Study Details: 1 Year Full-time 2 Years Part-time
Our Astronautics and Space Engineering MSc degree provides students with the specialised knowledge and skills needed to design, build, and operate space systems for a wide range of applications, from satellite communications and Earth observation to exploration missions and space tourism.
Our MSc is designed to give you the specialist multidisciplinary knowledge and skills required for a career working with space technologies. You’ll have access to all aspects of the design and delivery of spacecraft and payloads.
We are the only UK academic institution that develops, builds and operates complete space missions – from initial concept to hardware design, manufacturing and testing to in-orbit operations. All this is controlled by our own spacecraft mission operation ground station at Surrey Space Centre. Because of this, you’ll have the chance to gain first-hand experience of real space missions and how this relates to the taught modules.
A minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in aerospace engineering, communication engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, electronic engineering, information and communication technologies, mechanical engineering, physics or telecommunication engineering, or a recognised equivalent international qualification.
We'll also consider relevant work experience if you don't meet these requirements.
See our website for fees
As a graduate of this course, you’ll be in high demand in the UK and European space industries, particularly as industry faces a critical need for graduates of electronic engineering-based disciplines. Students from Surrey Space Centre have gone on to work as engineers in radio frequency, instrumentation, imaging, computing, astrodynamics and propulsion.
Many graduates have been employed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (which was founded by Surrey Space Centre) and Airbus. Other employers include:
Year 1
Semester 1
Compulsory
SPACE DYNAMICS AND MISSIONS
More info
SPACE SYSTEM DESIGN
More info
Optional
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS FUNDAMENTALS
More info
SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING
More info
RF SYSTEMS AND CIRCUIT DESIGN
More info
TURBULENCE
More info
ADVANCED STRESS ANALYSIS
More info
Semester 2
Core
RESEARCH, PROFESSIONALISM AND INNOVATION
More info
Optional
ADVANCED GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL
More info
LAUNCH VEHICLES & PROPULSION
More info
ADVANCED SATELLITE COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES
More info
SPACE ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTION
More info
SPACE AVIONICS
More info
MACHINE LEARNING FOR DATA SCIENCE
More info
SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS
More info
Semester 1 & 2
Core
60 CREDIT STANDARD PROJECT
Expect more at the University of Surrey Welcome to the University of Surrey, a global community of more than 15,500 students from 136 countries...