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MsC Space Systems Engineering
ENGINEER THE SPACE SYSTEMS OF TOMORROW!

IPSA prepares you to engineer the space systems of tomorrow.

The MSc Space Systems Engineering immerses you in the engineering of space systems: onboard and real-time embedded systems, control and autopilot design, space telecommunications, electromagnetic compatibility and antennas, radar, space data analysis and artificial intelligence.

Driven by the growth of constellations, the miniaturisation of platforms and the explosion of space data volumes, the sector faces a strong demand for engineers able to master the complete chain, from the sensor to the service delivered to the user.

You will graduate ready for careers with primes, equipment manufacturers and NewSpace companies, having completed a professional mission of at least four months and a research dissertation anchored in a real industrial problem.

Key points
Target Audience

International and English-speaking French students
Minimum three years of higher education (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree)
– M1 entry: three-year Bachelor of Engineering (Bac+3).
– M2 entry: four-year degree, 240 ECTS validated (Bac+4).

Language

English
Fluency is essential.

Format

Full-time
In M2, the professional mission and the research dissertation carry 10 credits each and are two distinct deliverables, assessed individually.

Campus

Paris-Ivry

Duration

1 or 2 years
– 2 years (M1+M2) — 120 credits
– 1 year (direct M2) — 60 credits

Degree awarded

MSc Space Systems Engineering
Programme currently undergoing Master of Science ®, labelling by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE)

Career Opportunities

– Space Systems Engineer
– Onboard & Embedded Software Engineer
– Control Systems Engineer
– Space Telecommunications Engineer
– Space Data and AI Engineer
– Ground Segment & Operations Engineer
– Roles in primes, OEMs, NewSpace start-ups and research laboratories

MSc Program Manager
Space Systems Engineering

Campus Paris
Campus Paris

Radhia
Gaddouri

IPSA Expertise Director – Doctor of Computer Science

Program
HIGHLIGHTS

01/4
unique expertise
Unique expertise at the heart of space propulsion

Develop cutting-edge skills to meet the challenges of performance, innovation, reliability or automatisation in the space industry

02/4
A SECTOR IN HIGH DEMAND
The European space and NewSpace sector is looking for talent

The MSc Space Systems Engineering meets the needs of a rapidly evolving European space sector, driven by NewSpace, emerging technologies and the rise of new industry players

03/4
Teachers
Teaching delivered by English-speaking industry experts

Experts from the aerospace, space and propulsion sectors, supported by modules focused on applied research

04/4
English-speaking curriculum
Courses in English to prepare you for an international career

All MSc courses are taught in English, allowing students to become familiar with the professional vocabulary and terminology used across the aerospace and space industry

Unique expertise
A SECTOR IN HIGH DEMAND
Teachers
English-speaking curriculum

The skills targeted by our MSc Space Systems Engineering

Master the challenges of the space sector, launchers and satellites in a rapidly growing industry.

Master the architecture and engineering of complex space systems

Develop the ability to manage complex projects in a collaborative environment

Understand and work with embedded systems, control systems, telecommunications and data

Work in an international context, in English

Take part in applied research activities in space technologies and propulsion

Lune

Program – Year 1
MsC Space Systems Engineering

Semester 1
Semester 2
Engineering Sciences, Common core (9 cr.)
Automation: design of linear and continuous systems
Swarm robotics algorithms and control of dynamical systems
Systems engineering, innovation and creativity
Introduction to additive manufacturing
Engineering Sciences, Specialization (15 cr.)
Aerodynamics: incompressible fluid dynamics
Aerodynamics: compressible fluid dynamics
Advanced mathematical tools for data science and decision-making
Digital control systems
Microcontrollers and their applications
Humanities & Languages (6 cr.)
Intensive French for engineers (international students)
Cultural integration workshop
Work psychology and labour law
Soft skills and complex project management
Engineering Sciences, Common Core (8 cr.)
Graphical representation of multiphysics dynamic systems
Aircraft design and eco-design, industrialisation and production methods
Flight mechanics: handling qualities
Fundamental astronomy and astrometry
General astrophysics
Introduction to research and innovation — systems and data topics
Engineering Sciences, Specialization (9 cr.)
Modelling of complex information systems
Real-time information systems
Distributed intelligent systems
Introduction to machine learning
Physical approach to aeronautical automatic systems
Space Fundamentals (8 cr.)
Space mechanics
Mission design project I: atmospheric entry
Space instrumentation
Plasma physics, electric and plasma propulsion
Humanities & Languages (5 cr.)
Work psychology and labour law
Soft skills and complex project management
French as a foreign language
MyJobProject

Program – Year 2
MsC Space Systems Engineering

Year 1
year 2
Engineering Sciences, Specialization (7 cr.)
Aircraft modelling and autopilot
System identification and observation (deterministic and stochastic observers)
Deep neural networks and deep learning
System design and rapid prototyping
Advanced Space Systems (18 cr.)
Real-time operating systems for embedded applications
Electromagnetic compatibility and antennas
Radar arrays for target localization
Space data analysis
Electric and nuclear space propulsion
Launcher and satellite design
Satellite prototyping
Space telecommunications
Curriculum project: space telecommunications
Business Awareness & Professional Integration (15 cr.)
MyJob project
Life cycle and eco-design
Cybersecurity and cyberdefence fundamentals
Economic environment of the space sector
Reliability engineering (FMEA)
IPSA Master Project
French as a foreign language
Professional mission (10 cr.)
Engineering mission of at least four months full-time in a company, laboratory or institution of the space sector
Individual mission report
Assessment of competencies by the host tutor
Research dissertation (10 cr.)
Individual research work on an industrial problem
Written dissertation in English
Oral defence of 15 minutes followed by 20 minutes of questions, before a jury including a teacher not involved in the supervision
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