Program Overview

Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering (MUEA)

The Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering is a joint degree offered by the School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering of Terrassa (ESEIAAT) and the Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC). This degree allows the exercise of the profession of Aeronautical Engineering in accordance with the legislation (Order CIN/312/2009 of 9 February).

Program Structure

The Master's Degree is composed of a common year with mandatory courses, and a second year with specialization and optional courses, plus the master thesis, with a total of 120 ECTS. One of the second-year specializations of the master's degree is focused on Air Navigation, and is offered by EETAC in Castelldefels.

Specialization in Air Navigation

The mandatory courses of the specialization (3rd semester) combine advanced tools (Machine Learning, Software Architecture) with edge-cutting concepts in Air Navigation (Aircraft Trajectory Management, Advanced Concepts and Models for ATM, Strategic Management for Airline Operations). The optional courses of the 4th semester offer the possibility of going farther in specific areas.

Program Details

• The program is taught in Catalan/Spanish in the first year and in English in the second year.
• Students willing to follow the Air Navigation specialization will spend their first year (first and second semesters) in Terrassa, and their second year (third and fourth semester) in Castelldefels.
• If a student is a graduate of EETAC's Bachelor Degree on Aerospace systems, 9 ECTS of the 18 ECTS of optional courses must be spent in these three levelling courses:
  • Elements Resistents en l'Aeronàutica (3 ECTS, offered only in Spring)
  • Fonaments de Propulsió (3 ECTS, offered in Autumn and Spring)
  • Fonaments de Disseny d'Aeronaus (3 ECTS, offered only in Spring)

Quality Indicators

• Quality indicators of the degree: the degree dashboard includes key performance indicators about academic performance, faculty, and satisfaction of current students and alumni.
• Indicators of the degree at the EUC portal: accreditation reports, job perspectives.

Available Master's Programs

• Master's degree in Applied Telecommunications and Engineering Management (MASTEAM)
• Master's degree in Aerospace Science and Technology (MAST)
• Master's degree in Applications and Technologies for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
• Master's degree in Advanced Telecom. Technologies (MATT)
• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering (MUEA), specialization in Air Navigation