Message from the Chair
At the Department of Aerospace Engineering, our highest priority is educating tomorrow’s leaders in aerospace engineering. We have a team of engaging faculty members renowned in their fields dedicated to providing you with the educational experience you need to build and advance your career in aerospace. Graduates of our BEng, PMDip, MEng, MASc and PhD degree programs go on to become leaders throughout the industry and academia.
Our department is always striving to be at the forefront of aerospace technology. By growing our co-operative internship program, prioritizing software and design training, and strengthening our relationships with leading aerospace companies through AERIAS, we’re evolving to meet the needs of our students and industry. In addition to upgrading many of our labs, we’ve recently added several research facilities in the university’s Aerospace Engineering Centre to further solidify our reputation as a leader in aerospace education, research and training.
I encourage you to discover all that our department has to offer.
Best wishes,
Dr. Hekmat Alighanbari
Professor and Chair
As an aerospace engineer, your career options are as vast as the universe. If transportation is your passion, you’ll graduate with the knowledge you need to design the latest vehicles to carry us across water, land, sky or space. You’ll decide how fast we’ll travel, how safe and cost-effective transit can become, and just how far the limits can be pushed. You can also apply your skills outside of the field in careers such as teaching, business and renewable energy.
In the Department of Aerospace Engineering, our students receive training from renowned, award-winning professors and have access to opportunities with the Canadian Space Agency, Bombardier, Transport Canada and more. Our undergraduates join student competition teams that are taking Hyperloop and NASA by storm, and gain invaluable work experience through our optional co-operative internship program. Our graduate students work on innovative research that accelerates their careers and advances technology.
Be part of our dynamic vision for the future—discover everything our aerospace engineering program has to offer.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering offers 23 state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities, including the Toronto Metropolitan University Aerospace Engineering Centre.
Dr. Anton de Ruiter teaches Introduction to Space Systems Design, Introduction to Space Robotics, and Space Systems Design Project. Read more about Dr. de Ruiter on his biography page, or view the full list of our faculty members on the Faculty page.
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Alumni Spotlight
"The programs at Toronto Metropolitan University are beyond the academic, and place you in a real world mindset. It's not only the fundamental principles, which you of course learn, but how to actually implement them in the current and future business environment that makes Toronto Metropolitan University special. The professors and students alike have an open view of the world and want you to take this learning out of the classroom to make a truly positive impact on society. My education at Toronto Metropolitan University made me believe that I have the tools to jump into the global driver-seat and make things happen anywhere."
Jon Bahen, Technical Director at JCM Power
Aerospace Engineering '04
Mechanical Engineering (MASc) '06
