Master's degree in Space and Aeronautical Engineering

Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)

The master's degree in Space and Aeronautical Engineering (master's degree website) is aimed at graduates in aerospace engineering or related physical sciences and engineering who wish to improve their skills and knowledge. It provides advanced training in the field of space systems and aeronautical engineering that is scientific, technical and practical in nature and will allow students to work towards a professional and/or research career in the aerospace industry. The master's degree is aimed graduates who will go on to seek employment in the aerospace industry or to pursue a research career in this field.

General details

Duration and start date: 1 academic year, 60 ECTS credits. Starting September
Timetable and delivery: Mornings and afternoons. Face-to-face
Fees and grants: Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€1,660 (€6,331 for non-EU residents).
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Language of instruction: English
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Location: Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering
Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Places: 20
Pre-enrolment: Pre-enrolment period open.
Expected deadline: 01/07/2025.
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Enrolment: How to enrol
Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

First semester

Advance Course Heat and Mass Transfer 5
Advanced Aerodynamics 5
Advanced Aeroelasticity 5
Advanced Propulsion 5
Aerospace Laboratories 5
Agile Methodologies and Processes for the Creation of Innovative Solutions 3
Air Transport 5
Airport Building Systems 5
Airport Infrastructure Management 5
Airport Operations 5
Applied Robotics 3
Architecture and Aircraft Systems 5
Astrodynamics 5
Business Management Aeronautics 5
Composite Materials 5
Computational Engineering 5
Cubesat Based Mission Design and Testing 6
Data Mining and Machine Learning for Engineers 3
Demolitions and Soil Preparation 3
Design and Behavior of Special Structures 3
Designing Innovative Products and Business 3
Dynamic Analysis of Structures 3
Extension of Jet Engines 5
Extension of Rocket Engines 5
Hypersonic Aerodynamics 5
Internal Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity of Turbomachines 5
Introduction to Active Flow Control 3
Mobile Robots 3
Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer 5
Photonics Sensors and Laser Technology 3
Programming Interfaces and Applications 3
Project Management Key Agreements & Deals 3
Quality Management 3
Railway Systems 3
Research on Fluid Mechanics 3
Research Seminars 3
Science and Technology Communication Through Media 3
Smart Textiles 3
Space Propulsion 5
Spacecraft Design 5
Surface Engineering 3
The Space Environment 3
Turbulence: Phenomenology, Simulation, Aerodynamics 5
Workshops for Innovation in Automotive Industries 6

Second semester

Acoustics 3
Advanced Cubesat Mission Design 3
Advanced Design of the Movement Area 3
Advanced Engineering Data Analysis 3
Aerodynamic Shape Optimization 3
Applications for Planetary Exploration 3
Applications of Photonics Technologies 3
Applied Subsystem Design 5
Colloids, Interfaces and Nanoscale Engineering 3
Composite Materials Manufacturing: Design and Manufacture Your Own Components 3
Computational Modeling for Engineering Processes 3
Cyber-Physical Systems Scheduling 3
Design and Use of Uav for Remote Sensing of the Environment 3
Dynamical Systems in Engineering 3
Experimental Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 3
Extension of Space Propulsion 3
Facilities Management 3
Fundamentals of Hypersonic Aerodynamics 3
Fundamentals of Industrial Wireless Communication 3
Game Theory 3
Geotechnical Engineering 3
Global Navigation Satellite System 3
High Performance Computing Projects for Aerospace Engineering 3
Implementation and Testing of Metaheuristics for Optimization Problems 3
Industrial Fluid Power 3
Industrial Iot and Cyber-Physical Systems 3
Industrial Wireless Communication Systems 3
Infrared Thermography for Building Diagnostics 3
Interplanetary Trajectory Design and Optimisation 3
Introduction to Metaheuristics for Optimization Problems 3
Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres 3
Iot Engineering 3
Launch Vehicles and Trajectory Optimization 3
Management and Operation of Terminal Buildings 3
Master's Thesis 14
Microfluids and Mems for Smarts Sensors and Actuators 3
Polymers from Renewable Resources for Industrial Applications 3
Practical Use of Fem for Structural Analysis with Nastran 3
Relationship with the Company 3
Research Management and Aerospace Projects 10
Safety Automation Projects for Industry 4.0 3
Smart Sensors and Actuators for Internet of Things (Iot) 3
Space Resources & Planetary Settlements 3
Spaceports, Airports for Spaceflights 3
Structures of New Generation Materials 3
Textiles for the Future 3
Thermal Turbomachinery and Combustion 3
Urban Water Engineering and Management 3
Validating and Communicating Disruptive Ideas 6

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Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

The master's degree allows students to plan their training and to focus their professional careers in the aerospace industry on areas such as space missions, space propulsion, aircraft propulsion, aircraft design, aircraft maintenance, fluid mechanics, materials research, airport infrastructure , air traffic management, wind energy, aerodynamics, civil engineering aerodynamics, automotive engineering and the design and civil applications of UAVs.

The training graduates receive will enable them to join R&D departments in the aerospace industry and related industries.

Competencies

Generic competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Specific competencies

The ability to manage activities that involve projects and/or operations in which technology and organisation have interacted effectively and efficiently.
The ability to plan, organise and control projects in the aerospace industry, especially innovation (R&D) and process improvement projects.
The ability to develop and submit a research proposal according to the criteria of the international scientific community.
The ability to analyse and synthesise cross-disciplinary aerospace knowledge applied to aeronautical projects.
The ability to use knowledge of applied computational fluid mechanics appropriately in solving compressible aerodynamics problems.
The ability to identify the laws of aerodynamics with regard to external flow and flight regimes and apply them in numerical and experimental aerodynamics.
The ability to apply knowledge appropriately in processing large quantities of results of numerical calculations applied to analysis and design of aeroelasticity and aerodynamics.
The ability to apply knowledge appropriately in the areas of advanced aerodynamics and aeroelasticity applied to analysis and design of aerospace structures.
The ability to write a master's thesis and present and defend it to an examination committee.

Quality accreditation

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