Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Aviation Operations and Systems

Aims and Characteristics

Programme Aims and Learning Outcomes

The aviation operations and systems field concerns the design and development, planning and scheduling, and implementation and control of various processes, operations and systems in aviation and related industries. Particular emphasis is given to the development of new processes, operations and systems and the reengineering of existing processes, operations and systems. This enables a better understanding of the complex problems and interrelationships of various aviation operations, and draws on specialised knowledge and skills in engineering, management and the social sciences to specify, optimise, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained from such processes, operations and systems.

The overall aim of this programme is to produce professionals who are competent in the design, development, planning, scheduling, controlling, executing and managing aviation operations and systems, and related technologies. In this programme, students study the underpinning industrial engineering fundamentals and theory used in aviation operations and systems. As a consequence, graduates become competitive professionals in aviation operations and systems for the local and global aviation industry.

Programme Characteristics

Hong Kong needs to upgrade its manpower to meet the aviation industry’s prevailing and future demand, and to maintain its competitiveness in the rapidly changing world and highly competitive markets in the region. Only university graduates with profound aviation-related professional knowledge and diverse management skill-sets have the ability and adaptability to be successful in such an environment. This programme is designed from a multi-stakeholder perspective to cover the whole spectrum of the aviation industry, spanning the policy, management, operations, logistics and systems levels. Various units participated in developing the programme, including the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies and the School of Hotel and Tourism Management. It offers a highly integrated, broad-based education aimed at producing degree-level aviation professionals to meet the high-level, diverse manpower needs of the aviation industry.

In the first year, students are required to take the Industrial Training subject “Integrated Aviation Systems Project”. This subject aims at developing their practical understanding of the common technological systems and processes found in aviation industry. Through undertaking hands-on projects, students are able to integrate their academic knowledge with practical skills in key engineering tasks, including problem identification, design, fabrication and evaluation.

In the final year, students can specialise in areas such as aircraft logistics, airline operations and revenue management, and inflight service management, through the selection of their Final Year Project and Electives, the latter of which are selected from a large pool of options.