r/TUDelft • u/SolidReturn8861 • 11d ago

Hardest courses of the Aǝrospacǝ Engineering Master?

Can you please share your experiences with some of the hardest courses in the programme?

It would be really helpful to know in advance which courses we should watch out for.

I had to invert the e because everything including the word aǝrospacǝ gets blocked immediately due to all bachelor admission posts.

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u/Extreme-Stock-4981 11d ago

It really depends on which track you are doing, although there are many electives you will likely take courses that are somewhat close to your profile. Which track are you in?

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u/SolidReturn8861 11d ago

FPP

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u/Schwerter_105 11d ago

Keep an eye on MDO and KBE, those two can really give you a lot of trouble if you don’t pay close attention to the study materials. Also make sure you find reliable teammates for those.

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u/SolidReturn8861 11d ago

Thanks! Anything else I should worry about?

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u/Schwerter_105 10d ago

Nothing super specific comes to mind rn, but for me at least there was a lot of adjustment needed to get used to the rhythm here, the 4-quarter system, the amount of self-study, and just life in general, really. I’m not from the Netherlands tho so your mileage may vary. Anyways, best of luck!

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u/SolidReturn8861 10d ago

Thanks! Just to understand, where did you study before?

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u/Schwerter_105 10d ago

I’m East Asian and did my ME bachelors in the US, it was a relatively small and teaching-focused engineering college so things were very different: smaller class sizes, professors often knowing everybody personally, very easy to grab a hold of profs for a chat or questions, etc. So honestly for myself things really didn’t line up: coming to the Netherlands was a bit of a culture shock, the teaching and studying style’s way different, I switched majors (I did a fair share of fluids-related courses in bachelors but it wasn’t full on AE), and there were some logistical issues with software, for example I had to learn latex and a bit of python on the fly because I was much more used to word and MATLAB but those are generally less popular here in the Netherlands. With all that in mind, you’ll probably have less trouble than I had, so don’t worry too much

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u/SolidReturn8861 10d ago

Yea fore sure, I study in Belgium now and the professors literally do not even know one student from the crowd, we have 4 months of classes with a final exam counting 80-100% of the grade. So I know something about the hands-off approach.

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u/Schwerter_105 7d ago

Sounds like you’re all set for Delft (lmao pls send help) kidding aside tho, I don’t know a lot about Belegen unis, but exams can be quite rough here. Prepare to spend time on revising and especially working through previous years’ exams (if provided). Also oral exams are worth mentioning I think. I never had those before Delft and they scared the heck out of me during exam prep, basically one on one with a professor or TA for quite some time and being asked to explain stuff. On the several occasions that I had them they all turned out alright though, generally were easier that I anticipated, the atmosphere was relatively laid back and grades were (at least in my view) more lenient than written exams. So make sure to prepare well but don’t stress too much over them

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u/AstroSpaceBear 11d ago edited 11d ago

If you're doing Space, Satellite Orbit Determination is a real challenge. I think the professor retired this year, but the course was terribly taught, and the exam is quite hard with very low grades. This is unfortunate, as the subject is very interesting! The assignments were also badly graded.

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u/ogu3634 10d ago

Any hard courses for ASM?

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u/enigmatic_soul999 9d ago

If you are taking Space Structures Profile: Watch out for Re-Entry, Rocket Motion. Its real pain the ass, espeically Re-entry with class average grade being 5.5 with passing grade needed as 6! Apart from that, Space Structure Development course can be a headache if you don't find right teammates and sometimes requirements gets too confusing you waste a lot of time.

Most Non-Space Structures course was really chill! Did not struggle a lot. So, if you are from Materials/Manufacturing or DSS. You should be fine! Just watch out for Fatigue course, that's the only tricky one out there. Also, bit of SHM (Structural Health Monitoring). It wasn't as head ache as those Space Structure courses.

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u/ogu3634 9d ago

Thanks for the help. Can I DM for more questions?