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Training Course “Space SWD – Space Safety, Space Weather, and Space Debris”

General Objectives of the Course

The “Space SMD – Space Safety, Space Meteorology and Space Debris” course aims to provide introductory training in the interdisciplinary topics of space safety, space meteorology, and space debris, topics of particular relevance in the context of the national space strategy. Aimed at undergraduate or postgraduate students in exact sciences, or natural sciences, or engineering and technology sciences, or medical and health sciences, or social sciences: economics and business, or social sciences: law, or military sciences, and workers for whom the topic is professionally relevant, seeking a brief basic training in these emerging fields.

Admission Requirements

Attendance at a higher education degree (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD) or postgraduate program in exact sciences, or natural sciences, or engineering and technology sciences, or medical and health sciences, or social sciences: economics and business, or social sciences: law, or military sciences. Professionals with a Bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent, for whom the course is demonstrably relevant to their professional activity, as evidenced by a letter of justification. Access is granted through analysis of the elements included in the curriculum vitae, namely: analysis of the curricular units completed in higher education and their grades, analysis of the professional activities performed (technical, research, or other), and analysis of the letter of motivation. A letter of support from a higher education professor, a scientific researcher, the employer, or a hierarchical superior may also be requested and will also be analyzed. It is recommended that candidates have at least a secondary teaching level knowledge of physics and mathematics.

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Mode of Study

Face-to-face

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Final grade: Approved, Not Approved.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

Students should develop a basic interdisciplinary scientific and technical understanding in the area of space situational awareness — focused on the emerging fields of space safety, space weather, and space debris — and develop skills for identifying scientific-technical and societal problems, accompanied by the consequent development of basic skills for planning strategies and methods for problem-solving, for interpreting data and phenomena, for using existing applications, and for designing new applications and eventual prototyping, including their economic potential, in this area.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra

Study Programme

“Space SWD – Space Safety, Space Weather, and Space Debris”

Academic year
2025-2026

Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 1 Semester(s)

ECTS Credits: 1.0