Develop your skills through our range of technical short courses, offered across many areas of Engineering and Technology.
We work closely with many multinational, national and local companies, helping them solve their engineering problems using our staff expertise and our excellent facilities.
Our broad range of specialist professional courses are designed for Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Courses can be offered at the University or be delivered at clients sites in the UK and overseas.
Recent short courses
Introduction to project management (Poland)
Introduction to Gas Turbine Oil Systems (USA)
Essential Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer for the Analysis of Submarine Fluid Systems (UK)
Composite repair (UK)
NGPON Protocols and OPNET Simulator Designs (Malaysia)
Structural Health Usage Monitoring (UK)
Duration
Most of our short courses and CPD are offered at introductory level with a 1 day course through to more advanced and in-depth topics covered in 3 to 5 day courses.
View a list of courses
A summary of courses available are listed below:
Aeronautics and space courses
Course
University based
Client site
Aeroelasticity
x
x
Aerospace Design
x
n/a
Aerospace Technology and Industry
x
x
Aircraft Performance
x
x
Aircraft Systems
x
n/a
Aircraft Systems Integration
x
n/a
Avionics and Communications Systems
x
x
Fatigue and damage tolerance design (5 day course)
x
x
Gas Turbine Oil Lubrication Systems
x
x
Introduction to Airframe Stressing (5 day course)
x
x
Propulsion Systems
x
x
Stability and Control of Aircraft
x
n/a
Electronics, communications and electrical courses
Courses
University based
Client site
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Neural Nets (5 day course)
x
n/a
Biometrics and Signal Processing
x
n/a
Content based multimedia retrievals
x
n/a
Embedded Systems and FPGA
x
n/a
LTE, 4G and 5G (2 day course)
x
x
Machine to Machine and Internet of Things (3 day course)
x
x
Next generation mobile optical and wireless front-hauling and back-hauling
x
x
Power Electronics and Control
x
n/a
RF and Analogue Circuits and Systems
x
n/a
Software Defined Radio (2 day course)
x
x
Wireless Communications (3 or 4 day course)
x
x
Materials, manufacturing and operations management courses
Courses
University based
Client site
Manufacturing Strategy
x
x
MRP / ERP (1 or 2 day course)
x
x
Operations Management
x
x
Operations Research
x
n/a
Procurement and Supply Chain Management
x
n/a
Product Development
x
x
Project Management (2 – 4 day course)
x
x
Mechanical and automotive courses
Courses
Uni.-based
Client Site
Computational Fluid Dynamics
x
n/a
Dynamics and Vibration
x
x
Finite Element Analysis
x
n/a
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
x
x
Fluid Systems
x
x
Introduction to 3D CAD using Autodesk Inventor
x
n/a
Introduction to CAE
x
n/a
Introduction to internal combustion engines
x
x
Non-Linear Dynamics
x
x
Machine element design using Autodesk Inventor
x
n/a
Structural Mechanics
x
x
Vehicle Structures and Manufacture
x
x
Invest in the future of your business with an apprenticeship
Our Degree Apprenticeship programmes are provided by employers in partnership with the University. They are delivered and assessed through a combination of in-company work-based projects and time studying at the University and will help you invest in the future of your business by bridging the skills gaps of your employees.
More information
Please contact us at be@herts.ac.uk if you would like to find out more about our short courses or if you would like to arrange training for your company.
