The Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering will teach you the bases of all the areas of engineering and technology, such as designing, developing and analysing:

• Vehicles, machines and structures (mechanical engineering).
• Electronic components, automatic systems and robots (electronic and automated engineering).
• Chemical processes and environmental management (chemical engineering).

At the same time, you will acquire the scientific and mathematical knowledge to understand the necessary technical and scientific literature to carry out research and development (R+D+I) in any of these areas, as well as to interpret reports drafted by other specialist engineers. This multidisciplinary ability will allow you to lead cross-disciplinary working parties and work as a manager in technology companies.

The engineer's training in industrial technologies is naturally complemented with the Master in Industrial Engineering, which leads to the qualification of industrial engineer, a profession with a highly valued tradition, spanning back over 150 years, in both national and international companies.

Access requirements

Upper secondary school education

Access: university entrance examinations (PAU), general stage. Admission: weighting of subjects examined in university entrance exam (PAU) linked to the branch of knowledge of Engineering and Architecture.

Higher level training cycles (CFGS).

Access: all CFGS. Admission: weighting of subjects examined in university entrance exam (PAU) linked to the branch of knowledge of Engineering and Architecture.

Over 25 years old

Preferential option in successful entrance exam: Engineering and Architecture.

Over 40 years old

Assessment of professional experience relating to the bachelor's degree that the applicant wishes to be admitted to and sufficient interview outcome.

Over 45 years old

Entrance exam passed and favourable interview outcome.

Others

Special types of access recognised under current regulations .

Another information on access

Pre-enrolment code:

81041

Weightings

Weighting parameters of the subjects in the specific phase of the PAU

A Catalan Industrial Engineers’ Association recent slogan was “En tot i per a tot” [in and for everything]. It demonstrates you will be able to work in the main industry sectors:

• Machinery: from machinery for the meat industry (an extremely important in Girona's counties) to turbines and equipment for automation and control: robotics, automatic systems and communications.
• Production: production plant management, production automation, maintenance, pharmaceutical, energy and foodstuff production, etc.
• Materials: metallurgical production, plastics, composite materials (carbon fibre, glass fibre), waste recycling and reuse.
• Vehicles: production line and component design.
• Safety and quality: safety in the workplace, facility safety, safety in design, quality assurance.
• Energy: renewable-energy facilities, energy supply and saving and turbine designing.
• Transport and logistics: means of transport, warehouses and distribution and facilities management.
• Industrial management: project management, procurement, patents and corporate management.
• Industrial construction: steel and concrete structures, supply facilities, building and industrial facility projects, and site management.
• More specific fields: research and development and applications in medical and applications.

The unemployment rate among Industrial Engineers is very low since over 90 % deal with work relating to engineering and technology, according to several sources such as the University Quality Agency (government of Catalonia), the Spanish Ministry for Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and the El País and La Vanguardia newspapers. The infograph below summarises the most relevant job statistics.

Source: Fulls dels Enginyers, February 2016

Studying Engineering in Industrial Technologies will give you an option to access offers such as those from the Industrial Engineers of Catalonia employment exchange .

The Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering is complemented with the Master in Industrial Engineering, the only official master's degree that qualifies its holder to enter the profession of industrial engineering. While the most natural path for a graduate of Engineering in Industrial Technologies is to join the Master in Industrial Engineering programme, the bachelor’s degree also offers access to other scientific and technology post-graduate courses. If you wish to continue studying in the field of research you can access the Doctoral Programme in Technology.

Check out the opinions of the students who have already finished the bachelor’s degree and are now studying the master's degree: magazine Fulls dels Enginyers April 2015 (page 22) .

Through the following links you can access the calendars and timetables that correspond to this bachelor's degree.

The academic calendar marks the beginning and end of classes, non-teaching days, holidays, exam periods, and so on. The administrative calendar marks the periods to make the different formalities administrative.

All subjects have a practical aspect that carries a lot of weight in this bachelor's degree. Practicals are carried out in small groups in laboratories with equipment adapted to current needs.

Businesses play a large role at the Polytechnic School. As an electrical engineering student, you will be able to take up work placements through work placements. You will be able to choose between the more than 450 options that are proposed in each academic year.

You will complete your bachelor's thesis in the last year of your degree, demonstrating the knowledge you have acquired during your education.

The bachelor's thesis is an engineering project on the subject you choose and which you will carry out under the supervision of a lecturer. If you wish, you can complete this in a company or research group.

The business association that supports the Polytechnic School and professional associations of engineers award prizes every year to the best theses.

Examples of theses

Students can complete part of their degree programme abroad through the Erasmus programme, which enables them to carry on their studies whilst undertaking an international exchange with academic value in a European university.

They also have access to grants for placements at universities in Spain and on other continents, thanks to bilateral agreements, the SICUE programme and the expansion of the Erasmus+ Programme.

Online enrolment is the University of Girona's electronic enrolment system. It is done through the Internet and is available for the most of the studies.