Aerospace Engineering Course
I want to fly an airplane with my own hands! I want to learn about the mechanisms of aircraft and rockets!
After learning the fundamentals of flight mechanics, propulsion engineering, structural engineering, and other fields required for the design and operation of aircraft, rockets, and artificial satellites, students gain practical experience in systems-oriented aerospace engineering.
About the Education Program
Systematically acquire elemental technologies and develop practical system design skills
Through comprehensive education in the aerospace field, students will develop a systematic way of thinking, while also learning practical specialized education with an emphasis on the fundamental technologies that make up the systems.By concentrating on the most fundamental academic field within aerospace systems engineering, which integrates various elements and technologies, we aim to develop specialists with a wealth of knowledge and practical skills.
In the first year, students will study common subjects for the Faculty Faculty of Science and Engineering, as well as common subjects for natural sciences and information sciences, to develop the foundations of science and engineering and acquire the ability to use data.
In the second year, students will study the basics of other courses through specialized foundation subjects to improve their basic engineering skills, and will also begin studying course subjects. In addition, students will learn the basics of semiconductor engineering regardless of their specialty.
Aerospace Engineering Course
Flow of the four years
First year
By studying common subjects for the Faculty Faculty of Science and Engineering, as well as common subjects for natural science and information science, students will develop the basics of science and engineering and acquire the ability to use data. In the second semester, students will also take an Introduction to Engineering course to learn the outline of each course.
Second Year
In the first semester, students will study the basics of other courses through specialized foundation subjects to improve their basic engineering skills, and will also begin studying the foundation subjects of their course. Students will also learn the basics of semiconductor engineering regardless of their specialty. In the second semester, students will focus on their course subjects.
Third Year
From the second semester of the second year, students will continue to acquire specialized knowledge that is the foundation of aerospace engineering through course subjects, and will also acquire system-oriented practical application skills through practical training subjects.
Fourth Year
In the fourth year, students are assigned to a research lab and engage in practical learning through graduation research. They set goals for issues in their respective fields, tackle them using the knowledge and skills they have acquired, and by achieving their goals, they solidify their knowledge and develop problem-solving skills.
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About the classes
Aircraft Design Method I & II
In "Aircraft Design Method I" in the second semester of the third year, students design a radio-controlled, motor-propelled model airplane as a culmination of the specialized knowledge and skills they have learned up to that point, such as aerodynamics, flight mechanics, and drafting. In "Aircraft Design Method II" in the first semester of the fourth year, students actually build and fly the airplane, and finally present the results in front of everyone. Through this kind of practical learning, students will fully acquire the knowledge they need to be successful as engineers in the field of aerospace engineering.
About the Research
Research to revolutionize high-speed flight systems into the atmosphere and into space
In collaboration with the Aerospace Plane Research Center, we are researching and developing a small supersonic flight experimental aircraft (Oowashi). We are developing the following: 1) a lightweight, high-strength, high-rigidity, and high-performance aircraft that uses a lot of composite materials, 2) an aircraft with high flight characteristics that realizes stable flight from subsonic to supersonic speeds, 3) a high-performance propulsion system that realizes supersonic flight, and 4) a guidance, control, and communication system that realizes autonomous flight. These research and development projects are carried out by undergraduate students assigned to the Aerospace Plane Research Center as part of their graduation research, under the guidance of faculty and graduate students.
Professor Masaharu Utsumi
Director, Aerospace Plane Research Center
Research Field
Aerospace Systems Engineering, Rocket Propulsion Engineering
Main research themes
Development of elemental and system technologies for supersonic jet and rocket engines
Licenses and qualifications available
driver licence
- High school teacher license (industrial) etc. *Teacher training course credits required
Employment situation
- All Nippon Airways
- DOWA Holdings
- IHI
- JFE Plant Engineering
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- NOK
- Isuzu Motors
- AIRDO
- Kubota
- Kobelco Construction Machinery
- Suzuki
- Nabtesco
- Ebara Corporation
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Tsukishima Machinery
- Furukawa Co., Ltd.
- Japan Air Self-Defense Force
- Takasago Thermal Engineering
- Mitsubishi Motors
- Mitsubishi Electric Engineering
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries
- Nippon Steel Corporation
- Shinryo Corporation
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- Kawaju Gifu Engineering
- Obayashi Corporation
- Central Engineering
- Churyo Engineering
- Tokyo Fire Department
- Nippon Steel Tex Engineering
- Nippon Express
- Japanese Airplane
- Hitachi Automotive Systems
- Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems
- Hitachi Zosen
- Ryoyu Systems, etc.
