Master's degree in Automotive Engineering
The automotive industry is facing significant new challenges such as the introduction of alternative fuels, hybrid and electric vehicles, and intelligent driving support systems, and it therefore requires professionals who have been trained to deal with these challenges and who are up to date on new technologies and management systems. The aim of the master's degree in Automotive Engineering is to produce specialists who are equipped to respond to the needs of this industrial sector.
- Duration and start date
- Two academic years, 120 ECTS credits. Starting September
- Timetable and delivery
- Afternoons. Face-to-face
- Fees and grants
- Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding academic fees and degree certificate fee, €6,295 (€9,442 for non-EU residents).
More information about fees and payment options
More information about grants and loans - Language of instruction
- 80% of the subjects are taught in Spanish and 20% in Catalan.
- Location
- Official degree
- Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register
- General requirements
- Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
- Specific requirements
Applicants seeking admission to the master’s degree should be university graduates with one of the following scientific or technical degrees:
- A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Design and Product Development, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications Systems, Electronic Systems or Engineering Physics.
- A pre-EHEA degree in Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Mechanics, Manufacturing Technologies or Transports and Vehicles; Materials Engineering; Telecommunications Engineering,;Automatic Control and Industrial Electronics; Electronic Engineering; or Physics.
- A pre-EHEA diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering.
- A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Design and Product Development, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications Systems, Electronic Systems or Engineering Physics.
- Admission criteria
- English level B2.2 and Spanish level B2 (foreign students) are required.
- Academic record.
- First degree and university of origin.
- Professional experience.
- Places
- 30
- Pre-enrolment
- Pre-enrolment period open.
How to pre-enrol - Enrolment
- How to enrol
- Legalisation of foreign documents
- All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
Double-degree pathways at a single school
- Master's degree in Automotive Engineering + Master's degree in Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB)
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology Engineering + Master's degree in Automotive Engineering and Diplôme d’ingenieur from one of the Écoles Centrales (Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Supélec).
- UPC school
- Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB)
- Academic coordinator
- Joaquim Bautista Valhondo
Juan Manuel Moreno Eguilaz - 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