Program Overview

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technology Engineering + Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering

The Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology Engineering provides knowledge of the range of industrial technologies and offers a multidisciplinary, unifying view of the field of industrial engineering. Students will be trained in basic scientific and technological disciplines that will equip them to learn about new methods and theories and gain in-depth knowledge of industrial fields, including technological and business aspects such as project planning, supervision, and management, whilst observing social and environmental requirements.

General Details

• Duration: 4 academic years (bachelor's) + 2 academic years (master's)
• Study load: 360 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis)
• Delivery: Face-to-face
• Admission mark: 10,140
• Language of instruction: Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course sheet in the curriculum
• Fees and grants: Approximate fees per academic year: 1,061 (1,800 for non-EU residents)
• Location: Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)
• Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

• Places: 180
• Pre-enrolment code: 31114
• Places via a change of degree: 3
• Admission mark: 10,140
• Weighting: University entrance examinations (PAU)
• Registration and enrolment: Requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course
• CFGS credit transfer: Consult the university studies search engine of the Universities Channel of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille

Curriculum

The curriculum is structured over eight semesters, including:

First Semester

• Algebra (6 credits)
• Calculus I (6 credits)
• Chemistry I (6 credits)
• Engineering Drawing I (6 credits)
• Physics I (6 credits)

Second Semester

• Calculus II (6 credits)
• Chemistry II (6 credits)
• Economics and Business (6 credits)
• Informatics (6 credits)
• Physics II (6 credits)

Third Semester

• Differential Equations (6 credits)
• Engineering Drawing II (3 credits)
• Further Informatics (4.5 credits)
• Further Physics (6 credits)
• Materials Science (6 credits)
• Mechanics (4.5 credits)

Fourth Semester

• Automatic Control (4.5 credits)
• Circuit Theory (6 credits)
• Continuum Mechanics and Strength of Materials (7.5 credits)
• Statistics (6 credits)
• Thermodynamics (6 credits)

Fifth Semester

• Electronics (4.5 credits)
• Electrotechnics and Electrical Machines (7.5 credits)
• Fluid Mechanics (4.5 credits)
• Machine and Mechanism Theory (6 credits)
• Numerical and Quantitative Methods (7.5 credits)

Sixth Semester

• Experimental Design and Quality Control (4.5 credits)
• Heat Technology (6 credits)
• Materials Technology (4.5 credits)
• Operations Management (6 credits)
• Power Converters (4.5 credits)
• Systems Modelling and Simulation (4.5 credits)
• Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)
• Air Pollution and Treatment Technologies (6 credits)
• Big Data Tools and Applications (3 credits)
• BIM for Engineers (3 credits)
• Creative Lab (6 credits)
• Embedded System Programming (3 credits)
• Fundamentals of Lean Construction and Circular Economy (3 credits)
• Generative UAV Design (6 credits)
• High Performance Computing for Aerospace Engineering (3 credits)
• Hospital Engineering (6 credits)
• Introduction to Big Data (3 credits)
• Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (3 credits)
• Introduction to Cubesats (3 credits)
• Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory (3 credits)
• Introduction to Rockets (3 credits)
• Key Factors for Professional Success (3 credits)
• Leadership and Professional Development in Engineering (3 credits)
• Mobile Programming (6 credits)
• Polymers in Engineering (6 credits)
• UAV Research and Development (3 credits)
• UAV Research and Development Project (3 credits)

Seventh Semester

• Business Start-Up and Organisation (3 credits)
• Digital Electronics (6 credits)
• Environmental Science and Technology (6 credits)
• Fluid Technology (4.5 credits)
• Projects (6 credits)
• Structural Theory and Industrial Construction (4.5 credits)

Eighth Semester

• Academic and Professional Communication Skills (3 credits)
• Academic Writing Skills for Engineering (3 credits)
• Advanced Control Systems (3 credits)
• Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (3 credits)
• Agrivoltaics: Photovoltaic Solar Energy for Sustainable Development (3 credits)
• Alternative Propulsion Vehicles (3 credits)
• Android Mobile Programming (6 credits)
• Application of Matlab-Octave to Thermal Engineering Problems (3 credits)
• Application of Open-Source Cfd to Engineering Problems (3 credits)
• Application of Python/Matlab/C++ to Thermal, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Problems (3 credits)
• Applied Research Methods in Engineering Science (3 credits)
• Applied UAV Control (3 credits)
• Artificial Intelligence for UAV Video Object Recognition (3 credits)
• Artificial Intelligence for Video and Audio Generation (3 credits)
• Automobile Electronics (3 credits)
• Autonomous Vehicle Programming (3 credits)
• Basic Robotics (6 credits)
• BIM Management (3 credits)
• Building Energy Certification (3 credits)
• Characterisation of Materials and Surface Engineering (3 credits)
• Characterisation Techniques for Metal Alloys (3 credits)
• Complex Systems in Engineering (3 credits)
• Control and Guidance of Mobile Robots (6 credits)
• Creative Programming with Processing (3 credits)
• Critical Thinking for 3D Printing (6 credits)
• Decision Criteria: the Engineer as Employee or the Engineer as Entrepreneur (3 credits)
• Digitalisation for Energy Systems (3 credits)
• Electrical Project Design with Eplan (3 credits)
• Electromobility and Electrical Aircraft Systems (3 credits)
• Energy Efficiency Systems (3 credits)
• Energy Storage and Conversion (3 credits)
• Engineering Materials: Learning from Disasters (3 credits)
• Engines and Powertrains (3 credits)
• Experimental Fluid Laboratories (3 credits)
• Experimental Methods for New and Sustainable Materials (3 credits)
• Finite Element Methods for Engineering (6 credits)
• Finite Elements in Structural Analysis (3 credits)
• Fluid Dynamic Technologies in Vehicles (3 credits)
• Fluid Mechanics II (3 credits)
• Fundamentals of Rams Engineering in Aerospace Product Certification (3 credits)
• Fundamentals of Robotics (3 credits)
• Highly Automated Production Systems (3 credits)
• Hydraulic Hybrid Machines (3 credits)
• Industrial Organic Chemistry (3 credits)
• Information and Communication Technologies (3 credits)
• Innovation and Creativity: Tools for Engineering (3 credits)
• International Promotion of Design (6 credits)
• Introduction to Advanced Control Systems (6 credits)
• Introduction to Forensic Practice for Technical Dispute Resolution (3 credits)
• Introduction to Industrial Paper and Graphics Technologies (6 credits)
• Introduction to Lean Construction (3 credits)
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (3 credits)
• Introduction to Reverse Engineering (3 credits)
• Introduction to Robotics and Automation (3 credits)
• Introduction to Sailplanes (3 credits)
• Introduction to UAV Flight (3 credits)
• Knowledge of Industrial Companies and Professional Practice (3 credits)
• Lasers and Photonic Technologies for Engineering (3 credits)
• Learning from Mechanical Failure in Engineering (3 credits)
• Life Cycle Assessment (3 credits)
• Lightweight Materials for Engineering Applications (3 credits)
• Lignocellulosic Biorefineries (3 credits)
• Materials Chemistry (3 credits)
• Mathematical Models in Engineering (3 credits)
• Mathematics and Informatics Engineering (3 credits)
• Mechanical Optimisation and Automotive Manufacturing (3 credits)
• Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation (3 credits)
• Modelling, Complexity and Sustainability (6 credits)
• Motorbikes. Design and Secrets (3 credits)
• Non-Linear Systems, Chaos and Control in Engineering (3 credits)
• Optimisation of Industrial Processes (3 credits)
• Planning, Simulation and Supervision of Industrial Processes (6 credits)
• Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Concept and Design of Electric Propulsion Systems (3 credits)
• Professional Communication for Engineers Through Virtual Reality (3 credits)
• Professional Communication for Engineers Through Virtual Reality II (3 credits)
• R&D in Engineering (3 credits)
• Real-Time Programming and Databases (3 credits)
• Robotics and Automation (3 credits)
• Robotics Safety and Automation for Industry 4.0 (3 credits)
• Solving Thermofluid Problems in Industrial and Aeronautical Systems and Equipment (3 credits)
• Sports Engineering (3 credits)
• Structural Analysis of Cubesats: Will IT Withstand Launch Conditions? (3 credits)
• Surface Chemistry for Industrial Application Design (3 credits)
• Sustainability in the Built Environment (3 credits)
• Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (3 credits)
• Technological Projects I (6 credits)
• Technological Projects II (6 credits)
• Technology, Society and Globalisation. the Sustainability Challenge in the 21st Century (6 credits)
• Telemetry and Smart Electronics Projects (3 credits)
• The Future of Hydrogen: Technologies and Applications (3 credits)
• Thermal Analysis Techniques for Engineering Materials (3 credits)
• Thermodynamics of Materials (3 credits)
• Unit Operations in Engineering (3 credits)
• Urbanism and Regional Planning (3 credits)
• Validating and Communicating Innovative Ideas (6 credits)
• Vehicle Dynamics (3 credits)
• Vibroacoustics (3 credits)
• Web Applications (3 credits)
• Wind Turbine Design (3 credits)
• Bachelor's Thesis (12 credits)

Professional Opportunities

Graduates will have professional opportunities in:

• Supervision and management of projects, facilities, plants, businesses, and technology centres in various industrial sectors
• Design, calculation, and design of products, processes, facilities, and equipment
• Strategic planning, quality management, and environmental management
• Research, development, and innovation in products, processes, and methods

Double-Degree Agreements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology Engineering + Master's degree in Industrial Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management (UOC)
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology Engineering + Master's degree in Industrial Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Economics (UOC)

Quality Accreditation

Check the degree's main quality indicators in the University Studies in Catalonia portal of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency.

Organisation: Academic Calendar and Regulations

• Academic calendar: General academic calendar for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees courses
• Academic regulations: Academic regulations for bachelor's degree courses at the UPC
• Language certification and credit recognition: Queries about language courses and certification