Program Overview

Master's Degree in Thermal Engineering

The Master's Degree in Thermal Engineering is a response to the problems and needs in the field of thermal energy engineering from different areas: energy systems and resources, intensification in heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics. The program aims to train scientific-technical experts with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyze any problem in the areas of thermal energy and fluid dynamics.

General Information

• Duration: 1 academic year, 60 ECTS credits
• Start date: September
• Schedule and modality: Face-to-face
• Prices and scholarships: The approximate price of the master's degree (without additional expenses) is 1,162 (2,700 for non-EU residents)
• Language: English
• Place of delivery: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB)
• Official title: Registered in the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport

Access

• General requirements: Academic requirements for access to a master's degree
• Specific requirements:
  • The master's degree is taught entirely in English, and the requirement for accessing the master's degree is a level of English corresponding to B2.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.
  • Direct access: The degrees with direct access to the master's degree, without the need for additional training, are:
    • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
    • Bachelor's Degree in Energy Engineering
    • Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Vehicle Engineering
    • Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering
    • Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Technologies Engineering
    • Previous degree titles: Industrial Technical Engineers, in the specialty of Mechanics; Industrial Engineers; Aeronautical Engineers; Aeronautical Technical Engineers
• Admission criteria:
  • Evaluation of the academic record: 60%
  • Evaluation of professional experience: 10%
  • Evaluation of the level of knowledge of the English language: 15% (accreditation of the level corresponding to the B2.2 certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference)
  • Evaluation of the degree of origin: 15%

Plan of Studies

First Semester

• Thermal Equipment Generators of Heat and Cold: 5 credits
• Intensification in Heat and Mass Transfer: 5 credits
• Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer: 5 credits
• Energy Resources: 5 credits
• Heat Exchangers: 5 credits
• Thermal Engines and Combustion: 5 credits
• Experimental Techniques and Data Treatment in Thermoenergetics: 5 credits
• Turbulence: Phenomenology, Simulation, Aerodynamics: 5 credits

Second Semester

• Master's Thesis: 30 credits
• Optional subjects (to be chosen from a list of available options)

Professional Outcomes

The master's degree is oriented towards research, but the professional outcomes are very transversal, allowing students to develop, coordinate, or manage R&D tasks in the framework of professional sectors, such as:

• R&D departments of companies working in the mentioned areas
• Universities, technology centers, or research centers working in the mentioned areas
• Companies manufacturing thermal systems and equipment
• Companies in the renewable energy sector

Competences

• Transversal competences: Entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a third language (preferably English), teamwork, and efficient use of information resources
• Specific competences:
  • Identify and describe the different components of thermal systems and equipment
  • Analyze the behavior of thermal systems and equipment to improve their energy efficiency
  • Understand and describe numerical methodologies in thermal engineering
  • Apply technoscientific methodologies to the study of heat and mass transfer and fluid dynamics
  • Manage research, development, and innovation in thermal engineering

Quality Seals

The quality of the degree is guaranteed by the Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya and is recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport.

Academic Organization

• Teaching center: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB)
• Academic responsible: Joaquim Rigola Serrano
• Academic calendar: The academic calendar of the Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya
• Academic regulations: The academic regulations of the master's degree studies of the Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya