21 Master Programmes in Aviation Management in Europe for 2024

The Aerospace Management MSc prepares and trains participants to hold managerial positions in aeronautics, space and airline industries.

This MSc in Aviation Digital Technology Management aims to develop professionals to innovate and apply digital technology in the aerospace industry. The course adds the digital component to aeronautical engineering graduates. It helps them to expand from the design and manufacture foci of established aeronautical engineering programmes to the wider aviation industry opportunities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left aviation facing unprecedented challenges, not least the need to develop more sustainable practices in the recovery. Prepare for a career where you can lead this change with our MSc Sustainable Air Transport Operations and Planning postgraduate degree. Delivered by an expert academic teaching team, our course combines interdisciplinary modules designed to nurture your practical and analytical skillset. We're excited to be the first UK course delivered in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) - a world leader in aviation education.

The Specialized Master's program in Air Transport Management aims to provide a systemic understanding of all aspects of the air transport sector, including air transport economics, operations, marketing, and financial strategies, human resource management and performance, and main challenges and strategies for the future.

Air transport is intrinsically linked to global economic prosperity. Before the COVID pandemic, more than four billion people traveled by air annually and air travel grew by over five percent a year. The air transport business environment is rapidly changing, and the industry requires access to advanced and comprehensive knowledge, combined with an in-depth understanding of its requirements.

This master program is designed to introduce students to both the science and the art of turbulence at an early point in their studies. The fundamental concepts of turbulence theory are taught together with advanced, state‐of‐ the‐art computational and experimental methodologies so that students not only gain an understanding of all three but also learn how these can be used together.

This course has been developed to meet the needs of graduates worldwide seeking to gain greater knowledge and experience of the air transport industry and looking to progress into senior roles in management, operations and commercial planning of airlines, airports, government departments and aviation-related businesses such as aircraft manufacturing, finance and consultancy. It is designed to provide a strong theoretical and analytical basis, coupled with the application of many practical techniques and strategies. The course builds on the successful series of aviation short courses that have attracted participants from around the globe to the University each year. The School has a long-established interest in air transport research, consultancy and teaching, having been set up by the renowned aviation academic Professor Rigas Doganis some 40 years ago. The University's association with aviation goes back much further, however, as it was here in the 19th century that Sir George Cayley first demonstrated the principles of flight. Modules on both the one-year full-time course and the two-year part-time course are taught in blocks of five days at a time. Students take six taught modules in total (over one year on the full-time course, or two to three years on the block release part-time course) and complete a research dissertation. Email contact and tutorial support are provided between the module blocks along with guest lectures and workshop sessions for full-time students. International students who require a student visa will need to apply for the one-year full-time course.

The Master in Aeronautical Management program provides an interdisciplinary insight into the aviation systems, i. e. airlines, maintenance facilities, and legislation authorities. Applicants have to be graduates of bachelor study programs in aviation systems.

The Master of International Business Administration (MIBA) program at the American University in Switzerland ensures that our students are fully prepared to lead and manage in today’s competitive and changing global marketplace. We focus on integrating traditional business knowledge with practical decision-making, problem-solving, creativity, and strategic thinking while engaging in real-world projects. We create a practical learning and research environment that emphasizes collaboration and active engagement with industry leaders.

The aeronautical industry is constantly evolving in terms of legislation, technologies, strategies, processes and protocols. Against this, the worldwide demand for airline management experts according to modern criteria of safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, quality, sustainability, resilience, transparency, non-discrimination is growing. The Master therefore intends to respond to this need, strongly felt today in the labor market, by acquiring skills and providing the technical-legal and economic-managerial tools to optimally master the management of airlines, responding and adapting to requests and challenges of a sector subject to continuous changes.

Want to take off on an exciting career journey in aviation? Airlines welcomed more than 4.5 billion passengers in 2019, and the industry continues to operate within a rapidly changing environment facing an array of challenges.

The 2nd studies cycle in Aeronautic Maintenance Technology and Management aims to fulfill the needs of the labor market and to train professionals with skills in aeronautics maintenance, or other related areas, essential to the Engineering activities in an ever-growing industry in Portugal. The objective is to raise post-graduate professionals capable of technical and professional leadership, as well as an ability to adapt to a society in constant change.

This postgraduate course allows students to learn how the management of air transport companies is articulated: airport managers, airlines, auxiliary companies, air navigation business managers and the aeronautical industry.

Aviation is one of the most dynamic business sectors in the world and has always offered fascinating job opportunities for qualified professionals. Innovative technologies, ecological requirements and increasing competition have transformed the structure of the industry dramatically and will continue to pose further challenges in the future.

The global aviation industry is highly complex and is subject to constant change and challenge in sustaining competitiveness while offering a safe and efficient passenger experience. Now, more than ever, aviation needs effective and highly capable management and leadership.