MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics emphasizes applied learning and design using its state-of-the-art labs and resources. It is home to the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory and a learning laboratory specifically for students. Students in the Aero/Astro program are typically graduate students, but there is a small undergraduate program available.
According to its website, Georgia Institute of Technology's Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering "is one of the oldest and largest educational programs of its kind in the country." The school has been asked to aid the U.S. Army in aviation from as far back as 1917. They put emphasis on their student competitions and on the extensive resources available for both students and faculty.
The Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) has significant resources for its students, including advanced experimental facilities. They offer graduate programs in aeronautics and aerospace engineering, and the curriculum emphasizes the study of solids, fluids, biomechanics, propulsion and combustion.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has 35 degree programs including aeronautics, fixed-wing, rotary-wing and aerospace engineering. The aeronautics degree is geared toward those who work or have worked in aviation careers, but they also offer several variations for those who are new to the industry.
Princeton's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering places a strong emphasis on learning the fundamentals of aeronautics while also stressing independence and creativity through research. The curriculum is research-based, and the department specializes in bioengineering, combustion, laser matter interactions and energy technology.
Undergraduate students in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at Stanford can have an Interdisciplinary Major in Aero/Astro or a minor in Aero/Astro. Stanford's facilities include the Aerospace Computing Laboratory, an Aerospace Robotics Lab and the Hansen Experimental Physics Lab.
The University of Notre Dame's Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering promotes graduate research in flow physics, biomedical science, mechanics and energy science. They also promote a study abroad for undergraduate students and have established connections in Egypt, Ireland, England, Germany, Mexico, Chile and Australia.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Aerospace Engineering has more than 20 different labs on campus for both basic and applied research. Students and faculty work closely on research with other universities, the government and private organizations. They offer a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and doctoral degrees.
Maryland's Department of Aerospace Engineering has 12 major labs for students to use. According to its website, it maintains close ties with private and government organizations, including NASA, the National Institute of Aerospace and the Army MAST Center on Microsystems Mechanics. They also have one of the largest student branches of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) on the East Coast.
Michigan's Department of Aerospace Engineering offers world-class facilities available to all undergraduate and graduate students for course work and research. They have more than 10 different graduate majors, including aeroelasticity, composite structires and hypersonics.