Program Overview

Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering

The Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering offers multidisciplinary training in aerospace systems engineering. Students acquire extensive knowledge of aerospace science and technology, particularly airport and air navigation infrastructure and air transport and air traffic management systems. Graduates become professionals who can integrate into teams working on aerospace and consultancy projects.

Majors

• Air Navigation
• Airports

General Details

• Duration: 4 academic years
• Study load: 240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis)
• Delivery: Face-to-face
• Admission mark: 11,410
• Language of instruction: Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course sheet in the curriculum
• Fees and grants: Approximate fees per academic year: €1,061 (€1,800 for non-EU residents)
• Location: Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC)
• Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

• Places: 120
• Pre-enrolment code: 31084
• Places via a change of degree: 10
• Admission mark: 11,410
• Weighting: University entrance examinations (PAU)
• Registration and enrolment: Requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course
• CFGS credit transfer: Consult the university studies search engine of the Universities Channel of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille

Curriculum

First Semester

• Algebra and Geometry: 6 credits
• Business: 6 credits
• Calculus (Aeronautical Engineering): 6 credits
• Chemistry: 6 credits
• Fundamentals of Physics: 6 credits

Second Semester

• Aerospace Technology and Air Transport: 6 credits
• Further Mathematics: 6 credits
• Graphic Expression: 6 credits
• Informatics I: 6 credits
• Mechanics: 6 credits

Third Semester

• Air Transport Infrastructure: 7.5 credits
• Further Mathematics 2: 7.5 credits
• Informatics II: 4.5 credits
• Linear Systems: 4.5 credits
• Thermodynamics: 6 credits

Fourth Semester

• Airport Engineering: 6 credits
• Electricity: 4.5 credits
• Flight Mechanics: 3 credits
• Fluid Mechanics: 7.5 credits
• Materials Science and Technology: 6 credits
• Sustainability of Aerospace Engineering: 3 credits

Fifth Semester

• Aerodynamics: 4.5 credits
• Electronics: 6 credits
• Meteorology: 3 credits
• Models for Air Traffic Management: 6 credits
• Structures and Strength of Materials: 4.5 credits
• Aeronautical Communications 1: 6 credits
• Airport Communications: 6 credits

Sixth Semester

• Aeronautical Communications 2: 6 credits
• Air Navigation, Cartography and Cosmography: 6 credits
• Air Operations: 6 credits
• Airport Planning and Processes: 6 credits
• Avionics: 7.5 credits
• Communications Installations: 7.5 credits
• Control and Guidance: 4.5 credits
• Electrical Installations: 6 credits
• Geotechnics: 4.5 credits
• Structural Theory: 6 credits

Seventh Semester

• Adaptive Control and Processing: 3 credits
• Aeronautical Propulsion: 6 credits
• Air Conditioning and Installations in Aircraft and Airport Systems: 6 credits
• Aircraft Communication Buses: 3 credits
• Airlines: Transport, Management and Ethics: 3 credits
• Airport Buildings: 6 credits
• Airport Maintenance and Management: 6 credits
• Applied Engineering Projects: 6 credits
• Design and Testing of Aeronautical and Aerospace Systems: 6 credits
• Digital Circuits and Systems: 6 credits
• Discrete Simulation: 6 credits
• Drone Project: 6 credits
• Electroacoustic Devices for Communications and Sensors: 6 credits
• Emc and Electrical Safety in Aeronautical Installations and Equipment: 6 credits
• Engineering Projects: 6 credits
• Fundamentals of Aeronautical Propulsion: 3 credits
• Fundamentals of Telematics: 6 credits
• Introduction to Technology Asset Management: 3 credits
• Introduction to the Principles and Techniques of Satellite Remote Sensing: 6 credits
• Introduction to Unmanned Air Systems: 6 credits
• Model Rocket Workshop: 3 credits
• Projects in Air Traffic Management: 6 credits
• Quantum Information Technology: 6 credits
• Radioelectric Airport Infrastructure: 6 credits
• Radiolocation: 6 credits
• Service and Application Design: 10 credits
• Sesar and Swim: the Future of ATM Information Management: 6 credits
• Simulation: 6 credits
• Single European Sky ATM Research: 6 credits
• Smart Airports and Facility Management: 6 credits
• Social Impact: 6 credits
• Space Communications: Mss and Gnss: 6 credits
• Space Systems: 6 credits
• Technical and Corporate Communication: 6 credits

Eighth Semester

• Internet Architecture and Protocols: 6 credits
• Wireless Communications: 6 credits
• Bachelor's Thesis: 18 credits

Professional Opportunities

Graduates can work in:

• Airlines and companies involved in air navigation and airport management
• National and international civil aviation bodies
• SMEs in the aeronautics sector
• Research and development of innovative techniques and solutions for the aerospace sector
• Aerospace organisations and agencies
• Coordination of projects (feasibility studies, master plans, preliminary and detailed designs) and studies for the construction, exploitation, operation, and maintenance of aircraft and aeronautical infrastructure
• Airport management (management of airports, aerodromes, heliports, operations management, ground handling, operational security, etc.) and management of the impact airports have on their surroundings (minimisation of noise and pollution)
• Testing and certification of airport and air navigation infrastructure and systems for managing airspace, air traffic, and air transport
• Technical supervision, surveying, drafting of reports, and technical advice in areas related to technical aeronautical engineering
• Technical and economic consulting
• Management of aeronautical companies
• Teaching and research

Quality Accreditation

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Organisation: Academic Calendar and Regulations

• Academic calendar: General academic calendar for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees courses
• Academic regulations: Academic regulations for bachelor's degree courses at the UPC
• Language certification and credit recognition: Queries about language courses and certification