Aerospace Engineering Course

Engineers checking a get engine, (GAA, 2013)

The reason why I am studying in the United Kingdom is that my aerospace engineering course is not available at my home country of Bahrain. Some universities have just started to dedicate aerospace engineering courses. According to Ameinfo.com (2012) Bahrain has become the second HND provider for aerospace engineering in the Middle-East. However, these initial achievement does not seem to be strong enough to persuade students that are hoping to study BEng to apply for lower degree. This forces students that are hoping to study this course to travel abroad to somewhere that offer more prestigious courses.

There are not well-developed courses for aerospace engineering simply because there is no aviation industry in the country neither in the middle-east. The thriving commercial aviation in the middle-east requires huge amount of technicians that keep maintaining aircrafts but not to design new ones  BAS (2011) announced that "Our certifying staff and qualified mechanics perform inspections, routine and non routine checks, snag rectification, cabin maintenance...". Nevertheless, there is still a little demand for engineers for managing and planning the process of aircraft maintenance.

At the end, I would absolutely wish if there were sophisticated aerospace engineering courses in Bahrain. If this was the case I would not sustain the long distances away from my home and family. Also, it would be drastically useful for the economic of Bahrain to bring in this pioneering industry of aviation.

Bibliography


Ameinfo.com (2012) BAETC first in Bahrain to offer aeronautical engineering 'Edexcel HND' qualification. Available at: http://www.ameinfo.com/287469.html (Accessed: 28 February 2012).

BAS (2011) Aircraft Engineering Services. Available at: http://www.bas.com.bh/Pages.aspx?id=S3fls72kWao= (Accessed: 28 February 2012).

GAA (2013) Engineers Checking a Jet Engine [Online] Available at: http://gaa.aero/default.asp?action=category&id=52 (Accessed: 28 February 2012).