Graduates

As a graduate student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, you will be advancing your knowledge and career through research and education in a highly academic ranked program for aeronautics, astronautics, and computational analysis.Ìý

You will learn from and work with world-renowned engineers and scientists tackling challenges in aerospace technology and science across a broad variety of research areas, including hypersonics, astrodynamics and satellite navigation, bioastronautics, remote sensing, vehicle systems, and structures and materials.

With more than 60 faculty members and over 500 MS and PhD students, our graduate programs will prepare you to meet current and future needs of society through understanding, conception, design, and application of aerial and spacecraft systems.Ìý

  • In the MS program, we focus on hands-on, experiential learning, technical and organizational expertise, and end-to-end mission and systems perspectives.
  • The Professional Masters of Science Program (ProMS) provides an affordable course-work only option to students who desire a more flexible and customized degree.
  • In our PhD program, we prepare students for exceptional research careers in commercial, governmental, and academic institutions.
  • We also offer two unique dual graduate degree partnership programs, one joins Aerospace and Engineering Management, and a second that combines a Medical Doctorate and a Master of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

What our students say:

“My work bridges aerospace and atmospheric science, and CU Boulder makes that kind of interdisciplinary research possible."Ìý

- Céu Gómez-Faulk, PhD Student

Céu Gómez-Faulk holding a RAAVEN drone.

“Aerospace at CU feels interdisciplinary by nature. Even within our department, people are working on everything from human-robot interaction to orbital mechanics. You’re constantly learning from people doing very different kinds of research.â€

- Kristen Amarell, PhD Student

Kristen Amarell

"This program prepares me for both the human performance side and the technology side of spaceflight. Whether I go into space life sciences, spacecraft systems, or pursue a PhD, I feel ready."Ìý

- Marielle Lenehan, MS Student

Marielle Lenehan in SCUBA gear.

Want to know more? Contact us.

$37.3 M

in Research Awards
for FY 2025

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#5

Ranked Public Aerospace
Graduate Program

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175,000 ft2

Dedicated Aerospace Building
Opened 2019

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