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Postgraduate Diploma
University of Leicester
Full Time
SEP-25
6 months
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Postgraduate Diploma
University of Leicester
Full Time
SEP-25
6 months
Postgraduate Diploma
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
6 Months
Postgraduate Diploma
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
6 Months
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Our Space Exploration Systems MSc focuses on robotic and human space exploration. The degree is managed by an international joint academic-industrial consortium with partners in France, Italy and the UK Designed for physicists and engineers, this cutting-edge course explores space systems engineering, space instrumentation, the space environment, space power systems (including nuclear power systems) and space mission design. Over the duration of the course, you will acquire 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. You will have the opportunity to work with academic and industrial practitioners in three countries, to acquire the knowledge and skills expected by space exploration research groups and the space industry in the 21st century academic and commercial sectors. This course bridges the divide between systems engineering and space and planetary science. For physicists, it provides the systems engineering knowledge required to work in industry. For engineers, it will stimulate an appreciation for space science, and the enabling technologies for robotic and human space exploration and instrumentation which contribute to that science.
Students need to have 2:1 BSc, BEng, MPhys, MEng or Masters (or equivalent) in Physics or Engineering. We may consider applicants with a 2:2, or a degree in another science subject, on a case-by-case basis.
Students living in
Domestic
£8,760 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£18,920 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£18,920 per year
Students from International
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