Aerospace Education Initiative of Hochschule Bremen

Hochschule Bremen, the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, has started the Aerospace Education Initiative in the end of 2006. The Ministry of Education and Science in Bremen has officially accepted this initiative within its high school education profile in Bremen. The team consists of two high schools and Hochschule Bremen taking the god-parenthood for the cooperation with the high schools. The high schools have been chosen within a competition by taking into regard their effort in the subjects Physics, Mathematics, English and Economy. In the last three years of high school education the pupils will be educated in these subjects taking examples and practical cases from Aerospace Engineering into account. One day in the week is the project day held at Hochschule Bremen, providing staff people, laboratories and lecture rooms for the pupils. Furthermore the initiative includes activities for teaching the teachers of the high schools, study tours, presentations and visits of aerospace companies. The Aerospace Education Initiative has been awarded by "Deutsche Telekom Stiftung" as a "Junior-Ingenieur-Academie" of this institution. This autumn the second class will start its first Aerospace Education Initiative school year. In the final stage three classes with twentyfive pupils per class will be supported in every of the two partner high schools. The initiative puts emphasis on interesting projects about satellites, rockets, sail plane events and others. The pupils shall be made familiar with demanding technical and economical topics. Amazement, fun and last but not least success in solving problems in the area of Aerospace Engineering both by high school teachers and pupils have first priority of the initiative. It shall at least result in a later decision of the pupils for technical professions and study programs.