Study programme pilot

Basic information

Study programme in national registry: pilot
Guaranted by: Faculty of Aeronautics
Study field: Transport
Level of degree: 1
Form of study: present
Degree: Bc.
Length of study in years: 3
Professionally oriented: No
Joint study programme: No
Languages of delivery: english language, slovak language

Graduate profile

Description
The study is focused on university education of professional pilots and air traffic controllers and their preparation for jobs in civil and military aviation for which a given level of education is required. The content of the study is based on qualification prerequisites that have been created for EU countries and are embedded in the regulations for the qualification of pilots and air traffic controllers. General theoretical subjects included in the first year continue in the next two years as the specialised subjects defined by the European regulations of the EASA agency. The aim of university studies for the graduate is not only to obtain a comprehensive bachelor's education in the field, but also to prepare them according to the chosen specialization in order to take the ATPL theoretical exams, respectively exams according to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2015/340, the execution of which is a necessary prerequisite for the issuance of a pilot's license or an air traffic controller's license. The theoretical study is organized in such a way that the student has the opportunity to complete practical flight training in selected training organizations during their studies. The study is completed by a state exam and the final required defence of the bachelor's thesis.
Learning objectives
The study is aimed at the aviation education of university-educated experts in the specialization of piloting aircraft and in the specialization of air traffic control. The goal of education is the training of aviation specialists for air transport operators (specific air operators) and air traffic service companies, or for the performance of other types of aviation work for which one of the higher types of lecences is required, an aircraft pilot licence or an air traffic controller licence with corresponding qualifications.
Main learning outcomes
The profile of a graduate of the "Pilot" bachelor's study program is determined by key educational outcomes, which: a) correspond to the mission of the Technical University in Košice in the field of Transport, for the training of pilots and air traffic controllers; b) correspond to the relevant level of the qualification, the first level of university education; c) correspond to the field of knowledge of the relevant field of Transport, which respects the requirements and standards for theoretical training and training according to international and national aviation rules, regulations and directives; d) reflect the composition of profile study subjects expressed in the recommended study plan for the student (a content, structure, sequence); e) are linked to a prospective career application on the domestic and foreign labour market for the profession of aircraft pilot or air traffic controller; f) are verifiable as part of the bachelor's study at the Aviation Faculty of the Technical University in Košice (within the course and final evaluation of subjects; by preparing and defending a bachelor's thesis and successfully passing the state exam), are recorded in the electronic system MAIS - Modular Academic Information System, and archived . A graduate of the "Pilot" bachelor's study program will receive: a) Knowledge – broad knowledge and understanding in the specialized field of piloting aircraft and air traffic control, including knowledge of practical contexts and relationships, according to the requirements defined in international and national aviation rules, regulations and directives, in both standard and non-standard situations for the performance of the profession; the graduate will acquire knowledge from theoretical disciplines in the specialized field of aircraft piloting and air traffic control in accordance with the description in the field of Transport from the System of Study Fields of the Slovak Republic; the goal of education is to acquire factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive knowledge for piloting aircraft and air traffic control, which create a cognitive dimension in the student to remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create. A key role is therefore played by profile subjects of study; b) Skills - able to solve practical tasks in the field of Transport - within the framework of piloting aircraft or air traffic control, using the usual procedural, research and development procedures, with a critical assessment of their suitability and appropriateness for the flight situation or flight operation; c) Competences - can independently acquire new knowledge and actively expand their knowledge for piloting aircraft or air traffic control, they can solve professional tasks and coordinate partial activities and take responsibility for the results of the team (aircraft flight crew; flight planning and monitoring team; at the workplace provider of air traffic services, etc.), including the application of acquired transferable skills that affect the personal development of students and can be used in their future career and life as active citizens in democratic societies; d) Transferable skills of graduates of the study program are skills that are not specifically tied to a specific job and profession of aviation personnel, but can be used and further developed in various situations and conditions; e.g. communication skills, mathematical skills, organizational skills, digital skills, analytical skills, interpersonal skills, creativity and the ability to think abstractly, the ability to think critically, mentoring and supervision skills, entrepreneurial skills, motivation and the ability to learn, reasoning in context, metacognitive skills. Graduate of the "Pilot" bachelor's study program: a) demonstrates knowledge and understanding in the field of Transport, for piloting aircraft and air traffic control, based on the latest knowledge from the field of study for the performance of the profession of aviation personnel; b) able to use their knowledge and understanding in a way that demonstrates a professional approach to piloting aircraft / air traffic control, and have competencies usually demonstrated by making and defending arguments and solving problems (tasks) The educational outcomes and qualifications obtained by completing the "Pilot" study program meet the sector-specific professional expectations for the performance of the profession, formulated in international and national aviation rules, regulations and directives. In the study program, occupations are indicated: aircraft pilot, air traffic controller, for the performance of which an acquired qualification is required, or it is a qualification for the performance of regulated professions: aircraft pilot. A successful graduate of the "Pilot" study program is awarded the academic title "Bc." Bachelor. A graduate of the study program can find employmen
Professions
Professions for which the graduate is prepared at the time of completion.

Employability

Evaluation of the study programme graduates employability
https://uplatnenie.sk/?degree=V%C5%A0&vs=709000000&faculty=709050000&field=3772R22&year=2019 Students of the Bachelor´s study program Air Traffic Controller accredited before the academic year 2019-20 had applied in 2019: Number of graduates: 7 Continue in the II degree of study: 100% https://uplatnenie.sk/?degree=V%C5%A0&vs=709000000&faculty=709050000&field=3772R19&year=2019 Students of the Bachelor´s study program Professional Pilot accredited before the academic year 2019-20 had applied in 2019: Due to the low number of graduates in the chosen combination of criteria, it is not possible to display the required data. Note: All graduates continued in II. degree of study.
Evaluation of the study programme quality by employers
Students of the accredited PILOT bachelor's study program in the 2019-20 academic year continue their engineering studies in the Air Transport Management study program. After completing the second level of university studies at the Faculty of Aeronautics TUKE, the evaluations by employers are as follows: Expression of the authority from practice - Minister of Defense of the Slovak Republic PhDr. Jaroslav Naď, PhD. (the List of attachments, the Statement of the authority from MO practice – Pilot.pdf). The study program fulfills sector-specific expectations, requirements of practice and the labour market. Graduates of the PILOT study program are successfully employed in the listed occupations where they use the acquired qualifications, and there is prospective interest in the graduates of the PILOT study program on the labour market. The Statement of authority from practice from 9 August 2022. Expression of the authority from practice - Director of Flight Operations Services of the Slovak Republic Ing. Mgr. Martin Kabát, PhD. MBA. (the List of attachments, Statement of authority from LPS practice – Pilot.pdf). The study program fulfills sector-specific expectations, requirements of practice and the labour market. Graduates of the PILOT study program are successfully employed in the listed occupations, where they use the acquired qualifications, and there is prospective interest in the graduates of the PILOT study program on the labour market. The Statement of authority from practice from 3 August 2022. Expression of the authority from practice - Minister of Transport of the Slovak Republic Ing. Pavol Lančarič, PhD. (the List of attachments, Statement of authority from MD practice – Pilot.pdf). The study program fulfills sector-specific expectations, requirements of practice and the labour market. Graduates of the PILOT study program are successfully employed in the listed occupations, where they use the acquired qualifications, and there is prospective interest in the graduates of the PILOT study program on the labour market. The Statement of authority from practice dated 08/07/2023. Expression of the authority from practice - Letecké opravovne Trenčín, a.s. Mgr. Ľubomír Gaľko (the List of attachments, Statement of authority from LOT practice – Pilot.pdf). The study program fulfills sector-specific expectations, requirements of practice and the labour market. Graduates of the PILOT study program are successfully employed in the listed occupations, where they use the acquired qualifications, and there is prospective interest in the graduates of the PILOT study program on the labour market. The Statement of authority from practice from September 14, 2023.

Structure and content of the study programme

Suggested study plan in the MIAS portal

Current academic year plan and current schedule

Current academic year plan
Current schedule: MAIS portal

Persons responsible for the study programme

Person responsible for thequality of the study programme: doc. Ing. Róbert Rozenberg, PhD., ING.PAED.IGIP
List of persons responsible for the profile courses: Study advisor: Ing. Jozef Sabo, PhD.
Student representatives: Erik Čatkoch
Study department

Spatial, material, and technical provision of the study programme and support

List and characteristics of the study programme classrooms
PILOT study program: Lecture rooms within the subjects Aviation Law, Air Traffic Management I, Air Traffic Management II, Air Traffic Management III, Equipment and Systems I, Equipment and Systems II, Aviation Communication, Search and Rescue, Aviation English, Operating Procedures in Commercial LD ​​and Flight planning and monitoring: 4 classrooms B19-107, B19-120, B19-121, B19-122, B19-123. 1 hall B19-1. Laboratories and specialist classrooms: Flight simulator laboratories B19-019 and B19-015. They are intended for practical teaching in the field of flight training of pilots and research in the areas of psycho-physiological load of pilots in different phases of flight: subjects Simulator training of pilots I, Simulator training of pilots II and Simulator training of pilots III. Workplace for the digital education of flight training subjects B19-01. It serves as a classroom for practical demonstrations and research in the field of navigation and meteorology: subjects Aviation Navigation I, Aviation Navigation II, Aviation Meteorology I and Aviation Meteorology II. Workplace for the air traffic control simulators B19-006. It is intended for the practical training in the field of air traffic control: subjects ATC procedural training and ATC radar training. Human Performance Measurement Laboratory in Aviation Professions, B16-07. It contains a device for measuring human performance in aviation professions using the sensing of psychophysiological parameters: the subject Human performance and limitations and Human factors. https://lf.tuke.sk/wps/portal/lf/veda-a-vyskum/vedecko-vyskumne-pracoviska
Characteristics of the information provision
PILOT study program: The University Library (UK) of the Technical University of Košice (TUKE) fulfils its mission mainly by building and making the library and information fund available and by providing comprehensive library and information services. Among the main services provided by UK TUKE to its clients are: acquisition and loan services, consultation services in study rooms with publicly accessible PCs with Internet connection, online catalogs of books, periodicals and technical standards, access to scientific databases, online books, electronic journals, interlibrary loan services, central registration and creation of a database of TUKE publication activities, central registration of electronic final theses of TUKE students, seminars and trainings in library and IT education, ISBN agenda, publishing and printing services. The services of the publishing centre also enable the creation of scientific publications even in the printing process. UK has built a modern library with a lot of new technologies, facilitating the work of students and employees of TUKE. It has secured 15 electronic databases for its clients. Searching for clients of the TUKE university network is ensured via the web portal of the UK digital library. The digital archive contains almost 90,000 digital publications by TUKE authors and more than 50,000 final theses of TUKE students. The UK has 165,000 library items in its database, of which there are more than 120,000 books and bound documents and 148 periodicals (73 foreign) and 42,000 documents for free selection in study halls. The basic information system for the education and teaching process at TUKE is the Modular Academic Information System
E-learning
PILOT study program: E-learning is an education/knowledge flow management system that allows not only to pass knowledge, but also to share it and monitor its development and get feedback on its effectiveness. E-learning represents the following functions: electronic processing of information, transfer of information using ICT to students, provision of services to students (e-service), distribution of products and services (DVD, Internet, etc.), management of the educational process (course administration). The BC. PILOT study program is accredited for face-to-face teaching in a daily form, with the possible use of the University LMS MOODLE - managed by the Institute of Computing Technology, providing services to the faculties as well as the faculty LMS MOODLE - managed by individual departments of the faculties, also for e-learning, according to the needs of students for achieving educational outcomes and TUKE management instructions, or faculties for the organization of education, e.g. in crisis situations (emergency situation, state of emergency, etc.). E-learning allows the use of most of the available information and communication tools, with which we can not only present the curriculum, but also verify and test the course of the learning process. Great importance is attached to the inclusion of feedback elements in the form of various surveys, polls, tests and questionnaires checking the understanding and mastery of the subject matter. The teaching text itself can be graphically structured, can contain multimedia, i.e. audio and video files, problem tasks, solved and unsolved examples, self-tests, etc.
Institution partners
PILOT study program: When providing the educational activities of the PILOT study program, the university does not use direct partners to provide SP (except for invited lectures, excursions with partners), but also cooperates within the Innovation and Technology Transfer Section: https://www.tuke.sk/wps/portal/ tuke/university/usek-for-innovation-and-transfer-technology and University Science Park TECHNICOM: https://uvptechnicom.sk/ The Faculty of Aeronautics TUKE does not use direct partners in its educational activities (except for invited lectures by experts from practice), but cooperates in fulfilling its mission with several partners also within the so-called Partner program. https://lf.tuke.sk/wps/portal/lf/pre-verejnost/ponuka-spoluprace

Admission procedures

Required abilities and necessary admission requirement
Admission procedures
Results of the admission process over the last period