University “Politehnica” of Bucharest (UPB) is the oldest and most prestigious engineering school in Romania, with a tradition of over 190 years, where studies can be done in 4 European languages. It defines itself by creating knowledge through research and technological innovation and implementation through education and vocational training at European level. The mission of UPB is blending education, research and innovation, which represents a key towards a knowledgebased society and economy. Creating knowledge mainly by scientific research, giving it out by education and professional training, disseminating it by information technologies, as well as the use of technological innovation are elements that define the universities distinctive profile. The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is one of the 15 faculties of UPB. HE in aviation started in 1928 with the organization of conferences on aerodynamics. The Specialization in Aviation had a continuous development during 1933-1971 and in 1971 the aviation department becomes the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. The engineers trained in the Faculty are educated to be open minded, able to adapt to new technical, scientific requirements and problems related to engineering management, wherever it’s necessary. Nowadays, it has about 1000 students enrolled in bachelor and master degree programmes and about 70 PhD students. The faculty has partnerships with: research institutions, air transport bodies, airliner, handling companies, airports, factories, and associations.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the oldest and largest technical university in Spain. It consists of twenty Schools plus two Faculties that cover most engineering disciplines as well as Architecture and Sports Science. UPM has more than 3,000 faculty members, around 38,000 undergraduate students, and around 8,000 graduate and doctoral students. About 5,000 students graduate every year. UPM is focused on higher education and research. UPM as a top quality academic establishment has a strong commitment to R&D and Innovation, boasting 217 Research Units and 19 Research Centres and Institutes, contributing significantly to the international scientific community with a high number of journal papers, conference communications, and PhD theses. UPM has a long tradition of collaboration with Industry (around 50% of its R&D funding) and participation in international R&D programs. It ranked first Spanish University by its participation in international programs. Annually the UPM has more than 450 funded research projects (national and international), with more than € 25M of funding. As for Educational Programs is concerned, UPM takes part in five EMMCs, being coordinator of one of them, and in two EMJDs. UPM also participates in twelve EMA2 projects.
The University of Strasbourg was founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, a protestant scholar. Sturm created a Protestant Gymnasium in 1538 with the mandate of disseminating knowledge, one of the core values of Humanism. Through the years, the Gymnasium progressively developed into an Academy and a University before it finally became the Royal University in 1631.
Strasbourg is the second most international university city in France (after Paris). Today, the University of Strasbourg counts 42000 students, offers initial and further education in a wide range of academic fields and is an international player in scientific research.
Airport College International Ltd., located in Helsinki, provides an online training service for the global aviation industry.
Menzies Aviation is a top global provider of passenger, ramp and cargo services. Menzies has grown rapidly since its creation in 1995. Through a combination of organic growth, acquisitions and the development of niche opportunities, it has established itself as a major force in the international ground handling industry. Operating in 149 stations, which places Menzies Aviation in 3rd place worldwide after Swissport and WFS-Aviapartner, the UK group serves over 500 airline customers handling, over 1 million flights and 1,6 million tons of cargo per year. In aviation, aircraft ground handling defines the servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground and (usually) parked at a terminal gate of an airport. Menzies Aviation covers all of the variety of handling services, starting from ramp services (consisting of towing and pushback, lavatory services, luggage handling, refueling, air cargo handling – cargo dollies and loaders, ground power, deicing etc.) to field operations service (which dispatches the aircraft and maintains communication with the rest of the airline operation at the airport) and passenger services.