Quality Assurance in Aircraft Maintenance

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Version

Version 1 of 15.02.2026.

Module identifier

11M0704

Module level

Master

Language of instruction

English

ECTS credit points and grading

5.0

Module frequency

only summer term

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Brief description

Quality Assurance is in the Aviation sector one of the main cornerstones to produce a high level of safety. In a safety critical environment like the Aviation sector this element of high technology needs to be understood from the very basic up to a complex level. This module introduces this topic to the students in both practical and theoretical approaches.

Teaching and learning outcomes

- all relevant Regulation like Part 21, CS 25, CS 23

- Maintenance Manuals, SID, etc.

- Structures of a CAMO and CAMO+

- Structures of a Part 145 and 147 company (including Part 66 educations)

- principles of Auditations (internal and external)

- Structures of the relevant Authories

- parctical Quality Assurance tasks within a Part 145 company

- Human Performance and Limitation within the Maintenance Sector of modern Aviation

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
45LecturePresence-
Lecturer independent learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
105Exam preparation-
Graded examination
  • Written examination
Ungraded exam
  • Project Report, written
Remark on the assessment methods

none

Exam duration and scope

Exam: see the current study regulations

Project report, written: approx. 10 pages, associated explanation: approx. 10-15 minutes

Recommended prior knowledge

- none

Knowledge Broadening

The student is able to understand the structures and the importance of Quality Assurance in the field of Engineering

Knowledge deepening

The student gets a sound basis in understanding Quality Assurance

Knowledge Understanding

The student is able to produce manuals, forms and procedures to implement Quality Assurance within a organisational unit of a company. The student is able to communicate Quality Assurance within a company. The student is able to understand the actual development of Quality Assurance within the field of Engineering and to implement modern changes.

Application and Transfer

The students building up there competence - based on excursions to relevant Aerospace Companies and Research Institutions - to use their new received knowledge and to put that interdisciplinary into context 

Literature

- Part 21 - CS 25, 23,

- Lecturer Notes and Presentations

Applicability in study programs

  • Computer Science
    • Computer Science M.Sc. (01.09.2025)

  • Mechatronic Systems Engineering
    • Mechatronic Systems Engineering M.Sc. (01.09.2025)

    Person responsible for the module
    • Schrader, Steffen
    Teachers
    • Schrader, Steffen