About us
The Aerospace and Rocket Engineering Society (ARES) is one of Australia’s leading student rocketry teams, building and launching high-power scientific rockets to compete on the international stage. We are a team of over 100 students, who collaborate and innovate to push the boundaries of student engineering in support of Australia’s growing aerospace industry.
We adopt a multidisciplinary approach to our work, recognising the diverse perspectives offered by students from all across the University of Melbourne. We aim to foster a culture of growth and development, giving Australia’s future space innovators an environment to test their limits and learn what aerospace has to offer them.
Founded in 2019 and building rockets since 2022, ARES has seen numerous successes both in terms of our technological development and international recognition. ARES competes in the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), having launched four competition rockets (one 10k ft rocket and three 30k ft rockets) at previous competitions, notably placing 4th out of 152 teams in 2024. ARES will bring its first entirely student developed rocket, including a student-designed and built hybrid rocket engine, to IREC 2027.