Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

The aerospace industry is a steadily growing field, and it is thus an extremely important and decisive global economic factor. Aerospace science and technology drives innovations in multitudes of disciplines and thus must be regarded as a pioneering technology field. The Technical University of Darmstadt focusses its long-standing and broad expertise in this field in order to establish a dedicated modern Aerospace Engineering education in the framework of a Master‘s degree programme. Due to its international and global character and relevance, this Master‘s degree programme is offered by internationally renowned aerospace engineering experts in English. The Master‘s degree programme in "Aerospace Engineering" is the link between engineering tradition and technological future. Consequently, the curriculum touches upon important and essential basics as well as modern and forward-looking technological aspects of aerospace engineering sciences in order to convey competences for prospective students for the establishment of engineering system solutions. Preparing the students for the scientific orientated Master’s thesis at the end of their studies, a broad range of courses are offered, from traditional basics (e.g. structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, flight mechanics) and applied disciplines to innovative and modern teaching forms such as face-to-face tutorials in very small groups on topics such as the field of additive manufacturing or cockpit design. Do you want to find out whether your idea of the Master's fits our programme? Let's find out by using the Online Self Assessment. Are you interested in what our students have to say about the programme? Let's ask the #studentsoftudarmstadt about it. To find out more about the content of the programme, please click the tab titled "course details". Compulsory Elective Courses Ia – Fundamentals (1/3 ): Machine Dynamics (in German) Sustainable Systems Design Transport Phenomena Compulsory Elective Courses Ib – Digitalisation (1/3): Digitalisation in Production (in German) Machine Learning Applications Smart Products, Engineering & Services Compulsory Elective Courses II – Core Electives from Aerospace Engineering* Advanced Fluid Mechanics I Avionics System Safety Composite Structures Compressible and Irrotational Flow Flight Mechanics II: Dynamics Flight Propulsion Foundations of Space Systems High Temperature Materials Behaviour Introduction to Turbulence Laser Measurement Technology Lightweight Engineering I Lightweight Engineering II Mechatronic Systems I Mechatronic Systems II Modelling of Technical Turbulent Flows Space Systems and Operations Compulsory Elective Courses III – Electives from the Natural Sciences d Engineering in the field of Aerospace Engineering* Aerodynamics II Compressor Technology Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics Fundamentals of Navigation I Fundamentals of Navigation II Future Air Transportation Systems Global Satellite Navigation Systems and Orbit Determination High-Accuracy Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics High Temperature Materials Behaviour II Lightweight Construction Materials Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis in Lightweight Design Space Debris – Risks, Surveillance and Mitigation Space Flight Mechanics Structural Integrity and Fracture Mechanics Systemic Evaluation of Air Transportation Virtual Testing for Lightweight Structures The compulsory elective areas offer a wide range of different topics. The programme offers the following elective areas: Advanced Design Project (team work on recent research topics) External Project Work (conduct a project at an industry partner for 12 weeks) Laboratory Tutorial General Studies (take courses from other departments) Master's thesis (six months, full-time) *It is possible to choose a further course in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Information on our website. Please note that offered lectures might change in time. Detailed module descriptions in the download section