HIGHER LEVEL TRAINING IN AERONAUTIC S AND AEROSPACE

The aim of the present document is to compile the information concerning the programs of study that will conform the university degrees of aeronautical and aerospace engineering, both of them with their corresponding itineraries, as well as the ones concerning the professional training of upper grade (FPGS).

The university formation will be divided into undergraduate and graduate formations. The first one will consist of 240 ECTS credits in four years, divided into three phases, and the second one corresponding to a Master of Science in Engineering of 120 ECTS credits in two years. An ECTS credit corresponds to 25 work hours for the student (not lecture hours. In six-month studies, 6 ECTS credits correspond more or less to 4 hours of weekly lectures). The structure of the study’s program is the following:

UNDERGRADUATE FORMATION
    o CORE FORMATION (C): 60 ECTS credits during the 1st year.
    o COMPULSORY FORMATION (Co): 120 ECTS credits distributed in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years.
    o ELECTIVE FORMATION (E): 42 ECTS credits distributed in the 3rd and 4th years.
    o PROJECT (Pr): 18 ECTS credits during the last year.

GRADUATE FORMATION (Master of Science)
    o MASTER FORMATION (M): 90 ECTS credits during 1 year and a half after the undergraduate  
        formation.
    o MASTER PROJECT (MPr): 30 ECTS credits during the last half year of the formation.

Regarding the professional training, the acquired level of the students must be similar to a technical engineer’s. Moreover, these students should be able to follow a university formation way with the corresponding validation or enter directly to the private sector. To obtain the university degree, the student will have to take a 3 years university formation with subjects to determine yet. However, the elective subjects will not be considered in this way, due to the fact that the student will be specialized in a determined itinerary during the professional formation. Finally, the extension for this kind of formation will be of 3 years, consisting in 180 ECTS credits divided in 3 phases and structured as follows:

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FORMATION
    o CORE FORMATION (C): 60 ECTS credits during the 1st year.
    o COMPULSORY FORMATION (Co): 60 ECTS credits distributed in the 2nd and 3rd years.
    o ELECTIVE FORMATION (E): 30 ECTS credits distributed in the 2nd and 3rd years.
    o TRAINING (Tr): 30 ECTS credits during the 3rd year.


UNIVERSITY FORMATION

The structure of the university formations is defined below, taking into account the different subjects groups. As said before, the undergraduate formation has been divided into three phases. Between brackets appears prior to each group of subjects the kind of subjects it contains (core, compulsory, elective...). And in the preceding part appears the number of ECTS credits corresponding to this group. Each subject will consist of 6 ECTS credits; hence, all the groups have a number multiple of 6, which defines the number of subjects included in the group:

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Initial phase (1st year)
     o (C) Mathematics (24)
     o (C) Fundamental of physics (12)
     o (C) Chemistry (6)
     o (C) Graphic expression (6)
     o (C) Computation and programming (6)
     o (C) Company (6)
Medium phase (2nd and 3rd years)
     o (Co) Fluid mechanics and aerodynamics (18)
     o (Co) Structural theory (18)
     o (Co) Aerospace technology (12)
     o (Co) Circuits theory (12)
     o (Co) Physics (12)
     o (Co) Air navigation and traffic (12)
     o (Co) Aircrafts (6)
     o (Co) Airports (6)
     o (Co) Space Vehicles (6)
     o (E) Electives (18)
Final phase (4th year)
     o (Co) Projects (12)
     o (Co) Manufacturing procedures (6)
     o (E) Electives (24)
     o (Pr) Final project (18)
Master formation (5th and 6th year)
     o (M) Advanced mathematics and physics (6)
     o (M) Flight mechanics (6)
     o (M) Environment (12)
     o (M) Advanced aerodynamics (18)
     o (M) Aircraft systems (18)
     o (M) Company training (30)
     o (MPr) Final master project (30)

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Initial phase (1st year)
     o (C) Mathematics (24)
     o (C) Fundamental of physics (12)
     o (C) Chemistry (6)
     o (C) Graphic expression (6)
     o (C) Computation and programming (6)
     o (C) Company (6)
Medium phase (2nd and 3rd years)
     o (Co) Fluid mechanics and aerodynamics (18)
     o (Co) Structural theory (18)
     o (Co) Aerospace technology (12)
     o (Co) Circuits theory (12)
     o (Co) Physics (12)
     o (Co) Telecommunications (12)
     o (Co) Spacecraft design (12)
     o (Co) Space propulsion (6)
     o (E) Electives (18)
Final phase (4th year)
     o (Co) Projects (12)
     o (Co) Manufacturing procedures (6)
     o (E) Electives (24)
     o (Pr) Final project (18)
Master formation (5th and 6th year)
     o (M) Advanced mathematics and physics (12)
     o (M) Aerospace materials (12)
     o (M) Environment (12)
     o (M) Automatic control (12)
     o (M) Spacecraft technologies and design (12)
     o (M) Company training (30)
     o (MPr) Final master project (30)


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Below is defined the structure of the professional trainings in aeronautics and aerospace, following the same nomenclature mentioned for the university formation:

AERONAUTICAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Initial phase (1st year)
     o (C) Fundamental of mathematics and physics (12)
     o (C) Fluid mechanics (12)
     o (C) Aerospace technology (6)
     o (C) Structural theory (6)
     o (C) Chemistry (6)
     o (C) Graphic expression (6)
     o (C) Computation and programming (6)
     o (C) Company (6)
Medium phase (2nd year)
     o (Co) Manufacturing procedures (18)
     o (Co) Air navigation and telecommunications (6)
     o (Co) Aircrafts (6)
     o (Co) Airports (6)
     o (Co) Projects (6)
     o (Co) Technical English (6)
     o (E) Electives (12)
Final phase (3rd year)
     o (Co) Technical documentation in aeronautics (6)
     o (Co) Aeronautical facilities management (6)
     o (E) Electives (18)
     o (Tr) Company Training (30)

AEROSPACE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Initial phase (1st year)
     o (C) Fundamental of mathematics and physics (12)
     o (C) Fluid mechanics (12)
     o (C) Aerospace technology (6)
     o (C) Structural theory (6)
     o (C) Chemistry (6)
     o (C) Graphic expression (6)
     o (C) Computation and programming (6)
     o (C) Company (6)
Medium phase (2nd year)
     o (Co) Manufacturing procedures (18)
     o (Co) Air navigation and telecommunications (6)
     o (Co) Space vehicles (6)
     o (Co) Space propulsion (6)
     o (Co) Projects (6)
     o (Co) Technical English (6)
     o (E) Electives (12)
Final phase (3rd year)
     o (Co) Technical documentation in aerospace (6)
     o (Co) Aerospace facilities management (6)
     o (E) Electives (18)
     o (Tr) Company Training (30)


INTENSIFICATIONS

There are different itineraries/intensifications for a better specialization of the students and to see in depth different fields of interest. These intensifications will be applicable both to the undergraduate and professional formation and will be chosen by the students through the elective subjects. The different possibilities are the following:

Aeronautical field
     o Airport facilities
     o Aircrafts – Structural design and FEM (Finite Elements Method)
     o Aircrafts – Aerodynamics and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Aerospace field
     o Satellites and space vehicles design

     o Payloads design