Master's Thesis - Your Connection to the World of Work
Students will do their Master's thesis work valued at a minimum of 30 ECTS (45 ECTS for CU; a combination of a Thesis Internship for 21 ECTS and Practical Assignments for 9 ECTS for UT3 Engineering Track; a combination of a Thesis Internship for 27 ECTS and the course Numerical Simulations and Observations (Astrophysics) for 3 ECTS for UT3 Scientific Track) during the 4th semester. Thesis work may be performed at the host university of the second year, other partner universities, associated members, industry or research institutions related to the Course specialisations.
Students can support their Master's thesis by applying for the Erasmus Traineeship Scholarship via LTU’s International Office or via the international office at the Partner University of the second year.
Previous Master's Theses
- Go to the LTU Publications website
- Choose Advanced search - Student theses
- In Subject/course choose Student thesis, at least 30 credits
- In Educational program chose Space Engineering, master's level (120 credits)
- All other fields should be empty
UT3
The thesis work at UT3 can be performed in Toulouse with a large amount of support from industry and research institutions. For instance applied thesis work could be carried out at companies like Thales Alenia Space, or at CNES (French National Centre for Space Studies). Research-related thesis work could be carried out in the laboratories belonging to the Midi-Pyrénées Observatory.
CU
Thesis work at CU can be undertaken on campus, in association with UK space industry (Astrium, Vega), at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) of the UK Research Councils or in collaboration with the Open University.
CTU, Aalto
The thesis work at CTU and Aalto can be performed around the laboratories at the universities and/or in space-related research projects supervised by the universities. Projects available at CTU are listed here.
LTU
The thesis work at LTU, Kiruna can be performed within the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering in Luleå and Skellefteå, and the Division of Space Technology in Kiruna. Excellent facilities and thesis supervision are offered by the associated members: the Swedish Institute of Space Physics with departments in Kiruna, Umeå, Uppsala and Lund; the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) at Esrange Space Center and Solna; and the EISCAT Scientific Association.
Master's Thesis Placements 2017--
| Space Agencies | Research Institutions |
| CNES, France DLR, Germany ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands ESA, Madrid, Spain JAXA, Japan | CERN, Switzerland CNRS Observatoire Midi Pyrenees, France EISCAT Scientific Association, Sweden Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique & Planétologie (IRAP), France Max Planck Institute For Radio Astronomy, Germany Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden |
| Universities | Companies |
| Consortium Partner Universities Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, USA Massachusetts Inst. Of Technology, USA Stanford University, USA The University of Tokyo, Japan Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain University of Colorado, Boulder, USA University of Helsinki, Finland University of Padova, Italy | Airbus, (Germany, France, UK) AES Aerospace Embedded Solutions, Germany Arctic Space Technologies, Sweden Austrian Space Forum, Austria Esc Aerospace s.r.o. Czech Republic GOMspace, Denmark ICEYE Oy, Finland ISAE Supaéro, France ISIS, Netherlands LEGOS, Toulouse, France LIENSs Laboratory, La Rochelle, France MBDA, Germany N66, Sweden Observatoire Geneve, Switzerland Odysseus Space co, Taiwan OHB System, Bremen, Germany OHB Sweden AB, Sweden Okapi: Orbits, Germany ONERA - French Aerospace Lab, France Orbitare AG, Switzerland SAAB AB, Sweden Smart Driving Solutions Research Center, Czech Republic Space Application Services, Belgium Space Systems, Czech Republic ThrustMe, France TRYO Aerospace Flight Segment, Spain Tyvak International, Italy VonHoerner&Sulger, Germany Weizmann Institute, Israel |