Università del Salento

Master's Degree in AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Degree course in italian: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Degree course: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Title: Master's Degree
MIUR Class: Classe delle lauree magistrali in Ingegneria aerospaziale e astronautica - LM-20 (DM270)
Length: 2 years
Credits: 120
Department: ENGINEERING FOR INNOVATION
Website: https://www.unisalento.it/didattica/cosa-studiare/percorsi/-/dettaglio/corso/LM52/aerospace-engineering
Language: ENGLISH
Location: Brindisi-
Year taught: 2024/2025
Type of access/Available places: Free access course
Career opportunities: 2.2.1.1.1 - Ingegneri meccanici
2.2.1.1.3 - Ingegneri aerospaziali e astronautici
Other useful information: Important Aeronautical multinationals and the Apulian Regional Aeronautics District are located in Brindisi, where the Course is held. The Aerospace Engineering provides all theoretical and practical knowledge on the whole set of topics relating to the Aerospace field, i.e. Flight Mechanics (both Atmospheric and Spatial), Aerospace Structures and Constructions; Aerospace Systems and Installations, Fluid Dynamics, Aerospace Propulsion and Industrial Engineering Design and Methods. The Course is organised to offer its students the choice among three tracks: Aerospace Design, Aerospace Technology and Aerospace Systems each providing a high-level of interdisciplinary teaching.

Course description
Course modules

Course description

Quantitative risk assessment models for both natural and anthropogenic risk are addressed, alongside strategies, technologies, and tools for risk prevention and management. Such subjects allow defining comprehensive methods aimed at critical infrastructures’ resilience enhancement. Practical experience is also integrated in the curriculum, through cooperation with companies and institutions, to align education with industry needs.

A minimum GPA of 70% and a certified B2-level mastery of English will be considered as highly preferential by the interview committee. In addition, the consistency of the Bachelor’s degree and the courses taken relating to the key subjects characterising the Master in Aerospace Engineering will be checked upon and evaluated.

Particularly, graduates may be enrolled in engineering companies and stakeholders dealing with design of civil and industrial facilities (e.g. public infrastructures, energy production plants etc.) aimed at resilience enhancement, with a focus on sustainability from economic and environmental safety standpoint. The acquired skills will also ease enrolment in national and international public administrations managing critical infrastructures, networks, buildings and complex systems. Lastly, job opportunities will be found in research facilities to carry out anthropogenic and natural hazard-related risk assessment and mitigation methods.

The final exam consists in the writing of a dissertation on a subject chosen by the student among the topics of the Programme. The thesis, produced under the guidance of one or more supervisor/s, is of two kinds: 1) related to a project or an experimentation in university labs or other external organisations; 2) related to basic or applied research theme.

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"Di Ateneo" - Single university degree (Final award of the degree issued by the University of Salento)

Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode Saint Genese, Belgium Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technical Universty Of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Department of Mechanical Engineering, Leuven, Belgium École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ParisTech), Paris, France.

Academic coordinator: Prof.ssa Maria Grazia GNONI Staff coordinator: Dott. Angelo Raffaele PICHIERRI