The origin of the School of Aerospace Engineering goes back to 1926; in fact, in that year the School of Aeronatical Engineering was founded at the University of Rome; in the 1930’s and 1940’s the School became a world-leader institution in aeronautics through the achievement of important research and technological results. Starting from the 1960’s the School’s activities began focusing mainly in astronautics, and in 1963 the School’s name changed into School of Aerospace Engineering. https://web.uniroma1.it/scuolaingegneriaaerospaziale/en/about-us/about-us