Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering

On the bachelor’s degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering taught at the UPC campus in Vilanova i la Geltrú, you will acquire the fundamentals and applications of electronics, knowledge of the analysis and synthesis of electrical and electronic circuits, and industrial control and automation techniques. The degree also covers analogue, digital and power electronics, instrumentation, monitoring and supervision of control systems, industrial informatics, industrial communications and robotics.

What can I learn by taking the bachelor's degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering on the UPC Vilanova Campus?

Advanced Automation Technologies

Subjects are highly practical and oriented to Industry 4.0. Students learn about modern electronic instrumentation systems, communication systems and the modelling and simulation of industrial production systems, including robot production lines.

Renewable energies

Using energy with respect for the environment is necessary for sustainable development. The bachelor's degree studies the management and saving of electrical energy, renewable energy sources and photovoltaic and wind energy systems.

Electric mobility

The introduction of electric mobility in current means of transport is a contemporary fact, and strong growth is expected in the near future. Specific knowledge of electric vehicles and engines is imparted.

+8 Reasons to study this degree

100% of the graduates get a job in their field
You will acquire knowledge to direct and manage projects
You will be trained in analog, digital and power electronics
You will learn everything about modelling and simulation of systems
You will be trained in robotic systems control techniques
Practical teaching model with real projects
Construction of competition vehicles
+300 Internship agreements in companies
+60 international mobility agreements in 25 countries
11 research groups

Students’ experience

You have to be constant in life to get what you want
One of the skills you learn is teamworking
How to create a company and manage patents
Learning how a robotic arm factory works
Learn the design of integrated circuits or digital systems
My dream is to return to society everything that the UPC Vilanova has taught to me

Acces information and curriculum of the Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering

Duration: 4 years
Study load: 240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor’s thesis). One credit is equivalent to 25-30 hours of study.
Delivery: Face-to-face.
Minimum entrance mark (2023-2024 academic year): 6.362
Timetable: First, second, third and fourth semesters: mornings and afternoons / Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth semesters: afternoons
Fees and grants: Approximate fees per academic year: €1,107 Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options)
Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities’ degree register
Coordinator of the bachelor’s degree: Jaume Miret Tomàs

Weighting of university entrance examinations (PAU)

Subject weighting table for the specific stage

Common access

Access to industrial engineering degrees at the UPC’s Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering is via the same pre-enrolment process for the 200 places available, which are divided between the following degrees:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (40 places)
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering (40 places)
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (120 places)

Choosing a degree

The first academic year is common to all of the degrees. Once students have passed it, they can apply for admission to the degrees they wish to take, in order of preference. The School assigns students a specialisation in view of their applications and their academic records at the School.

Students who have passed the first academic year on industrial engineering degrees at the EPSEVG may be admitted to the second academic year of the bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering, depending on their academic records and the number of places available.

Admission

Entrance routes and enrolment.

Validation of higher training cycles (CFGS)

Legalisation of documents

All documents issued in countries outside the European Union must be legalised through diplomatic channels or carry the corresponding apostille.

First semester

Second semester

Third semester

Fourth semester

Fifth semester

Sixth semester

Seventh semester

Project Management 6
Optional 24

Eighth semester

Bachelor's thesis 24
Optional 6

Obligatory186 ECTS
Optional30 ECTS
Bachelor's thesis24 ECTS
TOTAL240 ECTS

Check the recommendations for the order of enrollment of the subjects, as well as the semester in which teaching is offered. Semester 1 (Q1) runs from September to January and Semester 2 (Q2) runs from February to June.

Optional credits can be obtained by taking optional subjects or by other means.

Specific optional subjects of the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering

Renewable Energies Itinerary

Renewable Energies Itinerary

Using energy with respect for the environment is necessary for sustainable development. In this pathway, students are specifically trained in the management and saving of electrical energy, renewable energy sources and photovoltaic and wind energy systems, as well as the electronic devices applied to these systems.
Electric mobility Itinerary

Electric mobility Itinerary

The introduction of electric mobility in current means of transport is a contemporary fact, and strong growth is expected in the near future. Specific knowledge of electric vehicles, the electric motors that propel them and charging and energy storage systems is imparted.
Advanced Automation Technologies Itinerary

Advanced Automation Technologies Itinerary

Automation covers multiple technologies that are constantly evolving. Subjects are highly practical and oriented to Industry 4.0, and there is an emphasis on how important the transmission of information currently is. They cover modern electronic instrumentation systems, which allow measurement data to be acquired, stored and transmitted using specialised buses such as GPIB and VXI; the bases of communication systems for distributed industrial systems, such as CAN and Ethernet; and the modelling and simulation of industrial production systems, including robot production lines, and vision systems oriented towards production systems.

Cross-curricular electives

Industry 4.0 Itinerary

Industry 4.0 Itinerary

The adoption of the Industry 4.0 paradigm is a reality that involves an increase in the use of ICTs in industrial settings. This means that industrial engineers with in-depth knowledge of this field will be needed, as will informatics engineers who are familiar with the particularities of industrial settings. The subjects that make up this optional pathway focus on three key aspects of this paradigm: networks, specifically the internet (INTE), programming (PMUD) and automation (AUIN). Depending on the degree you are enrolled in, you can choose some subjects or others to complete your Industry 4.0 engineer profile.
Social Itinery

Social Itinerary

Engineers, in addition to solving technological problems and proposing advances, must always consider the social and environmental implications of their work and take responsibility for them. How do our design decisions affect our environment? How do they affect society? Do our proposals bring us closer to the world we want or take us away from it?
In this pathway, by carrying out your own projects in real scenarios you will learn how technology can be part of the solution to the multiple problems that so-called development causes. There are three decisive challenges. The first is how to ensure that technology has a positive influence, both on the environment and on society, through sustainable design and sustainable technologies. The second is how to ensure inclusion based on the equity, participation and accessibility of people in their interaction with the environment. The third is how to ensure beneficial coexistence with robots when their social behaviour is designed.
In the three subjects that make up this pathway, the perspective of socially responsible technology is adopted. We know that ingenuity, creativity and technique have enormous power to shape the future of the natural environment and human relationships. We also know that our engineers have the key competencies to contribute to it.
Teams itinerary

Teams Itinerary

Currently, many universities are committed to enhancing students' training in international university competition teams such as MotoStudent and Formula Student, in which students must make their own pre-Moto3 design for electric motorcycles or single-seater vehicles. These projects involve team management, organisation, electrical, electronic, mechanical, informatics and design engineering, funding, business management, communications, etc. The aim of the subjects offered is to address and consolidate all these practical aspects so that students can carry out the best project and complement the skills that will bring them as close as possible to leading a real project.
Internationalization Itinerary

Internationalization Itinerary

The Internationalisation pathway is designed to improve the ability to communicate in English in academic and professional settings. Through oral and written communication subjects, students acquire a series of skills essential for the practice of engineering in an increasingly internationalised world. Students learn how to present their projects effectively and how to successfully participate in academic and professional situations (by practising job interviews, writing a CV and technical reports, different types of oral presentations, etc.). By emphasising a variety of intercultural and professional competencies and incorporating an internationalisation-at-home experience, the Internationalisation pathway aims to prepare students to study and work in a global setting.

Optional subjects for Industrial engineering bachelor's degrees

If the 18 credits of the same itinerary are exceeded, an accrediting diploma will be issued, upon request to the SIAE, through the Demana.

Regulated profession

Technical industrial engineer.
Industrial engineer (by taking the master’s degree in Industrial Engineering).

Regulated profession

Planning, management, execution and assessment of engineering projects related to automation and industrial robotics.
Drafting and supervision of automation, control and electronic drive regulation installation projects.
Design, installation and maintenance of electronic control, power and instrumentation systems.
Design and development of industrial informatics and process monitoring systems.
Design, management and maintenance of industrial equipment and installations.
Drafting of technical, advisory and feasibility reports.
Management, organisation, planning and quality control.
Teaching and research.

Tutorial action on each degree is conceived as a service for students in which tutors guide, inform and advise them on how the University works and how it is regulated.

Their main functions are listed below.

To advise students on the following:
- Planning their enrolment in accordance with their academic progress and the recommendations for enrolment..
- Improving their academic performance (study methods and use of learning resources such as the School’s library and other services).
- Assessment processes (for subjects and for curricular assessment of initial and final stages).
- Taking optional credits or having them recognised, external placements and participation in national and international mobility programmes.
- Choosing and carrying out the bachelor’s or master’s thesis.
To direct students to other people or services at the School to solve specific issues.
To collect students’ proposals for improving teaching and degrees.

In the Tutorial Action Plan, each student on each degree is assigned a tutor from the group of tutors for the corresponding stage:

Initial stage if the student has not yet passed 120 ECTS credits
Final stage if the student has passed 120 ECTS credits

Tutors for the initial stage teach in the first half of the degree and tutors for the final stage teach in the second half of the degree.

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