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Second-cycle degree (MSc) in Aerospace Engineering

Course Details

Objectives: The study programme consists of a 2-year curriculum leading to a Second-Cycle Degree in Aerospace Engineering.
The second-cycle curriculum focuses on courses that are in general specific to Industrial Engineering, with a particular emphasis on Aerospace Engineering. In particular, the curriculum involves second-cucle courses in Aerodynamics, Aerospace Instrumentation, Material Sciences, Aerospace Structures and Construction, Astrodynamics, and Aerospace Propulsion.
Furthermore, the students can follow elective courses in specialized topics and laboratory activities related to the aerospace sector.
The study programme in Aerospace Engineering is completed by a research activity culminating in a thesis to be defended in front of a graduation committee. The thesis must show the student's good communication skills and ability to operate autonomously.
The completion of the Second-Cycle Degree requires a minimum of 120 CFU credits.
Graduates from the Second-Cycle Degree programme will:
- acquire a solid knowledge of the theoretical-scientific elements of Mathematics and other basic sciences and be able to utilize that knowledge to interpret and model complex engineering problems requiring an inter-disciplinary approach;
- acquire a solid knowledge of the theoretical-scientific elements of Engineering, both general and specific to Aerospace Engineering, whereby they are able to identify, formulate and solve, also in innovative ways, complex problems requiring an inter-disciplinary approach;
- be able to conceptualize, plan, design and manage systems, processes and complex and/or innovative services;
- be able to design and operate experiments of high complexity;
- have an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted knowledge;
- have basic knowledge in the field of industrial organization and professional ethics;
- be able to speak fluently a language of the European Union besides Italian, inclusive of the professional jargon.

Intended for: Students

Admission requirements: The admission to the Degree programmes of this class requires having acquired curricular elements showing an adequate mastery of the scientific methods, basic sciences and engineering subjects that are preparatory to those characterizing the study curricula of the Second-Cycle Degrees.
Admission requirements are updated every year and are specified in terms of minimum numbers of CFU in basic Mathematics and sciences and in courses pertaining to Industrial and Aerospace Engineering.

Duration and terms: 2 years

Notes: The main job opportunities provided by the Second-Cycle Degree programmes are in the areas of innovation, product development, advanced design, planning, management of complex systems in private professions, manufacturing and service companies and in the public administration.
The second-cycle graduates will have the potential to find employment in aeronautical and space companies, air traffic management agencies, industries producing machines and equipment in which aerodynamics and light structures are a relevant factor.

Dedicated web site: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2016/IN0526/2014

Topics

  • 3 - Mechanical Engineering (structures, structural dynamics…), Materials (composites, metallurgy, forming…), Processes, Chemistry, Mechatronics
  • 4 - Thermal engineering, Energetics
  • 5 - Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Acoustics
  • 6 - Propulsion, Thermodynamics, Pyrotechnics
  • 7 - Electrical systems (generation, storage and management of energy), Actuators, Microsystems
  • 8 - Avionics and on-board Systems (embedded networks, sensors, instrumentation, etc.), Real-time Systems
  • 9 - Electronics, Microelectronics, Microwaves, Propagation, Antennas, Radar, Optics, Optronics
  • 17 - Project Management, Production, Industrialization, Factory of the Future, Integration, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Recycling