Evening light across an aircraft structures workshop with spars and tooling

Edinburgh · Midlothian

Hazelcore Aerospace Engineering School

Short courses and workshop intensives where you handle spars, compressor hardware, and flight-mechanics problems under tutor guidance—not only lecture notes.

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Flagship course

Aircraft Structures Intensive

Six weeks of evening seminars and Saturday labs on load paths, aluminium detailing, and a supervised spar-and-rib exercise piece. Cohorts stay small so tutors can check fastener layouts before you drill.

14seats per cohort

6weeks with Saturday labs

£2,450starting fee per seat

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Students examining a light-aircraft wing spar assembly on a workshop bench

Related courses on campus

Propulsion weekends, flight-mechanics evenings, CAD mentoring, and a materials short course sit alongside the structures pathway.

Cutaway turbine display used during a propulsion workshop

Propulsion Fundamentals Workshop

A three-day immersion in gas-turbine cycles, compressor maps, and thrust estimation using classroom models and cutaway hardware.

3 consecutive days · £890 per participant

Instructor sketching a stability diagram beside a light aircraft model

Flight Mechanics Seminar Series

Eight evening seminars on stability derivatives, trim, and handling qualities using light-aircraft flight-test anecdotes and worked examples.

8 weeks, one evening per week · £620 per series

Mentor and learner reviewing an airframe assembly drawing on a desk

Aerospace CAD Mentoring

One-to-one mentoring blocks focused on airframe detailing conventions, drawing packs, and revision control for junior designers.

Blocks of 4 × 90-minute sessions · £480 per four-session block

Composite lay-up demonstration with fabric and resin tools on a clean bench

Aerospace Materials Short Course

A five-day survey of aluminium alloys, composites lay-up practice, and inspection methods used on light-aircraft and UAV structures.

5 days · £1,150 per seat

From people who sat the courses

Feedback tends to mention tooling checks, homework load, and how hardware sits beside the theory.

“The Structures Intensive forced me to slow down on fastener spacing after I rushed a rib pitch on Saturday two. Tutors caught it before I drilled, which was mildly humbling and exactly what I needed.”

Amelia K. · Aircraft Structures Intensive

“I came for the Propulsion weekend expecting slide decks. Instead we spent a full afternoon on compressor maps with a cutaway core on the bench. The maths still stretched me, but the hardware made the numbers stick.”

Daniel O. · Propulsion Fundamentals Workshop

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Open days walk you through the structures bay, materials bench, and a sample seminar so you can judge pace and facilities before paying a deposit.

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