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Scientific topics : 

Satellite-based Navigation and Space Telecommunications.

 €4,000 scholarships are available. Conditions apply: see details below.

Overview of the Master of Science in GNSS :

The Master of Science (MSc) in GNSS is a 2-year programme co-organized by ENAC and the Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE). It is taught in English.

Scope of this Master degree

GNSS stands for Global Navigation Satellite System. It defines a satellite-based system that allows autonomous positioning and navigation of a suitably equipped user everywhere and at all times. The current flagship of GNSS is the US GPS (Global Positioning System). Recently, GNSS has gained a lot of attention worldwide due to the significant increase of the number of fields using and relying GPS. Examples of these fields are:

• agriculture,
• aviation,
• maritime,
• rail,
• space,
• roads and highways,
• environment,
• military,
• surveying and mapping
• vehicular and pedestrian navigation,
• location-based services,
• recreation and sports,
• rescue operations,
• etc.

Such a growth of the GNSS market (well highlighted by the following report) requires an increasing number of experts worldwide. Moreover, the development of GNSS-related applications is being supported by the development of global and regional satellite-based navigation systems in Europe (Galileo, EGNOS), US (Modernized GPS, WAAS), China (COMPASS), Russia (GLONASS, SDCM), India (GAGAN, IRNSS) and Japan (QZSS).
In this context, the MSc in GNSS technology was developed with the support of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) in order to face the fact that the current number of graduate students qualified to fill the growing GNSS job market is too low. The clear goal of this MSc is thus to train students for the highly dynamic and evolving GNSS and GNSS-dependent industry.
The MSc in GNSS also offers advanced education in space telecommunications, since GNSS and space telecommunications share many technical similarities and are strongly complementary.
To reach its goals, the MSc program is based on a mix of:

• technical courses to fully understand the scientific principles behind GNSS,
• application-related courses to understand the environment, needs and requirements of the application fields using GNSS,
• projects to apply the learnt concepts on concrete problems, and
• a long (5- to 6-month) in-company internship to prepare the students to their future work life

This Master of Science on GPS, Galileo, ... technology will thus provide students with a head start in the evolving and growing markets of Satellite-based Navigation and Space Telecommunications.


A European Partnership

This MSc in GNSS has been developed with the support of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency, GSA (7th Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 248016).

It has been achieved in Partnership with the Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications of the University of Federal Armed Forces Munich (Germany) and Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy), both recognized for their leading international roles in education and research in the field of GNSS, are partners of the MSc. They both contribute to the MSc teaching and provide their international links with the GNSS industry.
 

Application procedure and selection

This program is open to any applicant with a completed Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent.
Applicants shall give proof of a sufficient English level: TOEFL ≥ 550 (PBT), TOEFL ≥ 213 (CBT), TOEC ≥ 750, BULATS ≥ 70, D-C-L degree 4 or equivalent
The selection is based on application files assessment, followed by an interview if necessary. There will be several selection jury meetings starting in February 2013: dates will soon be available. Note that there is a first come-first serve process for selecting candidates.

Scholarship opportunities for the 2013-2014 academic year

For the 2013-2014 academic year, the European GNSS Agency, GSA, offers 2 scholarships of €4,000 for students. To apply, you must be a

• European citizen (27 EU countries)
• or a citizen from Switzerland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey,
• or be registered during the 2011/2012 academic year in a University from one of the countries cited in the previous 2 bullets

The scholarship selection process will be based on the academic records of the applicant.
Note that scholarships also exist for the internship period during the 4th semester.

Employment after MSc

The MSc in GNSS was developed based on the needs expressed by GNSS institutional and industrial communities (as our supporters' list shows).
The graduate students’ skills match the job opportunities from GNSS-related SMEs, large companies, governmental institutions and research laboratories worldwide. It also offers the student with the opportunity to work in his/her favorite field of application (civil aviation, space, etc...). Additional expertise could be gained by pursuing a PhD programme at ENAC, ISAE or one of the partner universities.