Program Overview

Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering + Master's Degree in Informatics Engineering

The Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering provides the knowledge needed to conceive, design, develop, maintain, and manage computer systems, services, applications, and architectures, and to understand and apply relevant legislation. Students will also become experts in new methods and technologies in the field of ICTs.

Majors

• Major in Computing: Acquire the scientific and technical fundamentals to design efficient solutions to computing challenges, particularly in artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, and virtual reality.
• Major in Computer Engineering: Trained in the design of computers and digital devices that integrate hardware, software, and communications.
• Major in Software Engineering: Learn to build reliable, efficient software systems that meet user and corporate requirements, and manage the people, resources, and stages in a project.
• Major in Information Systems: Specialize in using information technologies to improve organizational processes, enabling the organization to deploy its strategies and meet its aims.
• Major in Information Technologies: Trained in the design and installation of computer networks and the applications needed to satisfy the needs of organizations in keeping with security requirements.

General Details

• Duration: 4 academic years (bachelor's) + 1.5 academic years (master's)
• Study Load: 330 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis)
• Delivery: Face-to-face
• Admission Mark: 11,804
• Timetables: Mornings/Afternoons
• 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: Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB)

Admission

• Places: 40
• Pre-enrolment Code: 31116
• Admission Mark: 11,804
• Weighting. University Entrance Examinations (PAU): Weighting according to PAU scores
• 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 ten semesters, including:

First Semester

• Fundamentals of Mathematics
• Introduction to Computers
• Physics
• Programming I
• Education, Engineering, and Technology

Second Semester

• Computer Organization
• Mathematics I
• Mathematics II
• Programming II

Third Semester

• Computer Interfacing
• Data Structures and Algorithmics
• Databases
• Operating Systems
• Probability and Statistics

Fourth Semester

• Business and Economic Environment
• Computer Architecture
• Computer Networks
• Introduction to Software Engineering
• Programming Projects
• Leadership and Professional Development in Engineering

Fifth Semester to Tenth Semester

• Various courses in computing, software engineering, information systems, and information technologies, culminating in a bachelor's thesis and master's thesis.

Professional Opportunities

Graduates can pursue careers in:

• Major in Computing: Design of complex computer systems, human-machine interfaces, optimization of industrial processes, tool design for data prediction, programming of games and web applications, research in computing.
• Major in Computer Engineering: Processor and multiprocessor system design, programming of high-performance systems, implementation of embedded systems, programming of real-time computer systems.
• Major in Software Engineering: Software services and systems development, management of computer projects, software analysis, software architecture, database design and administration.
• Major in Information Systems: Management of information systems in organizations, informatics, software implementation, database systems, management of e-commerce, planning and control of e-business.
• Major in Information Technologies: Computer network administration, ICTs in companies and public administrations, computer systems administration, design, selection, and implementation of computer and communications infrastructure.

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