Students enrolling in the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology will, during the first two years of study, attend courses and laboratory sessions designed to establish a solid academic foundation and support the five core pillars of the curriculum: Aerospace (principles and practices, flight mechanics, propulsion and launch systems, space systems and subsystems, space and satellite applications), Physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, wave theory, optics), Mathematics (analysis, probability and statistics, differential equations), Computer Science (e.g. programming, software development, databases and data networks), and Computer Engineering (digital design, computer architecture, signals and systems, electronics and circuits).
In the third year, the Programme focuses more deeply on Aerospace, offering modern courses such as satellite systems and subsystems design and satellite remote sensing, while also providing essential interdisciplinary knowledge through courses such as telecommunications systems, digital signal and image processing, data mining and machine learning, and the design of aerospace digital systems.
In the fourth and final year, students may choose between two specialization tracks: the first focuses on the design of satellites, instruments, and satellite subsystems (space upstream), while the second emphasizes the development of applications in satellite remote sensing, navigation, and telecommunications (space downstream). To support these tracks, a range of elective courses is offered (indicatively: space instrumentation, satellite communications and links, automation and robotics, radar systems, applications of satellite remote sensing, communications and navigation, data visualization, among others).
During the same year, students design and develop their own application project, for example in the field of microsatellites, and complete their compulsory undergraduate thesis, through which they further specialize in one of the Programme’s subject areas.
To ensure a comprehensive education and the development of research experience, students participate in modern laboratories that support undergraduate teaching while also offering opportunities for research activity (indicatively: Physics Laboratory, Remote Sensing and Navigation Laboratory, Reliable Digital Systems Design and Architecture Laboratory, CAD Laboratory, Electronics Laboratory, Aerospace Systems and Subsystems Laboratory).
A summary overview as well as a detailed description of the offered courses and laboratories per semester of study is provided below.