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Space Education Catalogue

Cycle d'Etudes Supérieures Défense et Aérospatial (CESDA)

• Organisation : Sciences Po Bordeaux
• Way of training : Life-long learning
• Language(s): French
• Place: Bordeaux (33) (French Regions: Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
• Prepared diploma/grade/title: CES: Certificate of Advanced Studies (from a higher education institution)
• 1st required level : French baccalauréat + 5

Course Details

Objectives : An essential training cycle for mastering defense issues and taking on high responsibilities in the industrial defense sector.

Result of a cooperation between Sciences Po Bordeaux and the Defense and Aerospace Chair of the Bordeaux University Foundation created in January 2015.

This Chair relies on a solid partnership with the major industries in the sector, Dassault Aviation, Thalès, Safran, Arianegroup and the CEA, and conducts multidisciplinary training, research and knowledge dissemination actions.

Public concerned : This training is intended for high-potential executives selected by major industries in the defense and aerospace sector.

Admission requirements : The CESDA is subject to specific access procedures.

Acquired skills during the training : The CESDA increases knowledge of the defense sector and
improves expertise in:
• analysis of international security phenomena (globalization and security, defense policies, military strategies, etc.);
• understanding of strategic responses (national, EU and NATO) and their translation into military effects (RETEX and testimonies on operational commitments);
• study of the impact of the global economy on the ASD industry (economic models of the defense sector, economics of innovation and R&D, territorial factors, etc.).

Duration and terms : 5 months - 107 h

Dedicated web site : https://www.sciencespobordeaux.fr/fr/formation/formation-continue/formations-certifiantes.html

Disciplines

• Applications, Operations
• Human and Social Sciences

Topics

• 17 - Project Management, Production, Industrialization, Factory of the Future, Integration, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Recycling
• 18 - Human Factors, Human Machine Interfaces, Operations, Exploitation, Air Traffic Management
• 19 - Law and Business Engineering: Law, Regulations, Standards, Management, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Purchasing, Contracts, Intellectual Property, etc.
• 20 - Health and Society: Health, Space Medicine, Biomedical, Biological Engineering, Risks, Defence, Security, Tourism, Policy