Mission and Vision
Mission: Advanced Research and Education in Aerospace Engineering
Vision: Strategy of differentiation and excellence based on exigence, matching the cutting edge technology field
Values:
- Professionalism and performance
- Professional Responsibility, exigence, according to the aerospace industry standards
- Integrity, honesty, solid ethics
- Scientific and Technical Creativity, investing of mind power in everything that we do
- Solidarity and esprit de corps, the graduates’ sense of belonging to an international professional network
- National spirituality and its resurgence in Europe and worldwide
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (FAE) Mission is defined in the UPB Charter and is that of advanced research and education, as an intersection of education (formative process) and scientific research, by generating knowledge and innovation, as main objectives of a knowledge based society and economy.
FAE produces intelectuals, namely aerospace engineers and researchers, at the three levels of the university education: bachelor, master, and doctorate. Also, the faculty is an important part of the national aerospace scientific research system.
FAE achieved an exceptional prestige, internationally reknown for its competitive graduates. FAE is now on a rising trend, close to the status of a professional excellence niche.
The aeronautical and spatial domain is one at the edge of knowledge, highly complex and in the forefront of technology. The school in this domain educates a professional ellite. Consequently, the adequate strategy is one of differentiation and of excellence, of performance based on high demands.
The motivational engine of the faculty works well in Romania for over a century: the passion for aviation and astronautics.
On Engineering
“It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. That is the engineer’s high privilege.
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his shortcomings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned…
On the other hand, unlike the doctor his is not a life among the weak. Unlike the soldier, destruction is not his purpose. Unlike the lawyer, quarrels are not his daily bread. To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope. No doubt as years go by the people forget which engineer did it, even if they ever knew. Or some politician puts his name on it. Or they credit it to some promoter who used other people’s money . . . But the engineer himself looks back at the unending stream of goodness which flows from his successes with satisfactions that few professions may know. And the verdict of his fellow professionals is all the accolade he wants.”
The 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover (1874 – 1964)
Latest posts
Flight Training 2019
Since its beginning, the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering organized a long awaited event for the students: the flight training at the end of the second year of study. This tradition was discontinued in the late 90’s, only to be brought back recently with the...
Romanian Aviation Academy Hires Aviation Engineers
Romanian Civil Aviation Academy (SSAvC) hires two aviation engineers. Details <here>. UPB Faculty of Aerospace Engineering signed in 2016 a strategic partnership with the Aviation Academy materialized in students internship, aircraft maintenance, pilots...
Office Special Summer Program
Faculty and Dean's Office of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering are open according to a special schedule in the summer time as follows: every Wednesday 10 am - 1 pm. The office is open on Wednesday 24 July and Thursday 25 July 8 am - 6 pm, but is closed on Friday 26...
3DEXPERIENCE: The New French Revolution
Today we celebrate France and we remember the French Revolution, which reshaped the history of Europe and of the mankind. Less would we expect a New French Revolution, infinitely more peaceful, to reshape the history of Europe and of the mankind starting from...
Astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher About the Future Space Exploration
We invite you on Thursday 4th of July 2019 in the Great Amphitheater F024 V. N. Constantinescu at 09:45 for a memorable meeting with a remarkable American astronaut, Dr. Anna Fisher. On this occasion, Dr. Fisher will talk about Future Space Explorations. We...
Dassault Aviation Prize 2019 was awarded to a UPB-FAE team!
On 6 June 2019 at the Air and Space Museum of Paris Le Bourget, the students of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering gathered in the ASAIA team have won the prestigious Dassault Aviation Prize, awarded by the European Astronautic Club, with support from Airbus,...
Tarom hires aviation engineers
Courtesy of our Alumna Diana Liță, aerospace engineer working for Tarom in the Structural and Advanced Composite Repair Shop, here you find a hiring ad from Tarom regarding aeronautical engineers. We wholeheartedly recommend Tarom, a long standing partner of...
UPB Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at AeroDays 2019
Between 27-30 May 2019 the Palace of Parliament of Bucharest hosted the proceedings of the 8th European conference AeroDays. Launched in 1991, the European Aeronautics Days (Aerodays) represents the leading event in aviation research and innovation, a platform...
Student camps 2019
It became a tradition for UPB students to participate in the national summer camps program. Started a month ago and run at the University level, the selection process has ended. The results, for FIA students, can be found here.
Dr. Jaiwon Shin visiting the University Politehnica of Bucharest
Dr. Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) is visiting the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and will conference for the students and for the teaching and research staff on 30th of...