Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics – (M.Sc.)

Demand for human factors expertise continues to be a growing area within aviation as well as other safety critical industries. An increasing recognition that errors causing costly accidents and incidents stem from normal and routine human behaviour means there is an escalating need for trained professionals to advise on and implement safe methods and systems of operation.

The MSc in Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics is designed to provide industry with successful and well equipped graduates who can make a real and lasting improvement to safety.

Excellent facilities

As a Cranfield student you will have access to our range of outstanding research facilities for research work. These includes two flight simulators; two aircraft cabin simulators; a driving simulator, various eye tracking and physiological monitoring equipment and a library of psychometric test and assessment materials.

A Unique Student Mix

Cranfield is unique as a specialist postgraduate university, with unusually strong industry connections, particularly in aviation. At Cranfield we thrive on a student mix of experienced professionals and high quality graduates. This breadth of skills and knowledge makes for a stimulating learning environment, where students from a variety of background disciplines can work together, sharing ideas and expertise, and enriching the student experience well above post-graduate courses at most traditional universities.

Benefit from our experience

Our teaching staff spend a significant amount of their time as practitioners in the aviation industry; working with major manufacturers, airlines & operators, maintainers, the military and regulators. This means that Cranfield’s human factors department can provide up to date practical as well as academic training that will help you make a make a serious contribution to human factors and system safety in your future career.

Flexible study options

This MSc can be completed by studying full-time for one year, or part-time over several years while you continue in full-time employment. The taught course components are now more compact, meaning less time is required away from work, and the research thesis can be completed with only minimal time required at the University, for tutorials and supervisory meetings.