National Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute»

Educational Program “Earth Space Monitoring”

Educational Program "Space Earth Monitoring" is a view of the planet from hundreds of kilometers high through the lens of digital sensors. Today, such a specialist is an Orbital Data Analyst and Planetary Intelligence Engineer. You are the one who operates humanity's "eyes" in space, decoding gigabytes of satellite data to save forests, discover resources, and track climate change in real time. Your targets will be satellite constellations, neural networks for image analysis, and dynamic models of oceans and continents.

The goal of study is to turn you into a "digital cartographer of the Universe", capable of seeing the invisible to the human eye. We will teach you Earth remote sensing (ERS), radar scanning, and working with geographic information systems (GIS). This is the territory of Space Tech & Big Data, where satellite imagery is converted into strategic information. You will learn to detect atmospheric anomalies, forecast crop yields, and track crustal movements, becoming an architect of a safe future for the entire planet.

Your superpower: In a world where orbital information is more valuable than gold, you will possess Satellite Intelligence and Spatial Analysis Mastery — the skills to manage data streams arriving at speeds of 7 km/s. Your professional arsenal will include:

- Hyperspectral Data Analysis: recognizing the chemical composition of objects on Earth using spectral analysis from space.

- Radar Interferometry: measuring millimeter-scale displacements of soil and structures from orbital radars.

- AI for Earth Observation: training neural networks to automatically detect wildfires, oil spills, or military equipment.

- Google Earth Engine & Cloud Computing: processing planetary-scale data on supercomputers in the cloud.

Our graduates are analysts in space agencies (SSAU, ESA), developers in IT giants (Maxar, EOS Data Analytics), UN environmental monitoring experts, and national security specialists who see the world in 8K resolution from orbit.

Objects of professional activity for bachelor's graduates are satellite observation systems; digital elevation and terrain models; aerospace imagery in various spectrum ranges; as well as geographic information platforms for territorial management.


Field of study: E Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics

Specialty: E4 Earth Sciences

Educational Program: Space Earth Monitoring

Competitive offer: Space Earth Monitoring

Accreditation Certificate: UD №21020612 issued on June 26, 2025. Valid until July 01, 2029.

Faculty: Faculty of Rocket and Space Engineering

Graduating Department: Department of Geographic Information Technologies and Space Earth Monitoring (407)

Part-time study form available: yes

Training of foreign citizens available: no