Master Program on Navigation and Related Applications: a partnership between university, private sector, and international bodies

The master program on navigation and related applications is a post-graduate study for Master's Degree on Global Navigation Satellite Systems in Italy. It is a joint initiative of Politecnico di Torino and Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, a non-profit research centre under private law. Although based in Italy, the Master Program is offered to students from around the world and English is the official language of the studies. This Program is co-sponsored by the United Nations and private industries. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs provides a framework of the UN/Italy Long-term Fellowship Programme that enables the Program to solicit prospect students from developing countries through their governmental institutes and agencies related to the space applications to attend the Master courses. As to the collaboration with private industries, the Master Program is designed to include eight months of classroom learning and four months of internship with local private industries