Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering (Bilingual, Spanish)
Leganés, Spain
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 7,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-European students | for EU students: € 1,500/year
Introduction
The Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering offers specific training in areas related to industrial electronics, automation, and robotics. Its goal is to create professionals who can function effectively in strategic work environments related to automation processes, electronic energy management, instrumentation of equipment and systems, robotics, renewable energy, electric transportation, domotics, and industrial electronic systems, among others.
Accordingly, the program provides students with some fundamentals of science and engineering and a solid applied education in a large number of technological areas that are complemented by other specialized subjects.
The degree can be studied in a bilingual mode and has specific laboratories for practical work carried out in small groups, with a large number of computers with specialized software. In addition, students can complete their education and training with internships in the industry’s leading companies.
This degree has the EUR-ACE seal, the most prestigious international engineering certification in Europe.
Studies with a bilingual option
In this degree, the university offers the opportunity to study in English more than half of the subjects of the studies program. Once you have been admitted, you will choose, at the time of enrollment, the language in which you will study by the following conditions:
- In groups in English, all work (classes, drills, exercises, tests, etc.) will be conducted in English.
- During the first year, it must establish an English B2 level, perform a test, and provide one of the supported official certificates or any way determined by the university. In the first weeks of the course will inform students how they can prove their level.
- The courses offered in English are in the studies program.
- In case there are more applications than places available in English, interested persons will be ranked according to their admission grade.
- If you are enrolled in English and exceed at least 50% of the credits offered at the UC3M, in the DS appears a mention of bilingual studies.
Gallery
Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1 - Semester 1
- Calculus I (6 ECTS)
- Linear Algebra (6 ECTS)
- Programming (6 ECTS)
- Physics I (6 ECTS)
- Writing and communication skills (3 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities (3 ECTS)
Year 1 - Semester 2
- Physics II (6 ECTS)
- Calculus II (6 ECTS)
- Chemical basis of engineering (6 ECTS)
- Engineering Graphics (6 ECTS)
- Statistics (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 1
- Electrical power engineering fundamentals (6 ECTS)
- Machine Mechanics (6 ECTS)
- Thermal Engineering (6 ECTS)
- Mechanics of Structures (6 ECTS)
- Production and manufacturing systems (3 ECTS)
- Simulation of dynamic systems (3 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 2
- Electronics engineering fundamentals (6 ECTS)
- Materials science and engineering (6 ECTS)
- Engineering fluid mechanics (6 ECTS)
- Introduction to Engineering Management (6 ECTS)
- Computing Systems I (6 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 1
- Industrial Automation I (6 ECTS)
- Control Engineering I (6 ECTS)
- Digital Electronics (6 ECTS)
- Electrical machines and installations (6 ECTS)
- Analog Electronics (6 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 2
- Control Engineering II (6 ECTS)
- Power Electronics (6 ECTS)
- Industrial Robotics (6 ECTS)
- Electronic Instrumentation (6 ECTS)
- Microprocessors and Microcontrollers (6 ECTS)
Year 4 - Semester 1
- Information Skills (1.5 ECTS)
- Environmental Technology (3 ECTS)
- Advanced knowledge of Spreadsheets (1.5 ECTS)
- Industrial Automation II (3 ECTS)
- Power Electronics Converters (3 ECTS)
- Electronic Instrumentation Systems (3 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities (3 ECTS)
- Soft Skills (3 ECTS)
Year 4 - Semester 2
- Industrial Organization (3 ECTS)
- Technical Office (3 ECTS)
- Bachelor Thesis (12 ECTS)
Electives: 12 credits
Electives to choose in 4th year - First semester
Electives - choose 9 credits
- Robotics (6 ECTS)
- Computing Systems II (6 ECTS)
- Manufacturing and construction of electronic equipment (6 ECTS)
- Digital electronic systems (6 ECTS)
- Professional Internships (6 ECTS)
- Home and building automation (3 ECTS)
- Wind and Photovoltaic Generation (6 ECTS)
- Analog Electronics Lab (3 ECTS)
- Laboratory of Instrumentation Systems (3 ECTS)
- Real-time systems (3 ECTS)
Electives to choose in 4th year - Second semester
Electives - choose 12 credits
- Intelligent Control (6 ECTS)
- Perception Systems (6 ECTS)
- Power electronics systems (6 ECTS)
- Vehicle Automation (6 ECTS)
- Control and automation applications in biomedicine (6 ECTS)
- Electronics for industrial communications (6 ECTS)
- Industrial Electronics Laboratory (6 ECTS)
- Optoelectronic systems (6 ECTS)
- Professional Internships (6 ECTS)
Mobility
Exchange programs
The Erasmus program permits UC3M first-degree and post-graduate students to spend one or several terms at one of the European universities with which UC3M has special agreements or take up an Erasmus Placement, a work placement or internship at an EU company. These exchanges are funded with Erasmus Grants which the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education provide.
The non-European mobility program enables UC3M degree students to study one or several terms in one of the international universities with which the university has special agreements. It also has funding from the Banco Santander and the UC3M.
These places are offered in a public competition and are awarded to students with the best academic record and who have passed the language threshold (English, French, German, etc..) requested by the university of destination.
Rankings
- QS World University Rankings Top 50 Under 50
- 35th spot worldwide and ranked 10th in Europe, on QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking
- QS World University Rankings
- 319th position on the QS World University Rankings 2024
- QS World University Rankings Subjects Rankings
- Among the world’s best universities in 13 academic fields, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
- QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- Among the 136 best universities in the world for employability, according to THE’s Global University Employability Ranking 2022
Program Outcome
Most graduates of this degree are configured as learning the results obtained in this degree, including, first, knowledge and understanding of the general fundamentals of engineering, and in particular those relating to Industrial Electronics and Automation. Graduates will be able to carry out a process of analysis to solve problems in the field of industrial electrical engineering and automatic with initiative, decision-making, creativity, and critical thinking. They will also be responsible for the design of industrial products, analog, digital, and power electronic systems, control systems, and industrial automation that meet the required specifications, and the ability to collaborate with professionals in related technologies within multidisciplinary teams. Moreover, graduates will be able to conduct research and carry out innovative contributions in the field of industrial electrical engineering and automation.
Finally, graduates are competent to apply their knowledge and understanding to solve problems and design devices or processes in the field of industrial electronics and machine engineering, according to criteria of cost, quality, safety, efficiency, and environmental friendliness. Finally, it notes that this degree provides graduates with generic skills required for the practice of engineering in today's society: communicating knowledge orally and in writing to both specialist and non-specialist audiences, working in multidisciplinary and international teams, continuous learning that enables them to adapt to new situations, etc.
Based on the above, this title is intended for the following professional profiles:
- Specification, simulation, design, implementation, documentation, and development of industrial equipment and electronic systems
- Circuit design analog, digital, mixed, and power electronic systems.
- Design, installation, maintenance, and operation of automated systems.
- Design of embedded systems.
- Design, operation, and calibration of instrumentation and measurement systems.
- Technical rooms control.
- Automation of machines, processes, and systems.
- Implementation and management of industrial computerized systems.
- System Integrators.
- Systems-based training simulation systems.
- Development, implementation, and maintenance of automated inspection systems.
- Development, implementation, and maintenance of support systems for decision-making in production.
- Design and implementation of integrated systems.
- Automation Engineering.
- Engineering electronic design ("Design Houses").
- Robotic systems. Robots.
- Suppliers of equipment and systems. Support.
- Education.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering is oriented to numerous professional profiles, in which graduates have great flexibility to specialize according to their professional aspirations, due to the significant number of elective subjects that can be selected within the curriculum:
- Specification, simulation, design, design, implementation, documentation, and tuning of industrial electronic equipment and systems.
- Design, installation, maintenance, and operation of automated systems.
- Design, calibration, and operation of instrumentation and measurement systems.
- Control room technicians.
- Automation of machines, processes, and systems.
- Implementation and management of computerized industrial systems.
- Development, implementation, and maintenance of automated inspection systems.
- Development, implementation, and maintenance of production decision support systems.
- Robotized systems. Robots.
- Technical support for companies supplying equipment and systems.