MSc in Aerospace System - Navigation and Telecommunications
ENAC
Key Information
Campus location
Toulouse, France
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 15,800 **
Application deadline
19 Jun 2024*
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* 6th session application deadline
** for non-European students; 12640€ early bird tuition | 9640€ for European students; 7710€ early bird tuition
Introduction
The Master of Science (MSc) in ASNAT is a 2-year program offering advanced and scientific courses in Satellite-based Positioning and Space Telecommunications.
Developed with the support of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency, the MSc in ASNAT was created in the frame of SESAR project (Single European Sky ATM Research), which aims at developing a new generation of air traffic management system capable of ensuring the safety and fluidity of air transport worldwide over the next 30 years, Within this program, ENAC is contributing to research and training of future experts for the improvement of ATM infrastructure.
Recently, GNSS has gained a lot of attention worldwide due to a significant increase in the applications using GPS or other providers for positioning:
- leisure
- farming
- aeronautics
- location-based services, etc.
This international enthusiasm is confirmed by the worldwide development of other global and regional satellite-based navigation systems in Europe, US, China, Russia, India, and Japan, creating a strong need for experts in this field job.
Scope of this Master's degree
The objective of this MSc ASNAT is to provide students with advanced skills and knowledge in the field of GNSS (GPS, Galileo, inertial navigation, integrity monitoring, etc.) and its related applications to prepare them for entering the highly dynamic GNSS and GNSS-dependent industry. In addition, the students will also receive training in telecommunications, as both fields are strongly complementary.
This Master of Science on GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou, and technology will provide students with a head start in the evolving and growing market of satellite-based navigation and telecommunications. The graduate students will have the ability to enter large companies, SMEs, national institutions, and research laboratories.
A European Partnership
This MSc in ASNAT was developed with the support of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency, GSA (7th Framework Program under grant agreement no. 248016).
Curriculum
1st Semester (September 15th - January 31st) 30 ECTS
- Fundamentals of Mathematics
- Fundamentals of signal processing and electromagnetism
- GNSS I: Introduction to GNSS, conventional navigation, background, concepts, and evolutions
- Introduction to Programming
- System engineering, project management
- Applied project
2nd Semester (February 1st - June 30th) 30 ECTS
- Propagation Channel
- Advanced signal processing
- GNSS II: GNSS for Civil Aviation, Differential GNSS Methods, Inertial Sensors, and Hybridization Techniques, Astrodynamics
- hybridization between GNSS and other sensors
- Astrodynamics
- Applied project
3rd Semester (September 15th - January 31st) 30 ECTS
- Advanced Signal Processing II: Digital Receivers, Array signal processing, Parametric modeling, spread spectrum techniques
- Telecommunications II: On-board systems, Modern channel coding, classical channel coding, Spatial technology
- GNSS III: Future GNSS signals, High sensitive receivers – urban positioning, Alternative positioning, Business in GNSS, GPS L1 C/A receivers projects
- Applied Project
4th Semester (February 1st - June 30th) 30 ECTS
- 5- to 6-month Internship in a company or a research laboratory, taken under the supervision of a Master's teacher.
Admissions
Program Outcome
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) have gained much worldwide attention due to a significant increase in applications using GPS for positioning and navigation (aeronautics, vehicular and pedestrian navigation, location-based services, etc).This international enthusiasm is confirmed by the worldwide development of other global and regional satellite-based navigation systems in Europe, USA, China, Russia, India and Japan, creating a strong need for experts in this field.The objective of this Master in GNSS is to provide students with advanced skills and knowledge in the field of GNSS and its related applications, in order to prepare them to enter the highly dynamic GNSS and GNSS-dependent industry. In addition, the students receive training in telecommunications, as both fields are highly complementary.
Scholarships and Funding
Eiffel grant : If you want to apply to the scholarship you have to apply to the first session of recruitment and download your complete file by November 29th. Please indicate in your letter of motivation That you want to apply to the Eiffel scholarship. The admission committee will evaluate your application and decide if ENAC support your candidacy to the Campus France jury. As the Eiffel grant is dedicated to students with outstandings results the admission team only select the best candidates for this grant. The Campus France jury, which meets in March, is the sole decision-maker in awarding the scholarship.
Link to Campus Bourses to find all the information on possible grants : https://campusbourses.campusfrance.org/#/catalog
GIFAS Scholarships for information
ENAC Foundation has set up an international scholarship program funded by GIFAS (the French Aerospace Industries Association), to support non european students admitted in advanced masters, Masters of Science and the Graduate Engineer’s degree of ENAC.
The purpose of this initiative is to provide an incentive to high level students wishing to enrol in ENAC’s post-graduate programs. GIFAS and ENAC jointly select recipients among candidates to one of ENAC’s post-graduate programs:
- 5 advanced masters: MS ASAA, MS ATM, MS AM, MS SMA, MS UASSM
- 3 MSc: MSc ASNAT, MSc IATSED & MSc IATOM
- 1 graduate engineering degree master of science
Scholarship partially covers tuition fees, up to 4 000 €.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Recent studies have shown that there will be a lack of graduate students to fill the open positions in the GNSS industry in the near future. This MSc in GNSS provides students with a head start in the evolving and growing market of satellite-based navigation and telecommunications.
Hence, graduate students can join:
• large companies,
• SMEs,
• national institutions,
• research laboratories.