格连菲尔德大学Cranfield Universit的前身是1946年创立的航空学院,这也是格连菲尔德大学航空航天专业发展实力雄厚的一个基础要素。格连菲尔德大学拥有自己的飞机场,合作企业也不乏航空公司。英国54%的航空工程研究生都毕业于格连菲尔德大学。
格连菲尔德大学Cranfield University的航空航天专业在英国乃至世界都有着重要的影响力。至今已颁发了25,000多个学位,其中包括颁发给宇航员尼尔.阿姆司特朗和许多航空、宇航以及工商业界高层领导的荣誉学位。如今,大学在自动控制工程、制造和原料、操纵与控制、国防技术等方面的杰出地成就再一次证明了其在航空航天领域的领先实力。
格连菲尔德大学Cranfield University的航空航天专业属于(The School of Engineering)工程学院。工程学院分为九个系和2个独立机构:ational Flying Laboratory Centre以及Department of Engineering Photonics。每个系又有专门的研究小组,这九个系及专业方向如下:
1. 航空航天工程系Department of Aerospace Engineering
Aircraft Design Group
Applied Aerodynamics Group
Dynamics, Simulation and Control Group
Engineering Design Group
2. 汽车工程系Department of Automotive Engineering
Automotive Mechatronics Centre
3. 流体力学与计算科学系Department of Fluid Mechanics and Computational Science
Fluid Mechanics and Computational Science Group
4. 海岸,过程与能源工程系Department of Offshore, Process and Energy Engineering
Offshore Renewable Energy Group
Process Systems Engineering Group
5. 航空运输系Department of Air Transport
Air Transport Management Group
Safety & Accident Investigation Centre
6. 系统工程与人为因素系Department of Systems Engineering and Human Factors
Aero-structure Assembly and Systems Installation Research
Aviation Research
Defence Research
Driving Research
Passenger Safety Research
Systems Engineering Research
7. 工程学与计算系Department of Engineering Computing
Applied Mathematics and Computing Group
MAG
8. 动力与推进系Department of Power and Propulsion
Power and Propulsion Sciences Group
Gas Turbine Engineering and Technology Group
Turbomachinery and Icing Group
9. 应用力学与航天学系Department of Applied Mechanics and Astronautics
Crashworthiness, Impact & Structural Mechanics Group
Space Research Centre