The "Aircraft Engines and Power Plants" Master's Program represents the level of Advanced Propulsion Systems & R&D Management. The Master's program transforms you from a calculation engineer into a Strategic Power Architect. You no longer merely model a single blade—you design the lifecycle of the engine of the future: from zero-emission concepts to intelligent in-flight self-diagnostic systems. Your scope of activity will encompass hybrid power plants, engines for hypersonic vehicles, and hydrogen energy systems.
The goal of study is to form a Lead Engine Designer and Project Director capable of implementing breakthrough innovations into the conservative aviation industry. We will teach you Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) methodology, deep reliability analysis, and the creation of engine "digital shadows" for predictive service. This is the epicenter of high technology, where combustion physics converges with Big Data and neural networks. You will learn to manage energy flows of such magnitude that they can reshape the landscape of global air transport.
Your Master's superpower: You will develop Holistic Engineering Vision and Efficiency Mastery—the ability to find the perfect balance between thrust, service life, and environmental sustainability. Your professional Master's arsenal will include:
- Next-Gen Combustion Research: investigating detonation combustion processes and alternative fuel combustion.
- Advanced Structural Integrity: predicting fatigue strength and thermal-cyclic endurance of components under extreme temperature gradients.
- Smart Engine Control (Digital FADEC): developing machine learning-based adaptive engine control algorithms.
- Green Aviation Propulsion: designing electric and distributed propulsion systems for silent urban aviation.
Our Master's graduates are lead project designers at premier design bureaus, heads of testing departments at global corporations (Safran, MTU Aero Engines), energy consulting experts, and leaders of scientific groups developing engines for space elevators and suborbital liners.
Objects of professional activity for Master's graduates include turbomachinery theory and computation, engine dynamics and strength, scientific substantiation of new working processes, and technical condition and reliability expertise of aviation power plants.
Field of Study: G Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction
Specialty: G12 Aviation and Rocket-Space Technology
Educational and Professional Program: Aircraft Engines and Power Plants
Educational and Scientific Program: Aircraft Engines and Power Plants
Accreditation Certificate (Educational and Professional Program): The program was introduced in 2025.
Accreditation Certificate (Educational and Scientific Program): The program was introduced in 2025.
Faculty: Faculty of Aircraft Engines
Graduating Departments: Department of Aircraft Engine Design (203), Department of Aircraft Engine Manufacturing Technology (204)