New Degree Dedicated to Newspace in Partnership with UVSQ
From the start of the 2023 academic year, students in ESTACA’s space program will be able to follow the Master 2 specialization in “Space Challenges and New Applications” (NEWSPACE) at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), and obtain a dual diploma. Through this alliance, made official at the Paris Air Show, the two establishments aim to meet the need for skills in the NewSpace sector.
Innovative Master’s created by UVSQ to meet skills needs in the space sector
With a strong focus on observation and data quality, the Master 2 NEWSPACE (“Space Challenges and New Applications”), created by UVSQ in 2021 and accredited by Université Paris-Saclay, aims to provide knowledge of the entire chain from the design of scientific observation instruments to data exploitation in order to meet the demands of the market and new professions linked to emerging applications: miniaturization and fleets, drones, etc. It is designed to meet the demands of the private sector, as well as those of “instrumental” public research laboratories.
The course includes periods of practical experience in hands-on work in facilities dedicated to space and with special software, tutored team projects on concrete calls for tender and an internship of at least 6 months in a company or public or private research laboratory. The teaching team is made up of researchers and engineers who have designed and operated space missions, as well as engineers from partner companies. The university has a workshop, a FabLab and a PIT integration and testing platform, with equipment such as clean rooms, vacuum tanks, an immersive video wall, a vibrating pot and a control room for satellite piloting.
Students can make the most of a scientific space laboratory environment including the LATMOS (Laboratory for Atmospheres, Environments and Space Observations).
As part of the new dual diploma, a dozen ESTACA engineering students will be trained at the UVSQ.
Ten ESTACA engineering students can now apply for the Master 2 NEWSPACE program at UVSQ, while enrolling in their final year of engineering studies. The two training courses will be arranged on a reciprocal basis. The M2 NEWSPACE UVSQ-ESTACA dual diploma course will lead to a Master 2 degree from the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and an engineering degree from ESTACA.
On completion of the dual diploma, ESTACA engineers will be able to pursue a doctorate, for example through CIFRE (Conventions Industrielles de Formation par la Recherche) grants, to meet the strong need for innovation in this sector. They will also be able to work in the NewSpace sector as design engineers, systems engineers, opto-electronics engineers, salespeople, project managers, data scientists and all the professions linked to the cross-fertilization of space data and the implementation of application solutions…
