The 2026 edition of the Conference is planned to be held at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain, on April 16-17 2026. More information available soon.

The PEGASUS Student Conference is a technical forum for students enrolled in PEGASUS-affiliated universities, as well as non-affiliated European universities, to present their work in a conference and competition setting.

The conference gives students the opportunity of experiencing the setting of an international conference, improving communication skills in a professional environment, and starting to build their own professional network.

Students having received the title over one year before the date of the conference are excluded from participation.

Any PEGASUS University Student or aerospace student of other European Universities is invited to participate in the conference. Only Masters’ level student papers are accepted for competition. Ph.D. student papers are not eligible to compete for awards. Their work may be presented for review only.  The work presented should be original, not already published or presented elsewhere.

A registration form must be submitted for consideration to the PEGASUS responsible at your university by 30 January, 2026. Up to three students per university may be selected to participate in the conference.

Full manuscripts must be submitted following the submission guidelines in “Pegasus_Guidelines_Students_Document” to the PEGASUS representative by February 27^th, 2026. The paper may have a maximum length of 12 pages.

The format of the papers should follow the guidelines provided by the Aerotecnica journal. Interested authors can download a .docx template or a full LaTex package to typeset the paper.

The works with the highest overall score (written manuscript and oral presentation combined) are eligible for a prize. There is no tie for the first-place award, although second/third place ties are permitted. In this case, no third place will be awarded. Students ending on place 2 and 3 will be mentioned and will receive a certificate. The PEGASUS Competition winner is eligible to receive a stipend from the PEGASUS foundation. This stipend is to be used to cover part of the costs for attending an international scientific conference.

For further information, you can read the Pegasus_student_conference_rules

The student registration form can be found here

The 2026 edition of the Conference is planned to be held at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain, as a on-site event. More information available soon.

The list of past editions of the conference can be found here