The campus at the Academy features modern buildings and classrooms, including library and computing resources, and a wide range of sports facilities. The total number of students enrolled at University College in 1998 was 1738. Aeronautical Engineering, which can be considered to be a specialised field of mechanical engineering, is the study of the design, development, or operation of a machine, a contrivance, or a vehicle operating in the earth's atmosphere or in outer space. Graduates will be responsible for the airworthiness and modification of aircraft and engines, or the acquisition and introduction of new equipment into the Services. The technical and professionals streams making up the body of the course are in engineering science, materials engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical and foundation engineering, water and environmental engineering, management and general education.
Students also complete a major design project or a research thesis in their final year.
Upon graduation, students are usually posted to the Royal Australian Engineers where they serve in the capacity of either field engineers or technical officers. Electrical engineering fundamentals are also introduced in the first two years. In third year, students continue their study of mathematics although the majority of their time is devoted to the study of electrical engineering topics. The final year of the program is given over completely to electrical engineering subjects including the requirement to undertake a major project. Upon graduation, students are employed as engineering officers in one of the three armed services.