Competencies and objectives
Course context for academic year 2025-26
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Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26
Transversal Competences
- CT01 : Use the foreign language fluently to access information, respond to the needs of society and be self-sufficient in the preparation of their professional life.
- CT02 : Utilizar de forma habitual las herramientas informáticas, así como las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, en todo su desempeño profesional.
- CT03 : Comunicar de forma oral y escrita transmitiendo información, ideas, problemas y soluciones a un público tanto especializado como no especializado.
General Competences
- CG01 : Capacity for the design, development and management in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired as established in section 5 of the order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, air navigation infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG02 : Planning, drafting, direction and management of projects, calculations and manufacturing in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired in accordance with section 5 of order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, air navigation infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG03 : Installation, operation and maintenance in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired as established in section 5 of the order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, of aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, air navigation infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG04 : Verification and Certification in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired as established in section 5 of order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, on aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, aeronautical infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG05 : Ability to carry out activities of design, technical management, expertise, drafting of reports, opinions, and technical advice in tasks related to Aeronautical Technical Engineering, exercise of genuinely aerospace technical functions and positions.
- CG06 : Ability to participate in flight test programmes to collect data on take-off distances, climb rates, stall speeds, manoeuvrability and landing capabilities.
- CG07 : Capacity to analyse and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
- CG08 : Knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the necessary legislation in the exercise of the profession of Aeronautical Technical Engineering.
Specific Competences
- CE01 : Ability to solve mathematical problems that may arise in engineering and aptitude to apply knowledge of: linear algebra; geometry; differential geometry; differential and integral calculus; differential equations and partial derivatives; numerical methods; numerical algorithms; statistics and optimisation.
- CE02 : Understanding and mastery of the basic concepts of the general laws of mechanics, thermodynamics, fields and waves and electromagnetism and their application to the resolution of engineering problems.
- CE03 : Basic understanding of using and programming computers, operating systems, databases and computer programs for use in engineering.
- CE04 : Ability to understand and apply the principles of basic knowledge of general chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry and their applications in engineering.
- CE05 : Capacity for spatial vision and knowledge of graphic representation techniques, both using traditional metric and descriptive geometry methods and by means of computer-aided design applications.
- CE06 : Adequate knowledge of the concept of the company, the institutional and legal framework of the company and the ability to organise and manage companies.
- CE07 : Understanding the behaviour of structures in the face of stresses in service conditions and limit situations.
- CE08 : Understand the thermodynamic cycles that generate mechanical power and thrust.
- CE09 : Understand the globality of the air navigation system and the complexity of air traffic.
- CE10 : Understand how aerodynamic forces determine the dynamics of flight and the role of the different variables involved in the phenomenon of flight.
- CE11 : Understand the technological performance, the techniques for optimising materials and the modification of their properties through treatments.
- CE12 : Understand manufacturing processes.
- CE13 : Understanding the singularity of airport infrastructures, buildings and operation.
- CE14 : Understanding the air transport system and coordination with other modes of transport.
- CE15 : Adequate knowledge and application to engineering of the principles of the mechanics of the continuous medium and the techniques for calculating its response.
- CE16 : Adequate knowledge and application to engineering of the concepts and laws governing the processes of energy transfer, fluid movement, heat transfer mechanisms and the change of matter and their role in the analysis of the main aerospace propulsion systems.
- CE17 : Appropriate knowledge, applied to engineering, of: the fundamental elements of the various types of aircraft; the functional elements of the air navigation system and the associated electrical and electronic installations; the fundamentals of the design and construction of airplanes; the design and construction of aircraft; and the design and construction of the aircraft.
- CE18 : Appropriate knowledge applied to Engineering of: the fundamentals of fluid mechanics; the basic principles of flight control and automation; the main physical and mechanical characteristics and properties of materials.
- CE19 : Applied knowledge of: materials science and technology; mechanics and thermodynamics; fluid mechanics; aerodynamics and flight mechanics; navigation and air traffic systems; aerospace technology; theory of structures; air transport; economics and production; projects; environmental impact.
- CE20 : Appropriate knowledge applied to engineering of: the materials used in building; the needs and development of airport infrastructures and their environmental impact; the buildings necessary for the operation and functioning of airports.
- CE21 : Adequate and applied knowledge to Engineering of: specific building regulations; control procedures and execution of works; operation and management of airports and air transport.
- CE22 : Appropriate knowledge applied to engineering of: the methods of calculation and development of the different airport building and paving solutions; the calculation of the specific systems of airports and their infrastructures; the assessment of the technical and economic performance of aircraft; the handling of experimental techniques, equipment and measuring instruments specific to the discipline; inspection, quality control and failure detection techniques; safety and control plans in airports.
- CE23 : Applied knowledge of: building; electricity; electrical engineering; electronics; flight mechanics; hydraulics; airport installations; materials science and technology; theory of structures; airport maintenance and operation; air transport, cartography, topography, geotechnics and meteorology.
- CE24 : Original exercise to be carried out individually and presented and defended before a university examining board, consisting of a project in the field of specific Aerospace Engineering technologies of a professional nature in which the competences acquired in the course are synthesised and integrated.
Basic Competences
- CB1 : That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that builds on the foundation of general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, while relying on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study.
- CB2 : Students should know how to apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional manner and should possess those skills that are usually reflected when preparing and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.
- CB3 : That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
- CB4 : Students should be able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- CB5 : That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
- Knowledge, understanding and application of the organisation and planning of a company or institution in the aerospace sector.
- Knowledge, understanding and application of work teams, teamwork and oral and written communication in national or foreign companies and institutions in the aerospace sector.
- Knowledge, understanding, application, analysis and synthesis of different specific technical problems that appear in companies, creatively applying the knowledge acquired in the degree.
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26
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General
Code:
33837
Lecturer responsible:
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Credits ECTS:
6,00
Theoretical credits:
0,00
Practical credits:
0,60
Distance-base hours:
5,40
Departments involved
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Dept:
Applied Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering
Area: Aerospace Engineering
Theoretical credits: 0
Practical credits: 0,6
This Dept. is responsible for the course.
This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.
Study programmes where this course is taught
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DEGREE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Course type: OPTIONAL (Year: 4)

