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Aerospace Engineering

University of Padua
Italy, Padua
Department of Industrial Engineering Italy, Via Gradenigo, 6/a - 35131 Padua
Tuition fee €2,739 per year

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Application fee €30 one-time

This fee is non-refundable.

Deposit €204 one-time

In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

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Overview

This Master’s degree programme provides key skills to fulfil management, R&D and production roles in the aerospace industry and in the many industries that provide services or supply components to it. The programme offers both strong theoretical courses and applied research-oriented teachings, preparing students to develop advanced technologies for the society of the future. Students may choose one of the two curricula provided within the programme, focusing respectively on Space and Aeronautics technologies.

Programme structure

Common course units: Aerospace structures, Manufacturing Technologies of Aerospace Materials, Advanced Aerodynamics.

  • Curriculum Space: Measurement for Space Projects, Space Propulsion, Astrodynamics, Mechanical Vibrations, Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control, Space Instrumentation, Spacecraft Thermal Control.
  • Curriculum Aeronautics: Aircraft Propulsion, Materials for Aeronautical Engineering, Atmospheric Flight Dynamics, Aircraft Air Conditioning Systems, Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Measurements and Flight Instrumentation, Aircraft Systems.

Elective course units: Space Robotic Systems, Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aerospace Structures Laboratory, Space Propulsion Laboratory, Laboratory of Aircraft Propulsion, Space Systems Laboratory, Space Optics Instrumentation, Modelling and Control of Electric Drives, Global Positioning and Navigation, Composite Materials.

Career opportunities

Aerospace engineers work in the field of research and development, advanced design, integration and maintenance of aerospace systems. Typical employers of our graduates are international aircraft manufacturing companies, component supplier companies, national or international aerospace agencies, research centres active in the aerospace sectors. Graduates can also pursue with a PhD programme in the University or abroad.

Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
Application deadline
2 Feb 2025, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
Application deadline
2 Feb 2025, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
1 Oct 2025