About AME
Invention, Career Readiness at Core of AME Programs
Aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona is all about real life experiences that prepare students to contribute to the next discoveries in a wide range of areas – from space exploration and transportation to disease prevention and renewable energy.
Undergraduate and graduate students alike learn from and work alongside professors internationally renowned for their research in hypersonic flight, space situational awareness, heat transfer, tissue engineering and robotics, for example.
Gaining an Edge
Exceptional facilities such as high-speed wind tunnels, on-site machine shops and modern labs support invaluable hands-on experience. The university’s commercialization arm, Tech Launch Arizona, helps move inventions out of the lab and into the world. And, AME’s strong ties with industry giants translate into career opportunities for graduates.
The Student Experience
Image: Aman Chandra/FreeFall Aerospace
"Classes are nice and give you a solid math and physics background, but not necessarily hands-on experience. For me, it’s been the most helpful thing at the university."
- Shae Henley, flight director for CatSat, a NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative
Fast Facts
# 23
public aerospace engineering schools
(U.S. News @ World Report)
Top 25
online engineering grad program, public universities
(U.S. News @ World Report)
4:1
graduate student-faculty ratio
$8.8 million
annual research expenditures (2023)
Top 5%
R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)
4th
aerospace manufacturing, state ranking
(PricewaterhouseCoopers)