Satellite Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Satellite Engineering
Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC)
The bachelor's degree in Satellite Engineering aims to provide comprehensive training in the knowledge, skills and competencies needed in the space sector, including the design and control of the systems that make up a space vehicle, communications with Earth and between satellites, data transmission and processing, and satellite data services and applications.
This bachelor's degree has the support of the Generalitat de Catalunya in the framework of the NewSpace Strategy of Catalonia, which incorporates technological, social and business actions aimed at promoting the Catalan space sector. The use of smaller and cheaper satellites allows more agents, both public and private, to use space services for vertical and transversal applications in various productive sectors. Some of these applications are land observation and management; analysis and decision making in infrastructure, agriculture and in the face of climate hazards; and the extension of coverage for Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and 6G communications. This new ecosystem will attract other technologies, such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence, advanced electronics and next-generation mobile communications.
- Professional opportunities
- Design, manufacture and testing of satellites for the corporate sector and government agencies.
- Development and maintenance of satellite communication systems in companies in the ICT sector.
- R&D involving space technologies and satellite systems.
- Aerospace organisations and agencies.
- Collection and processing of satellite data for applications in fields such as cartography, meteorology, environmental studies, infrastructure, agriculture, disaster management and defence.
- Satellite software and payload engineering.