Hi, Habr.
Space Odyssey tightly captured the best IT-minds of Runet, and we could not ask ourselves the question: where do Bradbury, Asimov fans and abnormal programming actually make rocket masters? We will try to answer it today. For starters, here it is, and then, if it is interesting, we will get to the exams for Gagarin.

And, by the way, this is the first welcome post from the company (and portal) WeStudy.in :
Since we are about education (primarily abroad), we are going to write about all the most interesting things: universities, training programs, the admission process, the opportunity to receive a scholarship or grant, internships and ... and, in general, a lot -Many things.

We looked at what was interesting for Habra and us, and we chose these topics for the start:
- Rocketry
- Robots
- DIY
- Well, something about programming, of course (so that at least 1 out of 4 was about code and coffee!)
')


Small lyrical digression: This is Kyrobo.) And he is a robot. He became the only passenger of the cargo module HTV4 “Konotori” (4 Transfer Vehicle), which was literally yesterday sent into orbit using the H-IIB F4 launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center to the ISS.
Its growth is a little more than 30 cm, and the development is part of the Kibo Robot Project project by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University.

Of course, we are not so Japanese, but many have tried or at least thought about the prototypes of their own flying machines made of wood, paper, and other improvised materials. Some enthusiasts quite successfully launch home-made devices and clearly document everything. Fortunately, the Russian traditions are the most traditions, who still have, for example, Tsiolkovsky?
And where to go to do rocket science professionally? In this post, we will look at educational programs on rocket science in Russia and abroad, what they are taught there, what documents are needed for admission, how many places and what documents you will need.
Of course, this year it is already too late to enter Russian universities, for example, the reception of documents is over, but the next year ... :)

Russia

Moscow State Technical University. Bauman (MSTU them. Bauman) and the faculty of " Rocket-space technology ", founded in 1956. The faculty is working closely with the base enterprise "Almaz-Antey", which produces various types of weapons.

The faculty trains students in 8 specialties:
• 160800 Rocketry and cosmonautics
• 160801 Rocketry
• 160400 Traffic Control Systems and Navigation
• 160403 Aircraft control systems
• 160300 Aircraft engines
• 160302 Rocket engines
• 15100 Design and technological support of automated engineering industries
• 151003 Instrumental systems of machine-building productions

Deadline for submission of documents: until July 25.

Number of training places: 131 budget places, 83 places for those who are willing to pay for flights to Mars.

Tuition: 212,400 per year undergraduate and 236,000 per year in graduate school.

Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and the Faculty of Aerospace .
The faculty in its present form was founded in 1968. But its history began back in 1930, when the Higher Aeromechanical School was established on the basis of the Bauman Aeromechanical Faculty, which was later renamed MAI.
The faculty trains students in 11 specialties:
• 160802 - “Spacecraft and upper stages”
• 160801 - “Rocketry”
• 150301 - “Dynamics and strength of machines”
• 150502 - "Design and manufacture of products from composite materials"
• 160703 - “Flight Dynamics and Motion Control of Aircraft”
• 230301 - “Modeling and research of operations in organizational and technical systems”
• 160804 - "Life support systems and protection of rocket and space vehicles"
• 200402 - “Engineering in Biomedical Practice”
• 230104 - “Computer Aided Design Systems”
• 160906 - "Testing of aircraft"
• 020801 - “Ecology”

The deadline for submission of documents: until August 4 to the bachelor's degree, and until August 6 to the magistracy.

Number of training places: 325 places bachelor (budget), 37 places master's degree (budget), 20 places bachelor (paid education), 10 places magistracy (paid education).

Tuition: from 48,000 to 129,000 rubles per academic year.

The next university is not metropolitan, but who is embarrassed when it comes to space?
Omsk State Technical University (OmGU) and the Faculty of Radio Engineering represent the following specialties:
• Design and technology of electronic means
• Infocommunication technologies and communication systems
• Radio engineering
• Electronics and Nanoelectronics
• Information Security
• Instrumentation
• Security of information technology in law enforcement
• Infocommunication technologies and special communication systems

Deadline for submission of documents: until July 25.

Number of training places: 15 budget places

Tula State University (TSU) and the Department of Rocket Engineering with the following specialties:
• "Rocket"
• "Rocket engines"
• “Ballistics”

Deadline for submission of documents: until August 3.

Number of training places: 59 budget places.

Programs and universities abroad

And now to the sweet, that is, to abroad. It is clear that for all serious programs VERY good English is required, and confirmed by a certificate. And just like that, with a swoop, you cannot enter one of the three main universities that we have selected - you need systematic preparation (by the way, we can help with this) and a lot of patience.

Massachusetts University of Technology (MIT) and the Aerospace Faculty are the oldest and most respected aerospace program in the United States. The first courses began to be read in 1924. The faculty actively collaborates with NASA and the US Department of Defense, which provide funding and jobs for students. MIT needs no special presentation, it's Mecca, of its kind. Directions of research and training (given in the English version, for the standard):

• Communications and Networks
• Controls
• Humans in Aerospace
• Materials and Structures
• Space Propulsion
• Space Systems

Deadline for submission of documents: until December 15.

Tuition: 63.110 dollars (per year)


The University of Colorado at Boulder and the Aerospace Engineering Program.
The faculty trains 250 graduate students and 400 students. The faculty maintains an extensive student funding system. Good for everyone, though in Canada it's cool (but for Russians it is not the biggest obstacle). The main research and teaching directions:
• Aerospace engineering systems
• Aerodynamic and satellite navigation systems
• Bioastronavtika
• Space sciences and remote sensors

Deadline for submission of documents: until December 1.

Tuition: 34.097 dollars (not Canada, and the United States) per year.


Indian University of Technology , Bombay and Aerospace Engineering . Especially good for those who, in parallel with sending people into space, dream of sending themselves to Nirvana;) India after all.
The faculty was founded in 1965, has several laboratories in the field of aerodynamics and control systems, an advanced training center. The university actively conducts research activities, supports a large number of projects sponsored by ARDB, ADA, ISRO, DST, AICTE, MHRD.

Deadline for submission of documents: until January 3.

Tuition fee: US $ 90,000

Of course, this is not all possible programs related to rocket science, but we have tried to select the best of them. Make global conclusions yourself, but we will make a trivial conclusion - although there is a small layer of dust and historicity on our Russian rocket science programs, and foreign programs shine like a new cent, this does not mean that somewhere is better, and somewhere worse to learn. Everyone chooses for himself.

Naturally, if the Habrocosmosociety will have additions, comments or suggestions, it will be great to add something to the list or what to say in the future.