The Institute of Aeronautics and Engineering (IAE) at Bhopal has expertise in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) and not a specific Aerospace Engineering program.
IAE Bhopal was set up in 2002 and is certified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India, to conduct AME courses under Mechanical and Avionics streams. The institute aims to train the students in maintaining, repairing, and overhauling aircraft systems to meet the high safety and regulatory requirements of the aviation world. AME and Aerospace Engineering are related streams but with varying scope; whereas AME targets the maintenance and certification of an aircraft, Aerospace Engineering involves more extensive design and development of the aircraft and the spacecraft. Thus, candidates who are looking for design and development courses must look for colleges that have special Aerospace Engineering programs.