptualized...
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Aeronautical engineering is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft.
This diploma course trains an engineer in creation, design, and maintenance of travel machines, including airplanes, helicopters, satellites and spacecraft.