Every day the future is expanding in our labs. From the development of advanced unoccupied aerial vehicles to new aerodynamic techniques and unconventional space propulsion concepts, the faculty and students of UW Aero & Astro are honing the cutting edge of tomorrow's technologies.
Undergraduate enrollment
180
Undergraduate enrollment
2020-2021
16%
Women
10%
Underrepresented minorities
74
BSAAE degrees awarded 2020-21
Graduate enrollment
283
Graduate enrollment
2020-2021
15%
Women
13%
Underrepresented minorities
51
MSAA degrees awarded 2020-21
30
MAE degrees awarded 2020-21
9
Ph.D. degrees awarded 2020-21
Under-represented Minority (URM) Status: This breakdown splits the students according to whether or not they are part of an under-represented minority. A student will be considered part of an underrepresented minority if that student reports belonging to one or more of the following ethnic/racial groups: Hispanic, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian, African-American.
Recent student achievements
- Brooke Owens Fellowship
- Mary Gates Research Scholarship
- NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship
- SAE Doctoral Engineering Fellowship
- Air Force Research Laboratory Space Scholar
- Multiple National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows
- Clean Energy Institute Graduate Fellow
- Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellows
- Air Force Research Laboratory Space Scholar
- Department of Defense SMART Scholar
- Josephine de Karman Fellow
- Member of First Class of UW Husky 100
- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Fellows
- Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30" Awardee
Quick history
The University of Washington’s William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics (A&A) has helped shape one of the most influential and dynamic aerospace regions over the past century.
1917