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University Carlos III of Madrid

Bachelor's Degree in Robotics Engineering (English)

Leganés, Spain

DURATION

4 Years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

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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 new bachelor's degree in Robotics Engineering seeks to form professionals who are capable of taking on and resolving highly complex technological problems, ranging from robot design to real-world implementation.

Robotics influences all aspects of everyday life. It is a transversal discipline that encompasses a broad spectrum of technologies, and according to a recent study by MIT, it is one of the 10 technologies of the future.

This degree program offers solid interdisciplinary training with a focus on Robotics. Students will acquire knowledge and competencies in basic core engineering subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Programming, Graphic Expression, Industrial Organization, etc. At the same time, students will receive a sound education in Robotics in a broad and transversal sense, gaining knowledge on robot conception, design, and control, computer vision, human-robot interaction, social robots, soft robotics, collaborative robots, industry 4.0, and robotic ethics, among others.

The bachelor's Degree in Robotics Engineering is taught in English, with special laboratories for small-group lab sessions. Students in the program have the opportunity to carry out professional internships in the sector’s leading companies.

Studies in English only

This degree courses completely in English. No groups are available in Spanish in any subject. You must take into mind that:

In groups in English, all work (classes, drills, exercises, tests, etc.) shall be conducted in English
During the first year, it must establish an English B2 level, pass a test, and provide one of the supported official certificates or any way determined by the university
After completing the studies, the DS mention of having carried out the studies in English will appear

Employability and professional internships

UC3M has agreements with over 3000 companies and institutions in which students can undertake internships and access job openings.

A total of 93.4 % of graduates from this University enter the job market the first year after finishing their studies, according to the 2019 XXIV Estudio de Inserción Profesional (Professional Placement Study).

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Curriculum

Year 1 - Semester 1

Linear algebra (6 ECTS)
Calculus (6 ECTS)
Digital skills for information use (1.5 ECTS)
Physics I (6 ECTS)
Advanced knowledge of spreadsheets (1.5 ECTS)
Introduction to robotics (3 ECTS)
Programming (6 ECTS)

Year 1 - Semester 2

Mathematics extension (6 ECTS)
Algorithms and data structures (6 ECTS)
Physics II (6 ECTS)
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (6 ECTS)
Skills: Humanities I (3 ECTS)
Writing and communication skills (3 ECTS)

Year 2 - Semester 1

Design of telematic systems (6 ECTS)
Graphical expression (6 ECTS)
Fundamentals of electronics engineering (6 ECTS)
Control Engineering I (6 ECTS)
Signals and systems (6 ECTS)

Year 2 - Semester 2

Statistics (6 ECTS)
Introduction to Engineering Management (6 ECTS)
Fundamentals of mechanical engineering (6 ECTS)
Electronic instrumentation (3 ECTS)
Industrial robotics (6 ECTS)
Real-time systems (3 ECTS)

Year 3 - Semester 1

Sensors and actuators for robotics (3 ECTS)
Automatic machine learning (3 ECTS)
Fundamentals of digital communications (3 ECTS)
Skills: Humanities II (3 ECTS)
Electrical machines (3 ECTS)
Microprocessors and microcontrollers (6 ECTS)
Robot programming (6 ECTS)
Intelligent decision-making in robotics (3 ECTS)

Year 3 - Semester 2

Industrial automation (6 ECTS)
Control Engineering II (6 ECTS)
Materials for robots (3 ECTS)
Networks and communications protocols (6 ECTS)
Strength of materials (3 ECTS)
Computer vision (6 ECTS)

Year 4 - Semester 1

Robot's control architectures (3 ECTS)
Cybersecurity in robotics (3 ECTS)
Soft Skills (3 ECTS)
Human-robot interaction (3 ECTS)
Collaborative robots (3 ECTS)
Flexible production systems (3 ECTS)
Soft robotics (3 ECTS)
Project in robotics engineering (3 ECTS)

Electives: 6 Credits

Electives to choose in 4th year - First Semester

Choose 6 credits

Biomedical applications of robotics (3 ECTS)
Wireless sensor networks (3 ECTS)
Data analytics (3 ECTS)
Mini-robots laboratory (3 ECTS)
Professional internship (6 ECTS)

Year 4 - Semester 2

Ethics and social implications of robotics (3 ECTS)
Mobile manipulators (3 ECTS)
Social robotics (3 ECTS)
Bachelor thesis (12 ECTS)

Electives: 9 Credits

Electives to choose in 4th year - Second Semester

Choose 9 credits

Aerospace applications of robotics (3 ECTS)
Industrial internet of things (3 ECTS)
Brain-machine interfaces (3 ECTS)
Battery storage for robots (3 ECTS)
Labor legal framework of robotics (3 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 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.

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Program Outcome

Graduates of the Robotics Engineering Degree must be able to make use of engineering knowledge to solve problems and applications of robotics in industry, services, research, and, in general, in several social challenges. They must be able to design, build, program, integrate, and solve real problems that arise in this discipline.

To achieve this, graduates will have a strong master of basic engineering subjects by taking the corresponding subjects of mathematics, physics, programming, graphic expression, and industrial organization. They will also be trained in the classic engineering subjects adapted to this degree. In the Electrical Engineering (Anglo-Saxon) branch, students take Electronics (fundamentals, microprocessors, and instrumentation), Electricity (electrical machines), and Automation (control engineering, automation, sensors and actuators, and control architectures). In the branch of Mechanical Engineering, the students will take subjects corresponding to the fundamentals of the mechanics of machines and the resistance of materials. On the other hand, in the branch of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), graduates will have a solid background in programming (basic and advanced), real-time systems, and machine learning, as well as in communications, networks and protocols, signals and systems, and telematic technology.

Graduates of this degree will have solid training in Robotics in the broad and transversal sense. They will know about robot conception, design, and control. They will start with industrial robotics to deepen their knowledge of actuators and sensors for robotics, kinematics and dynamics, trajectory generation, and its main applications. The graduate will be able to program robots in proprietary languages, as well as in free distribution languages (ROS, YARP). They will also know computer vision, decision-making systems, human-robot interaction, and flexible production systems. Finally, they will be trained in different modern robotics applications such as soft robotics, social robots, mobile manipulators, collaborative robots, industry 4.0, and robotics ethics.

The apprenticeship will also include a series of electives that will allow graduates to delve into robotic applications in different sectors such as biomedicine, aerospace, and related technologies (sensor networks, IIoT, brain-machine interfaces, cybersecurity, industrial networks, and data analytics) to end with the study of the implication of robotics in the labor market.

With all this, graduates of this degree will be able to develop their professional careers in all sectors of economic activity and research in which professionals with a robotics engineering profile are in demand.