Sorry SW1 but you have been misled badly. Whilst Leeds is generally a good university and many of it's courses are accredited by one of more of the Engineering institutions; looking on the
ECUK website it is clear that the only RAeS accredited courses at Leeds are
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering at BEng and MEng and you are highly unlikely to get beyond student membership of either institution without substantial extra study. It's a real degree - in that it's awarded by an accredited degree granting institution, but that doesn't give it any particular credibility within the aircraft industry. Equally I've no doubt that it's helped prepare for the ATPLs - but there are plenty of people who have passed them without more than a couple of GCSEs.
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gfunk I've spent a lot of time around universities - I teach specialist stuff on several degree programmes, although most of my work is aeronautical research. I'm also a Chartered Engineer and full Member of both the RAeS and IMechE. I agree with him entirely.
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