University Carlos III of Madrid
Bachelor's Degree in Robotics Engineering (English)
Leganés, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 7,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-European students | for EU students: € 1,500/year
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor's in Robotics Engineering at UC3M trains students to solve complex problems from robot design to deployment. The English-only degree covers mathematics, physics, programming, control, computer vision, human-robot interaction, Industry 4.0, and robotic ethics. It offers small-group labs and internships. You must prove B2 English in year one. UC3M has agreements with over 3,000 companies and reports 93.4% of graduates employed within a year.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work in industrial, automation, robot manufacturing, aeronautics, service, engineering companies, hospitals and research institutes, educational robotics, EBTs, consultants, and public agencies; roles include robotics engineer, automation engineer, control and vision specialist, R&D engineer.
The new bachelor's degree in Robotics Engineering seeks to form professionals who are capable of taking on and resolving highly complex technological problems, ranging from robot design to real-world implementation.
Robotics influences all aspects of everyday life. It is a transversal discipline that encompasses a broad spectrum of technologies, and according to a recent study by MIT, it is one of the 10 technologies of the future.
This degree program offers solid interdisciplinary training with a focus on Robotics. Students will acquire knowledge and competencies in basic core engineering subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Programming, Graphic Expression, Industrial Organization, etc. At the same time, students will receive a sound education in Robotics in a broad and transversal sense, gaining knowledge on robot conception, design, and control, computer vision, human-robot interaction, social robots, soft robotics, collaborative robots, industry 4.0, and robotic ethics, among others.
The bachelor's Degree in Robotics Engineering is taught in English, with special laboratories for small-group lab sessions. Students in the program have the opportunity to carry out professional internships in the sector’s leading companies.
Studies in English only
This degree courses completely in English. No groups are available in Spanish in any subject. You must take into mind that:
- In groups in English, all work (classes, drills, exercises, tests, etc.) shall be conducted in English
- During the first year, it must establish an English B2 level, pass a test, and provide one of the supported official certificates or any way determined by the university
- After completing the studies, the DS mention of having carried out the studies in English will appear
Employability and professional internships
UC3M has agreements with over 3000 companies and institutions in which students can undertake internships and access job openings.
A total of 93.4 % of graduates from this University enter the job market the first year after finishing their studies, according to the 2019 XXIV Estudio de Inserción Profesional (Professional Placement Study).
Year 1 - Semester 1
- Linear algebra (6 ECTS)
- Calculus (6 ECTS)
- Digital skills for information use (1.5 ECTS)
- Physics I (6 ECTS)
- Advanced knowledge of spreadsheets (1.5 ECTS)
- Introduction to robotics (3 ECTS)
- Programming (6 ECTS)
Year 1 - Semester 2
- Mathematics extension (6 ECTS)
- Algorithms and data structures (6 ECTS)
- Physics II (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (6 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities I (3 ECTS)
- Writing and communication skills (3 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 1
- Design of telematic systems (6 ECTS)
- Graphical expression (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of electronics engineering (6 ECTS)
- Control Engineering I (6 ECTS)
- Signals and systems (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 2
- Statistics (6 ECTS)
- Introduction to Engineering Management (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of mechanical engineering (6 ECTS)
- Electronic instrumentation (3 ECTS)
- Industrial robotics (6 ECTS)
- Real-time systems (3 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 1
- Sensors and actuators for robotics (3 ECTS)
- Automatic machine learning (3 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of digital communications (3 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities II (3 ECTS)
- Electrical machines (3 ECTS)
- Microprocessors and microcontrollers (6 ECTS)
- Robot programming (6 ECTS)
- Intelligent decision-making in robotics (3 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 2
- Industrial automation (6 ECTS)
- Control Engineering II (6 ECTS)
- Materials for robots (3 ECTS)
- Networks and communications protocols (6 ECTS)
- Strength of materials (3 ECTS)
- Computer vision (6 ECTS)
Year 4 - Semester 1
- Robot's control architectures (3 ECTS)
- Cybersecurity in robotics (3 ECTS)
- Soft Skills (3 ECTS)
- Human-robot interaction (3 ECTS)
- Collaborative robots (3 ECTS)
- Flexible production systems (3 ECTS)
- Soft robotics (3 ECTS)
- Project in robotics engineering (3 ECTS)
Electives: 6 Credits
Electives to choose in 4th year - First Semester
Choose 6 credits
- Biomedical applications of robotics (3 ECTS)
- Wireless sensor networks (3 ECTS)
- Data analytics (3 ECTS)
- Mini-robots laboratory (3 ECTS)
- Professional internship (6 ECTS)
Year 4 - Semester 2
- Ethics and social implications of robotics (3 ECTS)
- Mobile manipulators (3 ECTS)
- Social robotics (3 ECTS)
- Bachelor thesis (12 ECTS)
Electives: 9 Credits
Electives to choose in 4th year - Second Semester
Choose 9 credits
- Aerospace applications of robotics (3 ECTS)
- Industrial internet of things (3 ECTS)
- Brain-machine interfaces (3 ECTS)
- Battery storage for robots (3 ECTS)
- Labor legal framework of robotics (3 ECTS)
Mobility
Exchange programs
The Erasmus program permits UC3M first-degree and post-graduate students to spend one or several terms at one of the European universities with which UC3M has special agreements or take up an Erasmus Placement, a work placement or internship at an EU company. These exchanges are funded with Erasmus Grants which the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education provide.
The non-European mobility program enables UC3M degree students to study one or several terms in one of the international universities with which the university has special agreements. It also has funding from Banco Santander and the UC3M.
These places are offered in a public competition and are awarded to students with the best academic record and who have passed the language threshold (English, French, German, etc..) requested by the university of destination.
- QS World University Rankings Top 50 Under 50
- 35th spot worldwide and ranked 10th in Europe, on QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking
- QS World University Rankings
- 319th position on the QS World University Rankings 2024
- QS World University Rankings Subjects Rankings
- Among the world’s best universities in 13 academic fields, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
- QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- Among the 136 best universities in the world for employability, according to THE’s Global University Employability Ranking 2022.
Graduates of the Robotics Engineering Degree must be able to make use of engineering knowledge to solve problems and applications of robotics in industry, services, research, and, in general, in several social challenges. They must be able to design, build, program, integrate, and solve real problems that arise in this discipline.
To achieve this, graduates will have a strong master of basic engineering subjects by taking the corresponding subjects of mathematics, physics, programming, graphic expression, and industrial organization. They will also be trained in the classic engineering subjects adapted to this degree. In the Electrical Engineering (Anglo-Saxon) branch, students take Electronics (fundamentals, microprocessors, and instrumentation), Electricity (electrical machines), and Automation (control engineering, automation, sensors and actuators, and control architectures). In the branch of Mechanical Engineering, the students will take subjects corresponding to the fundamentals of the mechanics of machines and the resistance of materials. On the other hand, in the branch of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), graduates will have a solid background in programming (basic and advanced), real-time systems, and machine learning, as well as in communications, networks and protocols, signals and systems, and telematic technology.
Graduates of this degree will have solid training in Robotics in the broad and transversal sense. They will know about robot conception, design, and control. They will start with industrial robotics to deepen their knowledge of actuators and sensors for robotics, kinematics and dynamics, trajectory generation, and its main applications. The graduate will be able to program robots in proprietary languages, as well as in free distribution languages (ROS, YARP). They will also know computer vision, decision-making systems, human-robot interaction, and flexible production systems. Finally, they will be trained in different modern robotics applications such as soft robotics, social robots, mobile manipulators, collaborative robots, industry 4.0, and robotics ethics.
The apprenticeship will also include a series of electives that will allow graduates to delve into robotic applications in different sectors such as biomedicine, aerospace, and related technologies (sensor networks, IIoT, brain-machine interfaces, cybersecurity, industrial networks, and data analytics) to end with the study of the implication of robotics in the labor market.
With all this, graduates of this degree will be able to develop their professional careers in all sectors of economic activity and research in which professionals with a robotics engineering profile are in demand.
- Industrial sector companies
- Automation companies
- Robot manufacturing companies
- Aeronautical sector companies
- Service sector companies
- Engineering companies
- Hospitals of the Community of Madrid and their corresponding Research Institutes
- Consultants
- Educational robotics companies
- EBTs in the robotics and related sectors
- State and regional public agencies