University of Hertfordshire • Hatfield
Aerospace in the town de Havilland built — Hatfield’s aviation heritage, a flat £17,450 fee, and London’s aerospace employers up the line.
Our take
Hatfield is aerospace ground: the town grew around the de Havilland aircraft works — where the Comet, the world’s first jet airliner, was built — and the university inherited both the site’s heritage and an engineering identity shaped by it. Today’s aerospace BEng runs on Hertfordshire’s standard commercial terms: the flat £17,450 fee that makes three-year budgeting arithmetic, commuter-belt rents, and London’s aerospace, defence and airline-engineering employers within reach. The discipline’s economics do the rest — aerospace roles sponsor heavily and pay above the graduate median, rewarding the named specialism.
| Duration | 3 years full-time (BEng); placement and MEng progression options typically available |
| Intake | September |
| Accreditation | Professional-accreditation pathways toward Incorporated/Chartered Engineer status — confirm the current position with us |
| Tuition | £17,450 per year for 2026/27 — Hertfordshire’s single flat international undergraduate fee. The £5,000 deposit is deducted from tuition. |
Where this leads: An accredited-pathway engineering degree. Chartership follows through professional review; aerospace employment needs no licence, and the sector sponsors internationals readily.
September entry via UCAS for engineering.
Why Herts
The de Havilland inheritance is infrastructure as well as story — engineering education has run on this ground for generations.
£17,450 across the board makes the three-year tuition total certain on day one — rare in engineering.
Airline engineering, defence primes and the sector’s consultancies concentrate around the capital — 25 minutes away.
Aerospace engineering sits among the most Skilled-Worker-sponsored occupations — a visa-durable specialism.
What you study
Entry requirements
English language
Herts can consider Medium of Instruction (MOI) evidence for some courses — though clinical and regulated programmes usually still require a formal test. Herts does consider Medium of Instruction evidence, but selectively. Its on-campus pathway college (HIC) formally accepts MOI letters from a list of recognised Indian universities for Pre-Master's entry, and the university currently considers English-medium degrees from recognised institutions for many direct-entry masters — mainly for Indian applicants, with some regions excluded. Nigerian applicants are typically assessed on WAEC/NECO English (usually C6 or better) instead. Pakistani applicants should normally plan for IELTS or an accepted alternative. We confirm the current MOI position for your profile before you apply.
Also accepted: PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT, LanguageCert Academic, India Standard XII English (typically 65–75% depending on level), WAEC/NECO English, typically C6 or better (Nigeria). Pre-sessional English is available if you fall short.
Careers
Your country
For undergraduate entry, HSSC with typically 60%+ is expected for direct year-1 entry on most courses (some ask more, and a foundation year via HIC covers lower profiles). For masters, a recognised bachelor's degree with around 55% or CGPA 2.5/4.0 is the usual benchmark; two-year degrees generally need a further qualification. Herts has a regional office presence in Pakistan and works with approved counsellors, so offers tend to move quickly. Plan for IELTS UKVI or an accepted alternative — MOI letters from Pakistani universities are not usually sufficient on their own.
Full guide for PakistanStandard XII at around 60–70% is the typical undergraduate benchmark depending on the course. Three-year bachelor's degrees are accepted for masters entry, usually at 55–65%. English is more flexible than at many universities: a strong Standard XII English score (typically 65–75%) can satisfy the requirement, and MOI from recognised English-medium universities is currently considered for many masters, with some regional exclusions. HIC also formally accepts MOI from a published list of Indian universities for Pre-Master's entry.
Full guide for IndiaWAEC/NECO with good credits supports foundation or undergraduate entry, and a bachelor's degree at second-class level is the usual masters benchmark. WAEC/NECO English at typically C6 or better is usually accepted in place of IELTS, which keeps costs down. Hertfordshire has a large, well-established Nigerian community, and the Master of Public Health is consistently one of the most popular choices — worth applying early, as September places fill fast.
Full guide for NigeriaApplicants from UAE schools are assessed on their curriculum: A-levels, IB, Indian Standard XII and Pakistani HSSC are all accepted for direct entry at the usual grades, while Tawjihiyya holders (typically 70%+) usually join via a foundation year. Degrees from recognised UAE universities are accepted for masters entry. The university has local representatives in the UAE, and September and January intakes both work well for Gulf-based applicants.
Full guide for the UAEFAQ
As pedigree and as place: Hatfield’s identity as an aviation town shaped the university’s engineering provision, and the surrounding region still hosts aerospace and defence employers. Heritage does not grade your coursework — but studying the discipline where the Comet was built is not nothing.
£17,450 per year, flat — the three-year tuition total is known before you accept, with the £5,000 deposit deducted and Hatfield’s commuter-town rents underneath.
Across the UK aerospace sector: design and analysis with primes and suppliers, airline and maintenance engineering around London’s airports, and defence roles (which carry security-clearance considerations we flag early for international clients).
Hertfordshire edges price certainty and London proximity; Brighton offers the coastal campus and Gatwick corridor. Both follow the same accreditation pathways — geography and budget decide, and we compare honestly.
Fees, entry requirements, English-language policies and intake dates are correct to the best of our knowledge at the date shown, but universities review them every cycle and immigration rules change. Always treat figures as a guide — we confirm the exact, current requirements with the university before you apply. Facts on this page last checked July 2026.
Intakes shown are for this course specifically; Herts runs other intakes for other programmes — see the full Herts profile.
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