Program Overview

Master's Degree in Automatic Control and Robotics

The master's degree in Automatic Control and Robotics focuses on engineering in the fields of automatic control and robotics. It combines knowledge of industrial engineering, such as electrical and mechanical engineering, industrial electronics, and some aspects of artificial intelligence.

General Details

• Duration and start date: 2 academic years, 120 ECTS credits, starting in September
• Timetable and delivery: Afternoons, face-to-face
• Fees and grants: Approximate fees for the master's degree (excluding other costs): €2,324 (€5,400 for non-EU residents)
• Language of instruction: English
• Location: Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering
• Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

• General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
• Specific requirements:
  • The most suitable educational profiles are engineering degrees related to automatic control and robotics, physics, or mathematics.
  • English level B2.2 is required.
• Admission criteria:
  • English level B2.2
  • Academic record
  • First degree and university of origin
  • Professional experience
• Places: 40
• Pre-enrolment: Currently closed

Curriculum

The programme includes a master's thesis and training in an industrial or research environment. It is divided into compulsory and free-elective subjects, providing students with multidisciplinary education in automatic control systems, robotics, and related areas.

Professional Opportunities

This master's degree produces graduates who have attained a high level of excellence in the analysis, management, and optimisation of process control and robotics. Graduates can work in various sectors, including industry, aerospace, naval engineering, biomedicine, and natural and energy resources.

Competencies

• Generic competencies: Capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language, teamwork, and proper use of information resources.
• Specific competencies:
  • Carry out measurements and calculations
  • Create mathematical models and simulations
  • Monitor studies and reports
  • Identify faults and possible improvements in automated systems
  • Plan, coordinate, and undertake maintenance tasks
• Specific academic competencies: Work individually and in teams, communicate effectively, be familiar with and adapt to changing environments.
• Attitudes: Desire for continuing professional improvement, critical awareness, ethical, socioeconomic, and environmental sensitivity.

Double-Degree Agreements

• Master's degree in Automatic Control and Robotics + Master's degree in Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB)

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

• UPC school: Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB)
• Academic coordinator: Carlos A. Ocampo Martínez
• Academic calendar: General academic calendar for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees courses
• Academic regulations: Academic regulations for master's degree courses at the UPC