Bachelor's degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering

Manresa School of Engineering (EPSEM)

On the bachelor’s degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering, you will acquire the knowledge needed to supervise and manage engineering projects in the fields of industrial electronics and automatic control: design and development of analogue, digital and power electronic systems and industrial control and automation systems. You will receive multidisciplinary training in the fields of analogue, digital and power electronics, systems modelling and simulation, automatic regulation and control techniques and their application in industrial automation, and the principles and applications of robotic systems, industrial informatics and communications.

General details

Duration

4 academic years

Study load

240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis). One credit is equivalent to a study load of 25-30 hours.

Delivery

Face-to-face

Admission mark 2025-2026 academic year

7,958

Language of instruction

Check the language of instruction for each subject (and timetable) in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Fees and grants

Approximate fees per academic year: €1,061 (€1,800 for non-EU residents ). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).

Location

Manresa School of Engineering (EPSEM)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

Places: 180
Pre-enrolment code: 31104
Places via a change of degree: 4
Admission mark 2025-2026 academic year: 7,958. Admission mark
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Curriculum

First semester

Chemistry 6
Environmental Technologies and Sustainability 6
Informatics 6
Mathematics I 6
Physics I 6

Second semester

Third semester

Fourth semester

Fifth semester

Sixth semester

Seventh semester

Robotic Systems 6
Advanced Programming 6
Business English 6
Communication Systems 6
Construction Material Factories 6
Construction Materials 6
Data Management and Storage 6
Data Networks and the Internet 6
Decision Optimisation and Theory 6
Drilling Applied to Engineering 6
Electronic Design: Analogue and Digital 6
Electronic Design: Power Systems 6
Energy Resources 6
Fuels and Thermal Processes 6
Geotechnical Engineering 6
Graphical User Interfaces 6
Information Processing and Transmission 6
Innovation, People Management and Business Start-Up 6
Low-Level Programming: Industrial Applications of Microcontrollers 6
Maintenance Management 6
Nuclear Technology 6
Occupational Health and Safety 6
Operating Systems 6
Production Automation 6
Quality Management and Integrated Quality, Safety and Environmental Systems Management 6
Security and Secrecy in Information Coding 6

Eighth semester

Bachelor's Thesis 24

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

Drafting and supervision of projects involving automation and control installations and electronic drive regulation.
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.

Double-degree agreements

Double-degree pathways at the UPC

You have the possibility of complementing this bachelor's degree with a specific pathway towards a double degree by taking an additional number of credits from one of the other degrees taught at the School. Generally, this involves an additional year of study. To gain admission to a double degree of this kind you must have taken a minimum number of credits on one of the bachelor's degrees. The number of places is limited.

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Quality accreditation

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