Aircraft and Flight Engineering, B.Sc.
The degree program Aircraft and Flight Engineering, or AFE, combines aeronautical engineering training with a training program for pilots. This makes it a unique degree program in Europe, supported jointly by Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and the University of the West of England in Bristol. In addition to its internationality, the defining features of this degree program are its flexibility and options, such as that of various flight training licenses and authorizations. Graduates are later employed in flight testing, in technical aviation, in aircraft maintenance, or in the area of technical management.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German, English |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €359.82 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The standard length of the modularly-structured Aircraft and Flight Engineering Bachelor's degree program is six semesters. Six modules each are required in semesters one to four, each of which are awarded five credits. A total of 120 credit points are to be completed in the first four semesters. Students spend semesters five and six students at one of the partner universities, the University of West of England, Bristol / UK or the State University of New York / USA where they have to complete 60 credit points.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The career prospects of graduates of the Aircraft & Flight Engineering degree program are outstanding: they can work as pilots and at the same time as engineers with their pilot training and their Bachelor of Science degree. Their fields of activity are correspondingly diverse. As the flight testing, technical aviation and executive aviation, but also the aircraft maintenance and technical management. The graduates are employed in the aerospace industry, at airlines and at airports. In addition, they are active in the supply industry, for example, with manufacturers of engines and navigation instruments or in companies for the development of control software.
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Graduates are not the only ones open to the labor market in Germany. They also have great opportunities internationally. They are qualified for this through an integrated year abroad at a partner university.
For students who show above-average performance in Osnabrück in the first two years, there is the opportunity to switch directly to a master's program and, after a further two years, to graduate with the prestigious Master of Aeronautical System Engineering degree. The German Bachelor of Science of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences continues to be acquired.
Not a few former students have even found their way into a scientific career. As flexible as the study program at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences is set up, students can react flexibly to different situations in their working lives. If, one day, a graduate does not want to work in the air - for health reasons, for example - there are still plenty of opportunities to pursue a professional career on the ground.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €359.82 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | In addition to the academic prerequisites: 13-week vocational placement and training contract with a cooperating flight school |
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| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.