SpaceTech - Mastering Space Systems

Delft University of Technology offers a Master of Space Systems Engineering program, 'SpaceTech', as part of its executive education program.

SpaceTech is an international Masters Degree program designed for mid-career space professionals who wish to expand their potential by obtaining expertise in both space systems and business engineering.

Participants can continue to meet their current employment commitments, while at the same time earning an accredited Masters Degree in Space Systems Engineering, awarded by the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

In operation for more than ten years, SpaceTech is one of the few professional Masters Degree programs in the world that specializes in space education and is internationally recognized for its contributions to the training of future world-class leaders in the space field. The SpaceTech teaching environment has attracted an international group of well-known, highly respected and top quality instructors and coaches, as well as participants from many parts of the world.

Programme schedule

The SpaceTech curriculum is offered during five sessions, held at international centers of space activity, while graduation takes place during the first session of the next SpaceTech program:

September - TU Delft - Delft, The Netherlands

November - CNES - Toulouse, France

February - DLR - Munich, Germany

April - ESA ESRIN - Rome, Italy

June - ESA ESTEC - Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Central Case Project

The backbone of the SpaceTech program is the Central Case Project (CCP), aimed at the creation of a credible commercial space-related business. Participants learn to apply the taught concepts to develop technical systems and to adjust its parameters in order to make their newly conceived business feasible and profitable. In this way, participants also experience and learn to work in an international team environment on a project that is as close as possible to real-life.

At the end of the program, participants present their project in the form of an unsolicited proposal to potential investors, represented by a selected group of senior engineers, managers and executives from the space community. During the Central Case Project, participants learn the important connections between mission and system design and the potential return to investors.