<p>I am a Moroccan/Italian student who study in Morocco in 10th grade, I would like to study in USA after graduating in high school. Well, my desire to go there burns me because I love its universities and I can assure you that I'm working very hard to join it.</p>
<p>Well, I'll take the TOEFL next year. My mathematical abilities are highest at school, I always help people in Mathematics in the Homework forum and at school. By the way, I would like to opt for aerospace engineering. But,one student told me that aerospace engineering companies often require an American passport to be eligible for the position because of US government contracts and security reasons.
Is that true ? I would have no chance of working if I chose this major ? </p>
<p>Many – but not all – aerospace engineering positions require US citizenship for a security clearance. But keep in mind that just because you finish university here doesn’t mean you can work here. You would need to find an employer willing to sponsor you for a work visa. In engineering that will be easier than in other fields, so it’s a possibility.</p>
<p>There is a European Space Agency. You can go to NASA.gov and poke around until you find some of the names. The Mars Science Lab that was just launched (Saturday) had teams from France and Spain as well as Russia working on the ten instruments on board the Curiosity. There is no reason why you can’t study in the US and work in Europe. Aerospace generally includes 3 areas: Space, commercial airplanes, and military airplanes. No you aren’t going to get to work on high clearance level military projects for the US. but is that the coolest stuff?</p>
<p>Unless things have changed, I think it’s a little more complicated than that. I was president of our student chapter of American Society for Metals (now ASM International) back in college. One of our annual events was a field trip to one of the military aerospace firms in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area (at the time General Dynamics, LTV, and Bell Helicopter). Prior to the trip, I was asked for a list of students and their nationalities. I can vividly remember my Lebanese lab mate talking to our tour guide at one of the stops and can also remember having to tell a Syrian friend he couldn’t attend.</p>
<p>Touring isn’t the same as employment, but you get the idea. The U.S. wants talent, but at an acceptable risk level. I think that’s determined by the State and Defense departments. Italy is a NATO ally and shouldn’t present a problem. Morocco has also been U.S.-friendly in recent years. I wouldn’t make a critical decision based on input from an internet message board when there’s a definitive answer out there somewhere. Wish I could tell you where.</p>