The Aerospace Division in the Civil and Industrial Engineering Department (DIA) comprises around 20 professors who represent the majority of our teaching staff. DIA has been active on an international level and involved with many organisations worldwide since the 1980s. For instance, it is a founding member of the ECATA consortium, which is dedicated to providing education for aeronautical industry professionals, and is part of the PEGASUS network of top European Aeronautics and Space universities. DIA has also established a number of partnerships and exchange programmes with various European and US universities including the University of San Diego and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech.