Advanced Master in Airport Management

This Advanced Master® is a postgraduate programme of 12 to 24 months that includes theoretical courses, individual research work in a company, and the realisation of a professional thesis.

Overview

The Advanced Master “Airport Management” prepares participants to the variety of challenges faced by the airport sector:

The particularly important role played by airports within the air transport system,
the wide range of activities involved in airport operations,
the increasing importance of questions of security and environmental impact,
the competition between airports,
the economic and social issues in a such critical sector for national and international economies,

All these factors call for highly skilled managers to run and develop every airport. This is the ambition of this programme.

Career Opportunities

This “Advanced Master” aims at training these specialists, so much appreciated and sought after by the airport sector, especially within airport operators, airport consultants, airport international organizations, and civil aviation authorities.

Program

Duration of course: October to September

1st semester

17 modules lasting between 2 days and 2 weeks (October to March)

Aircraft and Air Transport System
Regulatory Framework in the Air Transport Industry
Air Transport Economics
Air Transport Security
Sustainable development of air transport
Airport Design and Operation – Master Plan
Airport Certification and Safety
Passengers terminals
Developing Extra Aeronautical Activities
Human resources management in airports
Airport Financial Management
Airport operation and service quality
Airport Crisis Management
Ground Handling
Airport strategy
Project management
Business Aviation on airports

2nd semester
(April to September)

Students have to conduct a professional thesis in a professional environment or in laboratory, either in France or abroad and supervised by a tutor from the host organisation and by a professor from ENAC. The thesis is concluded by the preparation of a report and an oral presentation in front of combined jury.

Applicants for an “Advanced Master” program must have a master’s degree in science or in engineering or management according to selected program, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of professional experience.

Application

Selection and admission are managed by committees organized from January to July.

Applicants for an “Advanced Master” program must have a master’s degree in science or in engineering or management according to selected program, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of professional experience.

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