Aerospace Education Catalogue

Current and Future training Opportunities for students

• Organisation: ESA Academy
• Type of Course: short courses (advanced) - Conference/Workshop
• Language(s): English
• Place: (French Regions: Europe)
• Prepared diploma/grade/title: Others
• Level of entry: French Baccalaureat + 5

Course Details

Objectives: Since March 2016, training sessions on different space-related topics have been delivered including:
- Space engineering (including Concurrent Engineering)
- Space sciences
- Space medicine
- Space law
- Spacecraft operations and communication
- Product assurance
- Standardisation
- Space debris / clean space
- Earth observation
- Technology transfer, application and innovation
- Spacecraft testing
- Navigation
- Cybersecurity
- and more
Up to 20 training sessions are offered to university students every year.

Planned Trainings:
Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Operations Training Course - 14-18 October 2024
Post-Alpbach Summer School Event - 25-29 November 2024
Robotics Workshop - 29 October-1 November 2024 
Satellite Communication Systems Training Course - 18-22 November 2024 
Product Assurance Awareness Training Course - 2-6 December 2024  
Concurrent Engineering Challenge - 2025 
Earth Observation Satellite System Design Training Course - 2025 
Human Space Physiology Training Course - 2025 
Space Debris Training Course - 2025 
Spacecraft Testing Workshop - 2025 
Concurrent Engineering Workshop - 20-24 January 2025 
ESA Academy Experiments Workshop - 17-21 February 2025 
Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Communications Training Course - 10-14 February 2025 
CubeSat Concurrent Engineering Workshop - 3-7 March 2025 
Space Weather Training Course - 24-28 March 2025 
Space Cybersecurity Training Course - 14-18 April 2025 
CubeSat Hands-On Training Week - 26-30 May 2025 
Space Systems Engineering Training Course - 6-9 May 2025 
Navigation Training Course - 23-27 June 2025 
Space Standards Training Course - 2-6 June 2025 
Earth Observation Remote Sensing Workshop - 14-19 July 2025 
ESA/ELGRA Gravity-Related Research Summer School - 16-27 July 2025 
Clean Space Training Course - 2026
Introduction to Space Law Training Course - 2026
Technology Transfer, Application & Innovation Workshop - 2026
CubeSat Summer School *** 

Intended for: University students, from Bachelor to Ph.D. level, studying science or engineering who:
- participate in the ESA Academy's Hands-on Space Projects
- prepare for a space related career
- with no experience in the space domain

Duration and terms: Training session format
- up to 40 training hours (5 days)
- up to 30 university students per session
- 1 to 6 space professional trainers per day
- students arrive on Sunday or Monday
- students depart on Friday or Saturday
During the training sessions, students are evaluated through an online evaluation questionnaire or a group project in order to obtain a grade to be included in their course transcript. With this document and their certificate of participation, students can claim, to their respective universities, ECTS credit(s) to for their participation.

Dedicated web site: https://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_Academy/Portfolio_of_ESA_Academy_training_sessions

Disciplines

• Engineering Sciences
• Applications, Operations

Topics

• 1 - Physics and Environment: radiation, particles, fields, debris, climatic and vibratory conditions, meteorology
• 10 - Control Systems, Robotics, Guidance and Control, Autonomous Systems
• 12 - Telecommunications, Networks, Information and Communications Technologies, Multimedia, Internet of Things, Teleservices
• 13 - Positioning, Navigation, GNSS
• 14 - Transports, Intelligent Transportations Systems (ITS), Mobility, Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
• 15 - Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomatics
• 16 - System Engineering, Product Assurance and Safety, Qualification/Testing, Validation & Verification, Metrology, Certification
• 18 - Human Factors, Human Machine Interfaces, Operations, Exploitation, Air Traffic Management