Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering
Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)
The scientific and technical training you will receive on this bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering course will equip you to design, develop, implement, manage and improve the production, transformation, processing, control, recycling and storage of materials and the safety and integrity of metal, ceramic, polymer, composite or biological materials and components. Your multidisciplinary training in this strategic field of engineering will be strongly rooted in materials science and industrial technology. It will cover sectors such as energy (including sustainable energy); automotive and aeronautical engineering; the naval industry; bioengineering; metals, plastics, ceramics and glass; manufacturing technologies; and recycling and environmental impact.
- Duration
- 4 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
- Language of instruction
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- Fees and grants
- Approximate fees per academic year: €1,107 (€2,553 for non-EU residents). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).
- Location
- Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)
- Official degree
- Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register
- Places
- 40
- Registration and enrolment
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- Legalisation of foreign documents
- All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
First semester
Second semester
Third semester
Fourth semester
Fifth semester
Sixth semester
Seventh semester
- Additive Manufacturing 1 3
- Additive Manufacturing 2 3
- Advanced Computer-Aided Design 6
- Advanced Simulation of Materials for Engineering and Bioengineering 6
- Advanced Statistics and Applications in Engineering 6
- Applied Photonics 6
- Artificial Intelligence for Engineering 6
- Biochemistry 6
- Building Technology and Industrial Facilities 6
- Climate Change: Science, Energy, Economics, Politics and the Future 3
- Communication in Technical English 9
- Computational Engineering 6
- Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer 6
- Data Engineering and a Business Analytics 6
- Design Validation 6
- Digital Microelectronic Design 6
- Facilities Projects 6
- Fire Engineering 6
- Fundamentals of Functional Materials 6
- Implementation of Automatic Control System 6
- Industrial Equipments and Installations 6
- Innovation Management 6
- Leadership and Management 6
- Manufacturing Technology 6
- Mobile Devices Programming 6
- Natural Materials and Biomaterials 6
- Numerical Simulation Applied to Engineering 6
- Physical Chemistry 6
- Production Organisation 6
- Programming for Engineers 6
- Project Development I 6
- Project Development II 6
- Project Engineering & Management 6
- Projects in Materials Engineering 6
- Resources Recovery and Circular Economy 6
- Selection and Ecodesign 6
- Surface Technology 6
- Technology and Sciences in Ancient Times: Egypt and Mesopotamia 6
- Transport Phenomena 6
Eighth semester
- CompulsoryECTS
- OptionalECTS
- ProjectECTS
- Professional opportunities
- Design, assessment, selection and manufacture of materials according to their applications.
- Design, development and control of the manufacture, transformation, reuse and storage of materials.
- Assessment of the safety, durability and structural integrity of materials and components.
- Technical supervision.
- Production engineering.
- Production of electrical components. Employment in the microelectronics industry.
- Selection of materials for design.
- Modelling of production processes and material processing.
- Control of materials and processes, and characterisation in laboratories.
- Quality control of raw materials, processes and products.
- Teaching and research.
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.
With universities around the world
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 Materials Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
With universities around the world
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering (GEM) + Master's degree in Materials Science and Advanced Materials + Diplôme Ingénieur de l'EEIGM (École d'Ingénieurs Européenne en Génie de Matériaux (EEIGM), Université de Lorraine, Lunéville, France)
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering + Master's degree in Materials Science and Advanced Materials + Diplôme Ingénieur (École Centrale Lille, École Centrale de Lyon, École Centrale de Marseille, École Centrale de Nantes, CentraleSupélec, Groupe des Écoles Centrales (GEC), France)
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering + Master in Interdisciplinary and Innovative Engineering + Diplôme Ingénieur (École Centrale Lille, École Centrale de Lyon, École Centrale de Marseille, École Centrale de Nantes, CentraleSupélec, Groupe des Écoles Centrales (GEC), France)
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering + Master in Chemical Engineering + Diplôme Ingénieur (École Centrale Lille, École Centrale de Lyon, École Centrale de Marseille, École Centrale de Nantes, CentraleSupélec, Groupe des Écoles Centrales (GEC), France)
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