STEM Fayre

Studying in the Aircraft Engineering department at UHI Perth will prepare you to meet the ever-growing need for engineers in this innovative and progressive sector. Aeronautical Engineering is a strategically important industry for Scotland with companies such as BAE Systems and Rolls Royce employing people in high skill, high-paying jobs.

Our Aircraft Engineering courses offer a range of academic qualifications. Our staff have specialist knowledge across the breadth of aeronautical disciplines with backgrounds in industry, academia and the armed forces.

We also carry out research and consultancy, previously working with the Force India Formula 1 team. Specialist equipment in classrooms and workshops supports teaching through practical activities. We have a functional aeronautical hangar that is equipped with wind tunnel, flight simulator, light aircraft and aircraft engines.

Did you know that artificial intelligence and predictive analytics technologies are used to support rhino conservation in Africa? Or that Blockchain technology is used to trace products through a supply chain, from farm to fork, reducing the risk of food-borne illness and fraud? Do you want to be involved in creating software that helps solve a range of global challenges just like this? In collaboration with IBM, we have created our innovative Applied Software Development degree. Allowing you to study online wherever you are in the world…and work in teams throughout the programme, replicating modern software development practices. Be a world changer with a career in applied software development. Q&A with Programme Leader Douglas Barr.

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Research staff from the Environmental Research Institute, based at our North Highland College UHI campus in Thurso, were interviewed by STV News talking about their project to detect marine plastic pollution from space.

Dawn Findlay, Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Food, Nutrition and Textiles Education, answers some of your most frequently asked questions in this video.

This video features Professor Neil Simco, Vice Principal at the University of the Highlands and Islands and Donald J. MacIntyre, the university’s Gaelic Officer. They share their passion for the language, it’s importance and how accessible resources are to learn or improve your level of Gaelic.

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Discover why you should study marine science at the Scottish Association for Marine Science

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Learn about the University of the Highlands and Islands' Nursing degree

Là aig SMO / A day in the life of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture in Skye.

Why study science? List to Sam, Head of STEM at UHI Moray

Find out why a degree in BSc (Hons) Applied Software Development is right for you! Programme Leader Douglas Barr also discusses the online course delivery, industry connection with IBM and more.