以航空航天工程为重点的哲学博士学位的学生为学生进入大学环境做好了准备，使其成为教职员工和研究员，或者从事行业或政府的有酬职业。博士生必须完成至少50个小时的硕士课程以外的课程工作，其中20个小时将用于论文研究。学生必须选择一个由一名主要教授和另外四名教授组成的委员会，其中包括一名来自航空航天工程系以外的教授，他们将帮助计划研究计划并担任论文的主要负责人。
The doctor of philosophy degree with an emphasis on Aerospace Engineering prepares the student to enter academia as a faculty member or for a rewarding career as a researcher in industry or government.The doctoral student typically completes a minimum of 50 hours of course work beyond the master’s degree, of which 20 hours is devoted toward dissertation research.The student must choose a committee consisting of a major professor, who is a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and a minimum of three other members. At least fifty percent of the committee must be members of the graduate faculty in the Department of Aerospace