Aerospace Engineering

The Bachelor program in Aerospace Engineering is taught at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the School of Engineering at the University of Pisa. The university is located in Toscana region, in the city of Pisa, Italy. The official code of the program assigned by the Ministry of Education of Italy — L-9. Italian is the main language of instruction for this program as well as for the majority of other programs of the University of Pisa. Students applying for their studies should provide a secondary school certificate translated into Italian as well as an Italian language certificate. Application deadlines for international and domestic applicants can be found on the official website of the university.

Postgraduate Training

2°-year students may participate in a curricular internship of 300 hours (12 credits) in firms that have agreements with the University of Bologna or in facilities of the Faculty itself. The organisation may be chosen directly by students or proposed by professors or by the Faculty Internship Office. The internship represents an important opportunity for students to gain first-hand experience of the world of work.

The internship activity is examined after completion with a simple pass/fail criterion.

International mobility

Students enrolled in the degree programme have the possibility to spend part of their academic career in foreign universities in or outside of the European Union, by applying to the relative programmes and carefully checking the requirements for participation in the many opportunities offered by the University for periods of study aboard.

The following are just some of the opportunities for study abroad:

• • LLP/Erasmus Programme;
• • Overseas Programme;
• • Leonardo Programme;

Students may also choose to prepare their final dissertation or carry out their period of work placement abroad.

Departmental coordinator for international student mobility:

Prof. Alessandro Talamelli

e-mail: alessandro.talamelli@unibo.it

Student Mobility Tutor e-mail: ingarc.vpce.erasmusingegneria@unibo.it

International relations office

Final examination

The final examination is open to students having obtained all the required credits with the exception of those relative to the final examination. The final examination comprises a specialist dissertation, based on an important design or research project; the activity must be completed by an original dissertation demonstrating autonomy, command of the cultural tools inherent in aerospace engineering and the students' communication skills.

The dissertation must relate to a topic which is coherent with the learning outcomes of the 2nd cycle degree programme. The dissertation will be presented in public before a Board appointed under the terms of the 2nd cycle degree programme regulations.

For a successful attendance to the course, the enrolling student must have acquired basic knowledge in mathematics and engineering.To access the Master Degree course in Aerospace Engineering the student must have earned a Bachelor's(First cycle) degree, or another five-year laurea degree (Italian) or another equivalent qualification obtained abroad.The Master Degree course admits a planned number of students each year, in relation to the available resources. The number of admitted students and the selection methods are published yearly in the relative “Call for applications”.Admission to the restricted access degree programme is subject to demonstration of the required knowledge and skills, by passing the exam with a minimum score indicated in the “call for applications”.Students must also provide proof of English language proficiency. Only nationals fromthe USA, U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are exempt from the proof of English language proficiency requirement. Applicants who obtained a Bachelor's degree in one of the mentioned countries,or a Bachelor's degree taught in English are also exempt from the proof of English language proficiency requirement. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 80

The grants are available to attend academic course Aerospace Engineering in Italy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants in favor of foreign citizens not residing in Italy and Italian citizens living abroad (IRE) for this academic year in order to foster international cultural, scientific and technological cooperation, to promote Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world (According to Law 288/55 and its subsequent changes and additions).