University Microcredential In-Space Electric Propulsion
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- Director: Eduardo Ahedo Galilea.
- Language: English.
- Campus: Leganés.
- Mode: On campus.
- Dates: From September, 19 to October, 3 2025.
- Schedule: From Mondays to Friday 17:30-20:30 hours, except Wednesdays from 16:30 to 19:00 hours.
- Duration: 16 hours.
- ECTS: 2.
- Price: €300.
- Places: 20
- Admission Deadline: Until September 18, 2025.
- Scholarships: 18 Banco Santander scholarships
- Departament: Aerospace Engineering
Understanding of:
- The advantages of electric propulsion over chemical propulsion.
- The principles of operation and performance of the different types of electric thrusters.
- The basic components of their design, materials, thermal control, and other technological aspects.
- The selection process of a specific technology for a given space mission.
- The physics of the plasma discharge of the different technologies.
- The diagnostic systems and procedures for testing in a vacuum chamber.
- PROGRAM
1. Present and future of in-space electric propulsion.
2. Gridded ion engines.
3. Hall Effect thrusters.
4. Other electric propulsion technologies.
5. Laboratory session: Diagnostics and testing of electric thrusters.
- FACULTY
UC3M Faculty
- EDUARDO AHEDO GALILEA
PROFESSOR - MARIO MERINO MARTINEZ
PROFESSOR - JAUME NAVARRO CAVALLÉ
FULL PROFESSOR
- EDUARDO AHEDO GALILEA
- ADMISSION
Directed at/towards:
No university degree is required.
Prerequisites: 2 years of a bachelor's degree in engineering or physics, in order to have acquired a minimum physics background to follow the subject.
REGISTRATION, ENROLLMENT AND PAYMENTSTEP 1 - REGISTER
- You do not need to register if you are already a student at UC3M or have been a student at UC3M.
- If you do not remember your password, you can create a new one
- Registration Guide
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STEP 2 - APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Use the username and password you entered when you registered.
For any questions or incidents related to the application for admission, please contact: admisiontp@postgrado.uc3m.es
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Methodology
La evaluación se basará en la asistencia activa a las sesiones, y pruebas cortas realizadas durante o después de las clases.
DatesFrom September, 19 to October, 3 2025.
ScheduleFrom Mondays to Friday 17:30-20:30 hours, except Wednesdays from 16:30 to 19:00 hours.
- SANTANDER SCHOLARSHIPS
Santander Microcredentials Scholarships 2025
Term : from September 3, 2025 to October 28, 2025 (both inclusive)
Number of grants : 18
Amount : €300
Resolution : before November 28, 2025