General information about the educational program
Full name of the higher educational institution and structural subdivision: National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", Faculty of Rocket and Space Engineering, Department of Design of Rocket Technology, Department of Space Technology and Non-Traditional Energy Sources, Department of Composite Structures and Aviation Materials Science
Degree of higher education: Bachelor
Qualification in the diploma: Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering of Areas of knowledge Mechanical Engineering
The official name of the educational and scientific program: Rocket-Space Engineering
Type of diploma and scope of the educational-scientific program: Bachelor's degree, unit, term of study 3 years 10 months
– on the basis of complete general secondary education - 240 ECTS credits.
– on the basis of the degree «professional junior bachelor», «junior bachelor» (educational qualification level «junior specialist») – 240 ECTS credits. At the same time, KhAI recognises and re-credits no more than 60 ECTS credits received within the previous educational programme of training for a professional junior bachelor, junior bachelor (junior specialist).
Availability of accreditation: Certificate of accreditation: Series УД № 21001693 dated 20 February 2018, issued on the basis of the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 2642л dated 15.07.2014 (on the basis of the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 1565 dated 19.12.2016 (minutes of the АК № 10 dated 08.07.2014). Accreditation period: until July 01, 2024. Updating or modernisation of the educational programme is carried out in accordance with Section 5 of the Regulation «On the Development and Modernisation of Educational Programmes at KhAI».
Cycle / level: First (bachelor's) level. NQF of Ukraine - level 6, FQ-EHEA - first cycle, QF-LLL - level 6
Prerequisites: A person has the right to obtain a bachelor's degree, provided that there is a complete general secondary education in accordance with the procedure established by law
Language (s) of instruction: The language of teaching is state language and English. In order to create conditions for international academic mobility, a decision may be made to teach one or more disciplines in English and/or other foreign languages
The purpose of the educational and professional program:
Training of highly qualified specialists (bachelors) capable of using professional knowledge and practical skills to solve complex specialised problems arising in the labour market and practical problems of employers in aerospace engineering, including with the help of composite materials.
Suitability of graduates for employment
Suitability for employment: A bachelor can hold primary positions of master, mechanic, technician, designer, technologist at enterprises and design organisations of the aviation, rocket and space and mechanical engineering industries, as well as in other institutions, involving the development, manufacture and testing of rocket-space engineering, as well as in other institutions as a technician of structural units
Places of employment: research, design and development, manufacturing, public and private enterprises engaged in the development and creation of rocket-space engineering, including composite materials.
Academic rights of graduates: Continuing education at the second (master's) level to obtain a «Мaster» degree. Acquisition of additional qualifications in the postgraduate education system.
Teaching and evaluation
Teaching and learning: Student-centered learning, self-learning, problem-oriented learning is aimed at developing critical and creative thinking, learning through laboratory and industrial practice, dual, distance education, etc. Lectures, multimedia lectures, laboratory work, seminars, practical classes in small groups, independent work based on textbooks and notes, consultations with teachers, preparation of a bachelor's work
Evaluation: Written exams, practice reports, essays, presentations, current (modular) control, bachelor's qualification work and its protection
Description of the subject area:
Objects of study: phenomena and problems associated with the stages of creation of rocket-space engineering structures, including those made of composite materials.
Learning objective: acquiring competencies sufficient to solve specialised and practical problems related to the development and manufacture of rocket-space engineering structures, including those using composite materials
Theoretical content of the subject area: concepts and principles of physical processes, mechanics of deformed solids, technical mechanics, hydraulics, aero- and gas dynamics, thermal physics and electrical engineering
Methods, techniques and technologies: analytical, numerical and experimental methods of researching the problems of the subject area, including integrated computer technologies, methods and technologies related to the stages of development and manufacture of rocket-space engineering structures
Instruments and equipment: laboratory equipment with measuring instruments, in particular hydraulic stands, wind tunnels, equipment for studying the properties of materials, stress-strain state of structures; training laboratories for studying the structures of rocket-space engineering, equipment used for the manufacture, assembly and testing of structures of rocket-space engineering, including from composite materials; computers with information and specialized software, in particular computer calculation systems, geometric modelling, finite element analysis, integrated design and manufacture of rocket-space engineering structures
Orientation of the educational and professional program:
The bachelor's educational and professional is intended for students who want to become specialists in the design and manufacture of rocket-space engineering structures.
Main focus of the educational and professional program (specialization):
The educational and professional programme establishes the qualification requirements for the social and production activities of graduates of a higher education institution in the specialty 134 «Aerospace Engineering» of the educational degree «Bachelor» and state requirements for the properties and qualities of a person who has received a certain educational level of the appropriate professional direction according to the educational and professional programme «Rocket-Space Engineering».
Features of educational and professional program:
The educational programme is aimed at studying the choice of general accounting, rocket-space engineering layout, calculations of composite materials and structures based on them, creation of technological processes for the manufacture of rocket-space engineering structures, including those made of composite materials, development of structural solutions for rocket-space engineering structures, including those made of composite materials, using information and additive technologies.
The internship is conducted at enterprises that manufacture rocket-space engineering structures, including those made of composite materials.
Summary, Structure and Components of the Educational Program