The undergraduate Electrical Engineering program teaches the functions of the industrial technical engineer, specialty in electricity, and therefore includes the competencies necessary for analyzing, evaluating, and proposing solutions to problems in the fields of design, construction, and commissioning of electrical systems.
Its overall objective is to provide future professionals in the field of electrical engineering with a broad and general foundation of knowledge of industrial engineering, along with the training to ensure that the specific knowledge related to generating, transporting, and distributing electrical energy is gained. Development and implementation of different energy technologies are also included, with special emphasis placed on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Regulated profession: Yes
The undergraduate Electrical Engineering program teaches the functions of the industrial technical engineer, specialty in electricity, according to Order CIN/351/2009, of 9 February, which establishes the requirements for accreditation of official university degrees that enable entry into the profession of industrial technical engineer. These professionals are competent to analyze, evaluate, and propose solutions to problems in the areas of design, construction, commissioning, and supervision of electrical systems.
This degree enables practicing a branch of industrial technical engineering with a rich tradition, one capable of adapting to current social needs related to energy efficiency and sustainable energy production. It is widely accepted professionally, and meets the needs of today's labor market.
A student earning this degree will become a professional with general training in the field of industrial engineering, enabling them to perform multiple workplace activities. Furthermore, strong specialization in the field of electrical and energy engineering offers career opportunities related to the design and analysis of electrical installations, as well as the development of projects related to conventional and alternative energies.
The primary career opportunities for an electrical engineering graduate include:
- Private enterprise: Operation and maintenance of electric power plants and electrical networks, quality control, production, project office, energy management, renewable energy facilities and cogeneration, design, planning, and maintenance of industrial networks, R&D projects, organization, and planning.
- Independent contractor: engineering studies, project development and implementation, construction management, expert reports and legal valuations, facilities and industrial construction, industrial safety studies.
- Public sector and administrations: Technician in local, regional, and central governments.
- Education: teaching in secondary and higher education and in vocational training.
ECTS credits: 240
| Core | Required | Elective | External internships | Final Degree Project |
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| 60 | 150 | 18 | 0 | 12 |
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The Electrical Engineering program consists of 240 ECTS credits that are distributed throughout four academic years. During the first year, the student is introduced to the entire foundation of general knowledge necessary for learning engineering. At this time, the student will be taught the mathematical, physical, and chemical foundations necessary and common to almost all kinds of engineering.
Concepts and technology specific to industrial engineering are presented the second year, which establish the groundwork for mechanics, electronics, automation, materials science, and industrial organization. Courses specific to this degree program are given during the final two years, and these form part of two different disciplines that are closely related. One is Machine Technology and Electrical Installations, which focuses on studying electric system design and analysis. The second includes instruction about Energy Technologies and includes knowledge about power plants and renewable energy. These two disciplines are enhanced further by the inclusion of other related material like Electronics, Control Systems, and Automation.
The student's undergraduate education will finish upon completion of the Final Degree Project, an assignment that focuses on the area of the specific technologies corresponding to the specialty. This learning exercise is professional in nature and integrates the competencies acquired throughout the entire university education.
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The program's electives are indicated in the Courses section, and are part of the Transversal and Professional Competencies Module. This module can be completed either by taking these electives or by recognition for a series of activities such as internal and external internships, language skills, taking UMH Continuing Education courses, professional work experience, attending University workshops and conferences, etc. For complete information regarding this recognition, click on the following link: http://estudios.umh.es/reconocimiento-creditos/grados/
Courses
Competencies
General competencies
- Capacity to resolve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning, and to communicate and transmit knowledge, abilities, and skills within the field of electrical engineering.
- Knowledge for performing measurements, calculations, assessments, appraisals, surveys, studies, reports, work plans, and other similar work.
- Ability to manage specifications, regulations, and mandatory standards.
- Capacity to analyze and assess the social and environmental impact from technical solutions.
- Ability to apply principles and methods of quality.
- Capacity for organization and planning within the scope of the business and other institutions and organizations.
- Ability to work within a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.
- Knowledge, understanding, and capacity to apply the necessary legislation in exercising the profession of technical industrial engineer.
- Capacity for drafting, signing, and developing projects within the field of electrical engineering aimed at construction, remodeling, repair, maintenance, demolition, manufacturing, installation, assembly and/or operation of structures, mechanical equipment, energy installations, electrical and electronic installations, industrial installations and plants, and manufacturing and automation processes.
- Ability to manage the kinds of engineering projects described in the preceding outcome.
- Knowledge of basic materials and technologies to enable learning new methods and theories providing versatility for adapting to new situations.
Specific competencies
- Skills for solving mathematical problems that may arise in engineering. Aptitude for applying knowledge towards linear algebra, geometry, differential geometry, differential and integral calculus, differential equations and partial derivatives, numerical and numerical algorithmic methods, statistics, and optimization.
- Understanding and mastery of the basic concepts of the general laws of mechanics, thermodynamics, fields, waves, electromagnetism, and their application towards solving engineering problems.
- Capacity for spatial vision and knowledge of graphic representation techniques of both traditional methods of metric and descriptive geometry as well as computer aided design applications.
- Adequate knowledge of the concept of business, institutional and legal framework of the company. Organization and business management.
- Knowledge of basic fluid mechanics principles and their application towards solving problems within the engineering field. Calculation of pipes, channels, and fluid systems.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of science, technology, and materials chemistry. Understand the relationship between the microstructure, synthesis or processing, and the properties of materials.
- Knowledge and use of the principles of circuit theory and electrical machines.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of electronics.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of automation and control methods.
- Knowledge of the principles of the theory of machines and mechanisms.
- Understanding and use of the principles of material resistance.
- Basic knowledge of production and manufacturing systems.
- Basic knowledge and application of environmental and sustainable technologies.
- Applied knowledge of business organization.
- Knowledge and skills for organizing and managing projects. Understanding of the organizational structure and functions of a project office.
- Ability to calculate and design electric machines.
- Knowledge of machine control and electrical drives and their applications.
- Capacity for the calculation and design of low and medium voltage electrical installations.
- Capacity for the calculation and design of high voltage electrical installations.
- Ability to calculate and design power lines and electric power transmission.
- Knowledge of power systems and their applications.
- Applied knowledge of power electronics.
- Knowledge of automatic control principles and their application to industrial automation.
- Capacity to design power plants.
- Applied knowledge on renewable energy.
- Knowledge of applied thermodynamics and heat transfer. Basic principles and their application towards solving engineering problems.
- Basic knowledge of the use and programming of computers, operating systems, databases, and computer programs with engineering applications.
- Ability to understand and apply the principles of basic knowledge about general, organic, and inorganic chemistry, and their applications in engineering.
- Ability to individually carry out, present, and defend before a university panel a project within the field of electrical engineering that incorporates the skills acquired throughout the program instruction of this degree.
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Admissions
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