MSc in Aviation Advanced Professional Studies
Course Overview
The MSc in Aviation Advanced Professional Studies is a 12 to 18-month LSAAM postgraduate degree delivered on campus, online and by distance learning. The programme develops executive-track aviation practitioners across strategy, policy and consultancy leadership contexts, combining research-informed practice with a substantial dissertation on a UK or international aviation strategic topic.
By graduation you will hold a Master's-level qualification, an original aviation strategic research piece and a career file oriented toward director-level and executive appointments at UK aviation consultancies, London-based strategy teams and international aviation policy employers.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), IATA industry conventions, ICAO leadership reference frameworks and RAeS postgraduate frameworks
- Written and delivered by former aviation consulting partners, strategy directors and industry academics
- Reference to Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK) postgraduate frameworks
- Applied capstone dissertation with UK aviation consultancy or industry sponsorship where appropriate
- Structured research-training modules for executive aviation practice
- Flexible on-campus, online and distance-learning delivery
- Assessment mix of executive strategy portfolios, policy submissions and a full Master's dissertation
What You Will Learn
- Executive strategy leadership across airlines, airports and aviation services
- Executive aviation policy leadership and government-facing communication
- Executive consultancy engagement design and delivery
- Aviation sustainability, net-zero and social-value executive leadership
- Cross-industry aviation, transport and logistics executive leadership
- Aviation research design at executive postgraduate level
- Executive stakeholder mapping and boardroom communication
- Executive aviation programme and portfolio governance
Who This Course Is For
- Senior aviation practitioners moving into executive-track strategy roles
- Airline and airport directors expanding into cross-industry roles
- Government-facing senior staff seeking executive aviation strategic literacy
- Career changers with substantial senior consultancy leadership moving into aviation
- International applicants targeting UK aviation executive strategy roles
Career Pathways
- Head of Aviation Strategy
- Aviation Consulting Partner
- Aviation Policy Director
- Aviation Programme Director
- Aviation Sustainability Director
- Executive Director, Aviation
- Non-Executive Aviation Board Adviser
The LSAAM careers service supports every Master's student with executive CV coaching, LinkedIn optimisation, board-level interview preparation and structured introductions to UK aviation consultancies, London-based strategy heads and international aviation policy employers.
Entry Requirements
- A UK 2:2 (Lower Second Class) honours degree or overseas equivalent in any discipline
- Applicants without a first degree may be considered with 5+ years of senior airline or airport experience
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band under 6.0) or equivalent English proficiency
- A 500-word research statement covering the applicant's chosen aviation strategic specialisation
- Two academic or professional references and a short interview
Why Study at LSAAM
LSAAM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the operational, commercial and strategic disciplines running modern airlines and airports. Every LSAAM programme is aligned with recognised UK and international aviation bodies including IATA, ICAO, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Chartered Management Institute and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, giving graduates credible, industry-referenced study behind them.
Tutors on the MSc in Aviation Advanced Professional Studies come from strategy director and consulting-partner backgrounds, and delivery is available on campus, online and by distance learning to fit senior UK and international students.
Apply for MSc in Aviation Advanced Professional Studies
The MSc in Aviation Advanced Professional Studies is your executive-track postgraduate route into senior aviation strategy, policy and consultancy leadership. Applications are open now for on-campus, online and distance-learning intakes with rolling admissions. Advance into executive aviation leadership with LSAAM and confirm your place on the next Master's cohort. Enrol Now
