The purpose of the Programme is to provide young graduates with the core applied physics and engineering skills required to develop space systems and missions from initial concept through design, assembly and verification, to launch and operations.
The 2nd level Specializing Master is a full time one academic year Programme for a total of 80 ECTS, followed by an internship period in which participants develop a Project Work.
The Project Work is one of SEEDS main qualifying features.
The Programme is divided in three phases each one performed in a different SEEDS site.
During the first and second internship phases, students will be hosted for sessions of concurrent design at National Space Agencies, i.e the Italian Space Agency for the first internship phase and the French Space Agency for the second internship phase.
The final event of the SEEDS Programme will be held at ASI or ESA/Estec, where students will present the main outcomes of their Project Work.
The Project Work deals with the design of a wide human space exploration mission. A different mission is identified every year in cooperation with the three SEEDS sites and in agreement with the National Space Agencies and main supporting industries.
Lectures will be held in English; training activities, except for site visits and internship, will take place at Campus Politecnico - Lingotto. The Programme is residential.
The teaching Programme includes 5 months classroom activities with academic and corporate teaching staff and it is structured as follows:
- 7 courses
- Internship