Aerospace Engineering (PhD)
Cornell University · Ithaca, United States
About this programme
The program emphasizes balance in aerospace science and technology, both basic and applied, to prepare students for the diverse opportunities at the frontiers of research, in contemporary industrial development, and in government agencies. The faculty is particularly strong and active in aerospace vehicle dynamics and feedback control, wind energy, celestial mechanics, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and spacecraft systems engineering, as well as in basic aerosciences including transonic flows, turbulence, nonequilibrium gas dynamics, unsteady and vortical flows, combustion processes, transport processes in microgravity, and chemical kinetics. (See field description for more detail).
- Level
- Doctoral
- Field
- Engineering
- Tuition
- $20,800 / year
- English
- IELTS 7
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Intake
- Fall
Entry requirements
All Graduate School requirements , including the English language proficiency requirement Three letters of recommendation Personal statement Academic statement of purpose Resume or CV Ph.D.: Email questions regarding the application to maephd@cornell.edu or see the MAE Ph.D. homepage . Admissions
Visa
- Visa required
- F-1 Academic Student
- Application fee
- USD 185 (MRV application fee)
- Processing time
- 4 weeks
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all — confirm your own case on the official visa page.
Scholarships available (3)
- AAUW International FellowshipsFully funded · Deadline November each year
- Cornell Graduate School FellowshipsFully funded · Varies by program
- Fulbright Foreign Student ProgramFully funded · Varies by country, typically February-October