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  • Homegrown Employment

    Start your career in Arizona with some of the biggest aerospace and defense companies in the world.

  • Far-Reaching Research

    Investigate flight dynamics and control, space robotics, implantable medical devices and renewable energy.

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    Work in supersonic and subsonic wind tunnels. Design prototypes in an on-site machine shop.
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Student Perspective

The Arizona Advantage

UA Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering is a top pick for undergraduates and graduate students interested in designing and developing technology in a variety of high-tech areas – from space exploration and defense systems to renewable energy and biomedical devices.

Flexible academic programs, career-oriented internships, high-profile research, commercial design projects and club competitions are integral to the student experience. 

Consider a degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering at a top-tier research university!

 
 

 
 
 

Undergrads in the Spotlight

Meet a few of AME’s dreamers and doers.

Technology in the Works

From guidance systems to green energy, learn about AME research.

A Club for Every Student

Head to the races, build drones and design wacky contraptions.

Online MS

Check out the master’s degree geared to working engineers
Featured News

Alumnus Phillip Greenberg Founds Copperhead Aeronautics

Feb. 22, 2020
Two men in dark suits stand in front of an AIAA-branded background. They are holding their associate fellow certificates.

Jesse Little Named AIAA Associate Fellow

Jan. 21, 2020
Approximately 30 people sit and stand in front of a banner reading "The signing of Strategic Partnership between The University of Arizona and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, December 12, 2019, Amritapuri, India"

Amrita University Partnership Expands Global Opportunities

Dec. 15, 2019
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Aerospace Company Wins NASA Grant With UA Talent

Feb. 26, 2020
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By the Numbers
6 th
highest paying college major
(U.S. News & World Report)
4 :1
graduate student-faculty ratio
22 nd
R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)
48 th
world ranking, aerospace engineering schools
(Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)
Top 30 %
mechanical engineering schools
(U.S. News & World Report)
4 th
aerospace manufacturing, state ranking
(PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Upcoming Events

May 5, 2020

Virtual Craig M. Berge Design Day
4:00pm

It's the biggest day of the year for the college! Come celebrate your AME seniors' hard work. 
Due to university guidelines in response to COVID-19, the 2020 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Day will be held in a virtual format. Please stay tuned for more information. 

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Job-Ready Students

“It really speaks well of the market and the program here that all these students are finding jobs. I think the curriculum at UA is superior.”

Alumnus Scott Rowland

OSIRIS-REx Experience

“Just to know that something I worked on and people around me worked on was actually going to happen, and that it was going to do something big – it was just a very surreal moment.”

2018 senior Namrah Habib

Hypersonic Expertise

“Having these researchers under the same roof gives our department an edge in being able to bridge gaps in knowledge and best prepare our students to solve problems of hypersonic flight.”

Assistant professor Stuart “Alex” Craig
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