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Program Announcements

Aviation Systems Engineering Non-Resident Master’s Degree

Commencing Tuesday, 2 April 2024

The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Department of Systems Engineering in partnership with the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School is pleased to announce the offering of a two-year Aviation Systems Engineering (ASE) Non-Resident Master’s degree for USNTPS graduates commencing Tuesday, 2 April 2024. The program is open to all qualified uniformed officers, federal civilians, defense contractors and internationals. 

Click to view the 312-2430 announcement (pdf)
Click to view the 312-233A tuition letter (pdf)

Program Schedule

The projected program starts for the Academic Year 2023 are listed below. Projected sponsors, domain tracks, and cohort codes are provided.

Note: this information is subject to change without notice.

For information about the specific start dates for the listed quarters, please refer to the NPS Academic Calendar.

Curriculum

The program is designed to build upon the USNTPS academic instruction and final flight test project and report. Students are given 10 quarter-hours of transfer credit (4 at the 3000-level and 8 at the 4000-level) for the USNTPS academic curriculum and their USNTPS final flight test project and report (DTII) serves in lieu of a thesis.

To be considered for this degree, a student must meet the degree requirements and complete all the requirements of the curriculum. Completion of an approved study program includes:

• A minimum of 36 quarter credit hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses, 16 of which must be at the 4000 level.
• A four-course core in systems engineering fundamentals and methods.
• Completion of an approved team systems engineering project or an individual thesis.

The 312 curriculum meets these degree requirements through an approved course of study requiring:

• Eight NPS DL courses, which include four systems engineering fundamentals and methods core courses (31 credit hours – see course list below)
• Award of 10 total credit hours for TPS courses equivalent to NPS courses (SE3303, SE4353, and SE4115) toward degree requirements.
• Submission of the required Develop-mental Test – II student project from TPS for review and approval as the thesis equivalent.

Eligibility and Admissions Standards

Entrance into this program is restricted to graduates of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) curriculum, currently a 48-week program. All entrants will be Board selected by NAVAIR and the Director of USNTPS in coordination with the NPS program academic team. All nominees will be instructed to apply for the program through the NPS online admissions site and to send official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended plus US-NTPS records for determination of academic acceptance.

Tuition

Click here to view the 312-223 tuition letter (pdf). You may also contact the tuition-collection POC for this program directly: Tuition@nps.edu