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The country’s first and only Aerospace University continues to lead in producing future aviation professionals with programs in Aerospace Engineering, Airline Management, Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Aviation Technology-Major in Flying, Hotel & Restaurant Management and Tourism & Travel Management.

Founded in 1992, the Indiana Aerospace University in Lapu-Lapu City was conceived to answer the growing demand for qualified and well-trained manpower in aeronautics and aviation related field, as a result of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and its opening to direct international flights. Moreover, the expansion of multinational aircraft maintenance and overhaul (MRO) stations in the country plays a vital role why IAU was established.

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It’s quite unlikely for the international space community to look upon an amateur astronomer with utmost respect especially from a third world country. The Philippines is not known for its active participation in the international space studies but not many know that a few groups of amateur astronomers in the country are dead serious about their hobby in space exploration.

One recent honor was bestowed on a Cebuano astronomer, Christopher Go. Go is the first and only Filipino to be invited to join an elite team as a co-principal investigator with the top 10 experts of Jupiter.

Go made headlines in the scientific community across the globe when he discovered the new red spot of Jupiter last Feb. 27. The stunning discovery was quite a surprise to the scientific world that the story was headlined in NASA’s own website and subsequently bannered in almost every major scientific and news media in the world.

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