Information Technologies Applied in Aviation

Faculty

Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science

Domain

Computers and information technology

Language

ENGLISH

Website

http://www.unesco.chair.upb.ro

Contact

Sorin Eugen ZAHARIA - sorin.zaharia@gmail.com

Description

This master’s program emphasizes the digitalization of air transport, combining aviation and ICT expertise. It provides a holistic understanding of ICT methods and tools applied to aviation, equipping students to develop, analyze, and manage innovative IT systems for the industry.

Graduates gain interdisciplinary skills for roles such as Chief IoT Officer, Data Architect, Cybersecurity Engineer, Airport UX Designer, Data Scientist, and more.

The program ensures students acquire relevant IT knowledge and skills tailored to aviation, preparing them for modern challenges in data management, cybersecurity, environmental analysis, and user experience within the air transport sector.

Other Information

The study program is carried out in line with UNESCO's mission to provide education for sustainable development and with new trends of air transport digitalization.

First-hand experience of different European planning and practices on ITC applied in aviation, is delivered by an international interdisciplinary group of professors and lecturers: University of Zagreb (Croatia), Ecole de Mines d’Albi (France), University of Strasbourg (France), University of Lisbon (Portugal), University of Zilina (Slovakia).

The UNESCO Department welcome the Erasmus + students and have agreement with Zagreb University (Croatia), Strasbourg University (France), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines D’Albi-Carmaux (France), Univeristy of Paris Sud (France), University of Zilina (Slovakia).

The Master Programme is delivered with an important support from industry of air transport as for example: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), COMOTI, National Company Bucharest Airports (CNAB), Menzies Aviation, DB Systel from Germany and Ministry of Transportation from Romania.

The students have the possibility to develop research in cooperation with professors and students from foreign countries and representatives of air transport industry.