National Space Academy
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency’s National Space Academy develops Emirati space-science and engineering cadres through structured workshops, hands-on spacecraft and mission-planning activities, research projects, and practical mission experience. Launched in 2023, it has continued with second-cohort programmes in Earth observation and space mission and satellite engineering: the 2025 SMSE cohort selected 22 Emirati participants from 13 entities, while the Agency reported 70% employment among prior graduates. Its academic, industry, and agency partnerships build durable national capability, entrepreneurship, and pathways into the UAE space sector.
Identity
- Aliases
- UAE National Space AcademyNational Space Academy (UAE)
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- National Space Academy
- Status
- active
- Types
- developmentoperationsresearch
Details
- Description
- The United Arab Emirates Space Agency’s National Space Academy develops Emirati space-science and engineering cadres through structured workshops, hands-on spacecraft and mission-planning activities, research projects, and practical mission experience. Launched in 2023, it has continued with second-cohort programmes in Earth observation and space mission and satellite engineering: the 2025 SMSE cohort selected 22 Emirati participants from 13 entities, while the Agency reported 70% employment among prior graduates. Its academic, industry, and agency partnerships build durable national capability, entrepreneurship, and pathways into the UAE space sector.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2023
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:42:43 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:01:15 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://space.gov.ae/en/media-center/news/14/11/2023/the-uae-space-agency-launches-the-national-space-academy-to-build-and-develop-national-cadreshttps://space.gov.ae/en/media-center/news/29/4/2025/national-space-academy-announces-opening-registration-for-second-cohort-of-space-applicationshttps://space.gov.ae/en/media-center/news/18/9/2025/national-space-academy-kicks-off-2nd-cohort-of-the-space-mission-and-satellite-engineeringhttps://space.gov.ae/en/projects-and-initiatives/national-space-academyhttps://space.gov.ae/en/media-center/news/23/11/2025/uae-space-agency-concludes-its-leadership-of-largest-space-pavilion-at-dubai-airshow-2025