The development of UAV production requires trained personnel
The production of unmanned aerial vehicles has become one of the dominant areas in modern engineering. And immediately exposed the problem – the lack of engineering personnel.
The state is preparing to launch a national project for the development of unmanned aerial systems, within which two areas “Personnel for unmanned aerial systems” and “Promising technologies for UAS” will be assigned to the Ministry of Education and Science.
We looked at which universities are already training specialists for the UAV industry.
MSTU GA was the first in the country to open the profile “Operation of unmanned aerial systems”, in 2022 it enrolled more than 30 students, the first graduation will take place in 2026.
MSTU GA announced cooperation with UIA to train specialists in this field to solve the problems of unmanned aircraft in the Arctic.
MISIS launched the direction “Design of unmanned vehicles” at the master’s program “Industrial design and engineering”.
NIS TSU teaches how to operate a drone and conduct aerial photography, and the university also implements a course for training and testing external pilots of amateur drones.
SSAU has announced the master’s program “UAV Control Systems” for training personnel to work with unmanned aerial vehicles in the field of agriculture.
At MAI , students are taught under the program “Control Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” and develop their own solutions. In 2023, MAI specialists created two unmanned aerial systems for the agricultural industry – Agroscout and Agrodron, which allow monitoring fields and spraying fertilizers.
Taking into account the attention to the development of the industry by the first persons of the state, training programs for unmanned aerial systems can become no less promising than training programs for classical IT specialists.