将空气动力学、推进、结构与轨道力学整合为专为飞机与航天器设计而建的单一学位。
薪酬78
抗AI74
入行门槛74
航空航天工程在本站通向2种职业，按薪酬排序，并说明该专业为何仍然有效。
通向的职业
Vehicle systems, orbital mechanics and failure analysis are the daily substance of training; engineering remains the single most common background across NASA, ESA and China's post-2020 selections.
薪酬55
抗AI74
入行门槛99
开设该专业的地方
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
美国1914年成立的航空宇航系为美国同类最古老。
Georgia Institute of Technology
美国按 enrollment 为美国最大 aerospace program 之一，与附近洛克希德·马丁、达美运营紧密关联。
Imperial College London
英国leading European aeronautics department，long-running historic 风洞与 flight-test 传统。
Delft University of Technology
荷兰运营欧洲 largest dedicated aerospace faculty，自有 flight-test aircraft 与风洞。
ISAE-SUPAERO
法国1909年图卢兹成立，world's oldest aerospace schools 之一，与附近空客及空客防务与航天 closely linked。
Moscow Aviation Institute
俄罗斯1930年以来苏联 flagship aerospace school， feeding military aviation bureau 与俄罗斯 space program。
Beihang University
中国1952年北京航空航天天学成立，中国 leading aerospace university， feeding civil 与 military program。
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
印度航空航天系为 ISRO major feeder。
United States Naval Academy
United StatesMore astronaut alumni than any other US institution — over fifty, including Alan Shepard and Jim Lovell — via the naval aviation and test-pilot pipeline.
Purdue University
United StatesThe self-styled "Cradle of Astronauts": more than 25 astronaut alumni, including the first and last people to walk on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan.
University of Tokyo
JapanIts aeronautics department trained JAXA astronauts including three-flight veteran Soichi Noguchi and Naoko Yamazaki; the standard academic gateway to Japan's corps.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
GermanyWhere ESA's Alexander Gerst — volcano geophysicist turned two-mission ISS commander — took his geophysics degree before the 2009 ESA selection.
这条路径上的资格
Professional Engineer (PE), aerospace discipline
美国state-issued license available，但 rarely pursued——most aerospace engineer 不需要，因 work 不像 civil engineer public-facing design 须 licensed PE sign。
FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER)
美国FAA personally authorized 工程师，代表 agency approve specific aircraft design data categories—— aviation certification 内 significant credential。
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
英国/英联邦Royal Aeronautical Society 授予，several years responsible experience，Commonwealth 广泛认可为 professional standing 而非 legal work requirement。
European Engineer (EUR ING)
欧盟FEANI 授予 cross-border professional title，满足 shared minimum education 与 experience，EU member states recognized。
NASA astronaut selection
United StatesRequires US citizenship, a STEM master's degree (or MD, test-pilot school, or doctoral progress), professional experience or 1,000 jet pilot-in-command hours, and passing the NASA long-duration flight astronaut physical. Roughly every four years; 10 chosen from over 12,000 in 2021.
ESA astronaut selection
EuropeOpen to citizens of ESA member states roughly once a decade. The 2021–22 campaign drew 22,523 applications and produced 5 career astronauts, 11 reserves and 1 parastronaut through six elimination stages, from cognitive batteries to medical boards at Cologne.
Roscosmos cosmonaut selection
RussiaRun through the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, open since 2012 to civilian engineers as well as military pilots. Candidates must pass the state medical commission and years of examinations before earning the title of cosmonaut.
China Manned Space Agency selection
ChinaBatches selected since 1998, originally only PLA fighter pilots; the third and fourth batches added civilian flight engineers and payload specialists, with the 2024 round including candidates from Hong Kong and Macau for the first time.