University of North Dakota

About University of North Dakota Aerospace

UND Aerospace is a world-renowned center for aerospace learning, nationally acclaimed for our achievements in collegiate aviation education, atmospheric research, space studies, and earth system science and policy research. With more than 500 faculty and staff members, 1,800+ students from around the world, and myriad programs and projects, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences is setting the pace for the future of flight.

Gain the best education and training possible at the world's most comprehensive aerospace university. The second-largest degree-granting college at UND, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences operates one of the largest fleets of civilian aircraft in North America.

What sets UND's Aviation Department apart?

• World-renowned academic excellence
• Largest collegiate training fleet in the world
• State-of-the-art facilities
• 7 aviation degrees
• A liberal arts core curriculum
• 110+ aircraft and simulators
• 110,000+ logged flight hours
• 212,294 landings performed last year
• 15 career pathway programs

Aviation: Highly-respected by the aviation industry, the Odegard School offers a liberal arts core curriculum combined with a professional aviation education in a variety of specialties.

Air Traffic Management: Gain the technical skills and broad aviation knowledge to thrive in an exciting career in air traffic control.

Airport Management: Gain the broad-based knowledge to begin your exciting career in airport management with a range of opportunities.

Airport Management: Gain the broad-based knowledge to begin your exciting career in airport management with a range of opportunities.

Commercial Aviation: Be a part of the dynamic aviation industry at one of the largest and most respected collegiate programs in the world.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations: Be among the first generation of unmanned aircraft specialists with training from the university that started it all.

Professional Flight: Earn your professional pilot's license while completing your non-Aviation major.

Research: From soil to space, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences faculty and students are world-renowned for their research.

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Our Mission: Working together as leaders to create, preserve, and deliver the highest quality education, research, and services in aerospace and related sciences for our university, our state, and the worldwide community.

Objectives:

• Create graduates that harbor excellent aviation technical abilities: Produce future aviation professionals that possess the greatest knowledge and technical abilities possible prior to entering the aviation community.
• Strive for human excellence through the use of a liberal education: Provide students with a well-rounded educational experience that enhances communication, teamwork, and leadership skills while fostering an appreciation for other cultures.
• Instill characteristics that will fully develop our student's human potential: By inspiring students to pursue life-long learning, it is our goal to prepare students with an understanding and acceptance to changes or challenges they may face in the aviation industry.
• Promote a solid foundation for the continued utilization of technology: Due to ever-changing technology demands in the aviation industry, we provide a foundation of knowledge for current technology use and future applications.
• Provide skills to build and promote a culture of safety in the aerospace industry: Emphasize our vitally important role in the transfer of new information and the building of a culture of safety throughout the aviation community.