Bachelor Aéronautique, specialisation Drones & Systèmes Autonomes (year 3) at IPSA

Third-year specialisation of the IPSA Bachelor Aéronautique on the Paris-Ivry and Toulouse campuses, training drone designers, integrators and operators for civil, industrial and defence uses. Students prepare the official drone pilot licence through the Dronexperts programme and the course leads to the RNCP38782 level 6 title issued under the authority of ESME.

Faculty: IPSA  |  Department: Bachelor  |  Duration: 1 year (year 3 of the Bachelor)  |  Study mode: work-study (2 weeks school, 2 weeks company) or initial (2 weeks school, 2 weeks project plus 4-6 month internship); taught in French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Ivry-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

Drone design, modelling and integration, flight mechanics and aerodynamics of drones, embedded systems and communication (radio links, telemetry, GNSS), aviation regulation (DGAC, EASA, SORA), introduction to autonomous flight programming, FPGA logic, microcontrollers, data acquisition, robotics and rapid prototyping, plus a drone pilot licence module.

Career pathways

Drone designers and integrators, maintenance and test technicians, drone inspection or surveillance officers, civil drone operators, technicians in design offices or R&D.

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