Degree Programme in AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING (master of … · 2020-06-04 · The admission to the Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering undergoes an evaluation process

Degree Programme in

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING(master of science)

2020-2021

10 June 2020

Open Days 2020 Lauree Magistrali slide 2

Outline

• Preliminaries• Access requirements and Learning objectives• Organization and Study plans• Study tracks and Thesis labs• Additional activities and students’ associations• Professional opportunities and employment statistics• Persons in charge for procedures


Politecnico di Milano

Strengths of our academic excellence:

• a high rate of employment among graduates• a first-rate research attracting European funding• a technology transfer activity among the best in Europe• a role increasingly oriented towards social responsibility• a prestigious international profile



12 Departments

Aerospace Science and TechnologyArchitecture and Urban StudiesArchitecture, Built Environment and Construction

EngineeringChemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Civil and Environmental EngineeringDesignElectronics, Information and BioengineeringEnergyManagement, Economics and Industrial EngineeringMathematicsMechanicsPhysics



4 Schools

School of Architecture, Urban Planning, Construction EngineeringSchool of DesignSchool of Civil, Environment and Land Management EngineeringSchool of Industrial and Information Engineering


Academic calendar

Academic calendar

Two semesters:1. mid September – December2. end of February – beginning of June

Exam sessions:1. winter sessions (two calls– January and February)2. summer session (two calls – June and July)3. late summer session (one call – September)

Graduation days:four per year (April, July, October, December)


Organization of studies in Aerospace Engineering

WEBSITE:https://ccs-aerospaziale.polimi.it


Access requirements

Access requirements toAeronautical Engineering

The admission to the Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering undergoes an evaluation process aimed to determine the eligibility of the applicant.

Such process is based upon curriculum requirements and an assessment of the preparation of the student.

Candidates with a BSc issued by an Italian University

From Aerospace Eng. From other BSc

Threshold (2020/2021)

Final average in the BSc 24/30!


Threshold (starting from 2021/2022)



From Aerospace Eng. From other BSc

Requested knowledge:BSc in Engineering and a minimum number of credits in Solid Mechanics, Theoretical/Applied Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, and Fluid Mechanics.


Access requirements

Candidates with a BSc issued by a foreign University

Threshold:weighted combination of the final mark got at the BSc degree and the ranking of the University

Requested knowledge:BSc in Engineering and a minimum number of credits in Solid Mechanics, Theoretical/Applied Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, and Fluid Mechanics.

Access requirements toAeronautical Engineering

The admission to the Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering undergoes an evaluation process aimed to determine the eligibility of the applicant.

Such process is based upon curriculum requirements and an assessment of the preparation of the student.


Learning objectives

Learning objectives

The general learning objective is to train technicians with a high cultural and professional preparation in the main engineering disciplines of the aeronautical sector, in a framework aiming at also developing the capacity for interdisciplinary integration and the ability to deal with new and complex problems in a scientifically rigorous way.

The course is structured to provide all students with a common knowledge and understanding of some topics considered as fundamental, such as aerodynamics, aircraft performance and dynamics, aerospace structures, structural dynamics and aeroelasticity.

The above elements are considered essential in order to satisfy the specific learning and professionalization/specialization objectives that the student will give himself/herself with the choice of the elective courses, favoring disciplinary or multidisciplinary aspects, with an optimal balance of his/her interests/attitudes with the needs of skills profiles required by the market.


General organization

120 creditsone credit is equivalent to 25 hours of student’s work (attendance of lectures/labs and autonomous study)


First year


First year – elective courses in Group AER8


First year – elective courses in Group AER6


Second year (draft – starting from 2021/2022)

Rules for the study plan1. minimum 16 credits of «aeronautical» courses selected in the Group AER8.22. maximum 12 credits of complementary courses selected in the Group AER6.23. maximum 5 credits in Group OTHER


Second year (draft) – elective courses in Group AER8.2


Second year (draft) – elective courses in Group AER6.2

*course for visiting professor


Second year (draft) – elective courses in Group OTHER

“container of special activities and educational proposals”, including series of specialized/scientific/research seminars or laboratory activities of various kinds, possibly related to study tracks (see below), and/or thesis laboratories (see below), and/or research laboratories of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technologies


Examples of study plans


Study tracks

Study tracks

• A study track is a didactic proposal suggested to students that is articulated, starting from the tables of the Teaching Groups, in an indication of courses considered to be functional to the formation of a professional and cultural figure with a certain characterization/specialization.

• Disciplinary track (thematic). The disciplinary track has as its primary objective the preparation of specialists in a fundamental technology of the aeronautical sector. It therefore represents a proposal characterized by the offer of key knowledge and skills, consolidated and advanced, of the specific technical context and the development of robust and in-depth operational skills related to the methodologies and tools of the thematic area.

• Multidisciplinary (transversal) track. The multidisciplinary study track is intended as a path in which a balance/integration between specialization and transversal skills is achieved both within the different aeronautical disciplines and within contexts of interaction and integration with disciplines belonging to other engineering sectors that have acquired increasing importance in the aerospace sector.


Thesis labs

Thesis labs

• Training centers of competence involving several professors on specific research topics/methods consistent with one or more study tracks.

• They are visible to students (dedicated section of the course website), who can then customize their preparation at a specialist level according to the proposals of the thesis laboratories.

• They organize and manage the final thesis, setting the work as a real project, with a formally defined time frame and a clear definition of the organization of the work.

• They allow the cooperation of several professors for the proposal of final activities of a project type, carried out by relatively large groups of students (possibly from different training profiles), so as to encourage the acquisition of teamwork skills and interdisciplinary exchange.


Additional activities

Additional courses

You can always add additional courses outside the basic course plan (i.e. outside the basic 120 credits)You may choose classes also from PhD SchoolsThey cannot be exploited to reach the required 120 credits

Internship in a company

You are advised to add an internship (stage) to your course planIt cannot be exploited to reach the required 120 creditswww.careerservice.polimi.it facilitates contacts with companies and seeks job opportunities

Participate to student competitions

• AHS Student Competition• AIAA for Aeronautical students• AIAA for Space students• Airbus Fly your Ideas


Students’ associations

https://www.polimi.it/en/current-students/representatives-and-associations/

Skyward experimental rocketry

Active student association operating inside Politecnico di Milano, born in 2012 with the ambitious goal of designing and realizing small and medium sized experimental probe-rockets.


Students’ mobility

Politecnico di Milano offers its students the opportunity to participate in high quality international projects based on EU programmes and on special agreements with many partner universities.


Professional opportunities

aerospace industries and companies involved into design, production and exercise of aircrafts, rotorcrafts, space vehicles and their components

industries and engineering companies operating in the aerospace sector

public and private entities devoted to the experimentation and certification in the aeronautical and aerospace field; industries involved in the air transport system

industries for the design and production of machines, equipment and systems where aerodynamics, light structures, advanced materials, structure-fluid interaction and/or integration with active control systems, and in general in all those areas where these topics are important, as well as design/production methodologies and traditional skills coming from the training of a graduate student in the aerospace sector.


Employment statistics


Persons in charge for different procedures

Coordinator:prof. Lorenzo Dozio

Admissions to MSc:prof. Riccardo Vescoviniprof. Mauro Massari (foreign students)

Study plans:prof. Alessandro Croce

Mobility:prof. Paolo Astori

Graduation procedures:prof. Antonella Abbàprof. Federico Piscaglia


Questions?

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