Space applications
training courses

Courses

Current and Future training Opportunities for students

Organisation : ESA Academy
Way of training : short courses (advanced) - Conference/Workshop
Language(s): English
Place: (French Regions: Europe)
Prepared diploma/grade/title: Others
1st required level : French baccalauréat + 5

Course Details

Objectives : Since March 2016, training sessions on different space-related topics have been delivered including:
- Space engineering (including Concurrent Engineering)
- Space sciences
- Space medicine
- Space law
- Spacecraft operations and communication
- Product assurance
- Standardisation
- Space debris / clean space
- Earth observation
- Technology transfer, application and innovation
- Spacecraft testing
- Navigation
- Cybersecurity
- and more
Up to 20 training sessions are offered to university students every year.

Planned Trainings:
Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Operations Training Course - 14-18 October 2024
Post-Alpbach Summer School Event - 25-29 November 2024
Robotics Workshop - 29 October-1 November 2024
Satellite Communication Systems Training Course - 18-22 November 2024
Product Assurance Awareness Training Course - 2-6 December 2024
Concurrent Engineering Challenge - 2025
Earth Observation Satellite System Design Training Course - 2025
Human Space Physiology Training Course - 2025
Space Debris Training Course - 2025
Spacecraft Testing Workshop - 2025
Concurrent Engineering Workshop - 20-24 January 2025
ESA Academy Experiments Workshop - 17-21 February 2025
Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Communications Training Course - 10-14 February 2025
CubeSat Concurrent Engineering Workshop - 3-7 March 2025
Space Weather Training Course - 24-28 March 2025
Space Cybersecurity Training Course - 14-18 April 2025
CubeSat Hands-On Training Week - 26-30 May 2025
Space Systems Engineering Training Course - 6-9 May 2025
Navigation Training Course - 23-27 June 2025
Space Standards Training Course - 2-6 June 2025
Earth Observation Remote Sensing Workshop - 14-19 July 2025
ESA/ELGRA Gravity-Related Research Summer School - 16-27 July 2025
Clean Space Training Course - 2026
Introduction to Space Law Training Course - 2026
Technology Transfer, Application & Innovation Workshop - 2026
CubeSat Summer School ***

Public concerned : University students, from Bachelor to Ph.D. level, studying science or engineering who:
- participate in the ESA Academy's Hands-on Space Projects
- prepare for a space related career
- with no experience in the space domain

Duration and terms : Training session format
- up to 40 training hours (5 days)
- up to 30 university students per session
- 1 to 6 space professional trainers per day
- students arrive on Sunday or Monday
- students depart on Friday or Saturday
During the training sessions, students are evaluated through an online evaluation questionnaire or a group project in order to obtain a grade to be included in their course transcript. With this document and their certificate of participation, students can claim, to their respective universities, ECTS credit(s) to for their participation.

Dedicated web site : https://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_Academy/Portfolio_of_ESA_Academy_training_sessions

Applications

Mobility (Transport, multimodality, transportation management, navigation safety, autonomous vehicles, etc.)

Space Technologies and Scientific Disciplines