The bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Vehicle Engineering provides solid multidisciplinary training in aeronautical engineering, with an emphasis on aspects specifically related to aircraft and space vehicles, including their design, construction, operation and maintenance and the infrastructure needed for them to operate.
On the degree, you will acquire the versatility to adapt to new situations and assimilate future technological developments in the aerospace industry.
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General details
- 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
- Timetables
- The degree is taught in the mornings. Subjects may be repeated the following semester in the afternoons.
- 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: €1,107 (€2,553 for non-EU residents). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).
- Location
- Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)
- Official degree
- Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register
Admission
- Places
- 60
- Registration and enrolment
- What are the requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course?
- Legalisation of foreign documents
- All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
Double-degree agreements
With other universities or centres of higher education in Catalonia- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Vehicle Engineering + Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management (UOC)
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Vehicle Engineering + Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Economics (UOC)
Professional opportunities
- Professional opportunities
- Design, planning, production and maintenance of aircraft, aerospace vehicles and aeronautical engineering works.
- Planning, construction and management of airport infrastructure.
- Control and supervision of ground facilities, airport terminals, runways, signalling systems and structures used in air navigation.
- Testing and certification of aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport and air navigation infrastructure, and systems for managing airspace, air traffic and air transport.
- Technical supervision, surveying, drafting of reports, and technical advice in areas related to aeronautical engineering.
Organisation: academic calendar and regulations
- Academic calendar
- General academic calendar for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees courses
- Academic regulations
- Academic regulations for bachelor’s degree courses at the UPC
- Language certification and credit recognition
- Queries about language courses and certification
Curriculum
First semester
Second semester
Third semester
Fourth semester
- Electrical Circuits 6
- Fluid Mechanics 7.5
- Materials Science 7.5
- Mechanics 4.5
- Propulsion Systems 4.5
Fifth semester
Sixth semester
- Advanced Control Systems 3
- Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3
- Advanced Programming Oriented Towards Goals 3
- Aerospace Structures 7.5
- Air Pollution and Treatment Technologies 6
- Airport Process Rethinking 3
- An Introduction to Space Systems 3
- Analysis of Thermal and Fluid Dynamics Issues in Industrial And/Or Aeronautical Systems and Equipment 3
- Application of Matlab-Octave to Thermal Engineering Problems 3
- Application of Open-Source Cfd to Engineering Problems 3
- Applied UAV Control 3
- Autonomous Vehicle Programming 3
- Aviation Meteorology 3
- Basic Robotics 6
- Big Data Tools and Applications 3
- Bim for Engineers 3
- Building Energy Certification 3
- Characterization Techniques for Metallic Alloys 3
- Control and Guidance of Mobile Robots 6
- Creative Lab 6
- Creative Programming with Processing 3
- Critical Thinking for 3D Printing 6
- Decision Criteria - Engineer as Employee or Engineer as Entrepreneur 3
- Design, Build and Test Unmanned Aircraft 3
- Electromobility and Electrical Aircraft Systems 3
- Embedded Systems Programming 3
- Energy Efficiency Systems 3
- Energy Storage and Conversion Application 3
- Experimental Aerodynamics 3
- Experimental Design 3
- Experimental Labs in Fluids 3
- Finite Elements in Structural Analysis 3
- Flight Mechanics 6
- Flight Simulation for Aeronautical Engineering 3
- Fluid Mechanics II 3
- Fundamentals of Cubesat Mission Design 3
- Fundamentals of Robotics 3
- Gas Dynamics and Heat and Mass Transfer 6
- Greening the Built Environment 3
- High Performance Computing for Aerospace Engineering 3
- Highly Automated Production Systems 3
- Hospital Engineering 6
- Industrial Organic Chemistry 3
- Information and Communication Technology 3
- Initiation to Paper and Graphic Industrial Tecnologies 6
- Innovation and Creativity: Tools for Engineering 3
- Introduction to Big Data 3
- Introduction to Cubesats 3
- Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory 3
- Introduction to Forensic Expert for Technique Dispute Resolution 3
- Introduction to Lean Construction 3
- Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 3
- Introduction to Reverse Engineering 3
- Introduction to Rockets 3
- Introduction to Sailplanes 3
- Key Factors for the Professional Success 3
- Knowledge of Aerospace Companies and Professional Practice 3
- Lasers and Photonic Technologies for Engineering 3
- Leadership and Professional Development in Engineering 3
- Lean Construction and Circular Economy Basics 3
- Learning From Mechanical Failure in Engineering 3
- Lightweight Materials for Engineering Applications 3
- Lignocellulosic Biorefineries 3
- Materials Characterization and Surface Engineering 3
- Materials Chemistry 3
- Materials Engineering: Learning From Disasters 3
- Mathematical Models in Engineering 3
- Mathematics and Computing Engineering 3
- Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation 3
- Mobile Programming 6
- Modelisation, Complexity and Sustainability 6
- Motorbikes Design and Secrets 3
- Nonlinear Systems, Chaos and Control in Engineering 3
- Numerical Methods for Engineers 6
- Numerical Tools in Machine Learning for Aeronautical Engineering 3
- Optimization of Industrial Processes 3
- Planning, Simulation and Supervision of Industrial Processes 6
- Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Concept, Design and Project of Electric Propulsion Systems 3
- Polymers in Engineering 6
- Professional Communication for Engineers Through Virtual Reality 3
- Programming of Mobiles Android 6
- Real-Time Programming and Database Systems 3
- Robotic Exploration of the Solar System 3
- Robotics and Automation 3
- Safety Robotics and Automation for Industry 4.0 3
- Spoken Academic and Professional Skills 3
- Surface Chemistry for Industrial Applications Design 3
- Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies 3
- Systems and Instruments 4.5
- Technology, Society and Globalization: the Sustainability Challenge in the XXIth Century 6
- Telemetry and Smart Electronics Projects 3
- Thermodynamics of Materials 3
- Towards a New Cockpit Generation Commercial Aircraft 3
- Turbulence in Aerospace Science and Engineering 3
- Uav Fundamentals & Operations 3
- Uav Generative Design 6
- Uav Guidance & Autonomous Control 3
- Uav Hardware & Programming 3
- Uav Research & Development 3
- Uav Research & Development Project 3
- Uav Sensors & Applications 3
- Unit Operation in Engineering 3
- Validating and Communicating Innovative Ideas 6
- Vibroacoustics 3
- Web Applications 3
- Written Academic Skills for Engineering 3
Seventh semester
Eighth semester
- Agrivoltaics: Photovoltaic Solar Energy for Sustainable Development 3
- Alternative Propulsion Vehicles 3
- Application of Python/Matlab/C++ to Thermal Engineering Mechanical and Aeronautical Problems 3
- Applied Research Methods in Engineering Science 3
- Automobile Electronics 3
- Bachelor's Thesis 24
- BIM Management 3
- Digitalization Applied to Energy Systems 3
- Electrical Project Design with Eplan 3
- Engines and Powertrains 3
- Fluid Dynamic Technologies in Vehicles 3
- Fundamentals of Rams Engineering in the Certification of Aerospace Products 3
- Hydraulic Hybrid Machines 3
- Hydrogen's Future: Technologies and Applications 3
- Introduction to Robotics and Automation 3
- Life Cycle Assessment 3
- Mechanical Design and Manufacturing 3
- Numerical Optimization with Applications in Machine Learning and Aeronautical Engineering 3
- Professional Communication for Engineers Through Virtual Reality II 3
- R&D in Engineering 3
- Sports Engineering 3
- Technological Projects I 6
- Technological Projects II 6
- Thermal Analysis Techniques Applied to Engineering Materials 3
- UAV Introduction to Drone Flight (Uas) 3
- Vehicle Dynamics 3
- Wind Turbines Design 3
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- OptionalECTS
- ProjectECTS
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