Bachelor’s degree in Informatics Engineering

The Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering taught at the UPC campus in Vilanova i la Geltrú (major in Information Technology) will train you in the fields of programming, computer architectures and networks, internet, operating systems and information management. You will learn how to conceive systems, applications and services based on these technologies.

What can I learn by taking the bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering on the UPC Vilanova Campus?

Data Engineering

You will learn how to apply artificial intelligence techniques to retrieve and process information and extract knowledge from large amounts of data and to deploy smart scenario, management technologies, particularly those that focus on smart cities.

Mobile Technologies

You will get to know the current technologies and standards behind mobile and web applications from three complementary perspectives: service servers, cross platform and adaptive clients of harware and the wireles networks that connect them.

Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0, also known as smart industry, is considered the fourth industrial revolution. It seeks to transform businesses into intelligent organisations to achieve the best business results.

+8 Reasons to study this degree

100% Employability
Learn to design, program and management
You will be trained in computer networks
Use of object-oriented programming
Study of databases, security and encryption
Web and mobile apps development
Knowledge in artificial intelligence and data engineering
Internship and mobility agreements

Students’ experience

As a fan of video games, I liked their subjects
Teachers are very approachable to the students
You will learn about innovation and teamwork
Specific areas: security issues in system administration and operating systems
Use of agile methodologies
Knowledge in mathematics and reasoning

Access information and curriculum of the Degree in Informatics Engineering

Duration: 4 years
Study load: 240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor’s thesis). One credit is equivalent to 25-30 hours of study.
Delivery: Face-to-face. It is recommended that students attend class with a personal computer.
Minimum entrance mark (2024-2025 academic year): 9.075
Timetable: Mornings
Fees and grants: Approximate fees per academic year: €1,107 Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options)
Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities’ degree register
Coordinator of the bachelor’s degree: Adrià Asensio Garcia

Weighting of university entrance examinations (PAU)

Subject weighting table for the specific stage

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Entrance routes and enrolment.

Validation of higher training cycles (CFGS)

Legalisation of documents

All documents issued in countries outside the European Union must be legalised through diplomatic channels or carry the corresponding apostille.

First semester

Second semester

Third semester

Fourth semester

Fifth semester

Sixth semester

Seventh semester

Optional 30

Eighth semester

Optional 12
Bachelor's thesis18

Obligatory180 ECTS
Optional42 ECTS
Bachelor's thesis18 ECTS
TOTAL240 ECTS

Check the recommendations for the order of enrollment of the subjects, as well as the semester in which teaching is offered. Semester 1 (Q1) runs from September to January and Semester 2 (Q2) runs from February to June.

Optional credits can be obtained by taking optional subjects or by other means.

Specific optional subjects of the Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering

Data Engineering Itinerary

Data Engineering Itinerary

You will learn how to apply artificial intelligence techniques to retrieve and process information and extract knowledge from large amounts of data and to deploy smart scenario management technologies, particularly those that focus on smart cities. The skills acquired in this pathway are highly valued by companies in the areas of big data, data mining and business intelligence, to name just a few.
Mobile Technologies Itinerary

Mobile Technologies Itinerary

You will get to know the current technologies and standards behind mobile and web applications from three complementary perspectives: service servers, cross-platform and adaptive clients of hardware and the wireless networks that connect them. You will learn how to use tools for testing networks and how to incorporate them into the design and development of mobile applications.

Cross-curricular electives

Industry 4.0 Itinerary

Industry 4.0 Itinerary

The adoption of the Industry 4.0 paradigm is a reality that involves an increase in the use of ICTs in industrial settings. This means that industrial engineers with in-depth knowledge of this field will be needed, as will informatics engineers who are familiar with the particularities of industrial settings. The subjects that make up this optional pathway focus on three key aspects of this paradigm: networks, specifically the internet (INTE), programming (PMUD) and automation (AUIN). Depending on the degree you are enrolled in, you can choose some subjects or others to complete your Industry 4.0 engineer profile.
Social Itinerary

Social Itinerary

Engineers, in addition to solving technological problems and proposing advances, must always consider the social and environmental implications of their work and take responsibility for them. How do our design decisions affect our environment? How do they affect society? Do our proposals bring us closer to the world we want or take us away from it?
In this pathway, by carrying out your own projects in real scenarios you will learn how technology can be part of the solution to the multiple problems that so-called development causes. There are three decisive challenges. The first is how to ensure that technology has a positive influence, both on the environment and on society, through sustainable design and sustainable technologies. The second is how to ensure inclusion based on the equity, participation and accessibility of people in their interaction with the environment. The third is how to ensure beneficial coexistence with robots when their social behaviour is designed.
In the three subjects that make up this pathway, the perspective of socially responsible technology is adopted. We know that ingenuity, creativity and technique have enormous power to shape the future of the natural environment and human relationships. We also know that our engineers have the key competencies to contribute to it.
Teams Itinerary

Teams Itinerary

Currently, many universities are committed to enhancing students' training in international university competition teams such as MotoStudent and Formula Student, in which students must make their own pre-Moto3 design for electric motorcycles or single-seater vehicles. These projects involve team management, organisation, electrical, electronic, mechanical, informatics and design engineering, funding, business management, communications, etc. The aim of the subjects offered is to address and consolidate all these practical aspects so that students can carry out the best project and complement the skills that will bring them as close as possible to leading a real project.
- Moto Student 1 (Q5)6
- Moto Student 2 (Q6)6
- Formula Student 1 (Q5)6
- Formula Student 2 (Q6)6
- Agil (Q5)6
Internationalization Itinerary

Internationalization Itinerary

The Internationalisation pathway is designed to improve the ability to communicate in English in academic and professional settings. Through oral and written communication subjects, students acquire a series of skills essential for the practice of engineering in an increasingly internationalised world. Students learn how to present their projects effectively and how to successfully participate in academic and professional situations (by practising job interviews, writing a CV and technical reports, different types of oral presentations, etc.). By emphasising a variety of intercultural and professional competencies and incorporating an internationalisation-at-home experience, the Internationalisation pathway aims to prepare students to study and work in a global setting.

If the 18 credits of the same itinerary are exceeded, an accrediting diploma will be issued, upon request to the SIAE, through the Demana.

Regulated profession

Technical informatics engineer.
Informatics engineer, by taking the master’s degree in Informatics Engineerings.

This bachelor’s degree / master’s degree is part of an integrated programme that qualifies graduates to practise regulated professions.

Major in Information Technologies

Computer network administration.
ICTs in companies and public administrations.
Computer systems administration.
Design, selection and implementation of computer and communications infrastructure.
Data and access security in organisations.
Implementation of new communications systems and protocols in the informatics sector.

Tutorial action on each degree is conceived as a service for students in which tutors guide, inform and advise them on how the University works and how it is regulated.

Their main functions are listed below.

To advise students on the following:
- Planning their enrolment in accordance with their academic progress and the recommendations for enrolment..
- Improving their academic performance (study methods and use of learning resources such as the School’s library and other services).
- Assessment processes (for subjects and for curricular assessment of initial and final stages).
- Taking optional credits or having them recognised, external placements and participation in national and international mobility programmes.
- Choosing and carrying out the bachelor’s or master’s thesis.
To direct students to other people or services at the School to solve specific issues.
To collect students’ proposals for improving teaching and degrees.

In the Tutorial Action Plan, each student on each degree is assigned a tutor from the group of tutors for the corresponding stage:

Initial stage if the student has not yet passed 120 ECTS credits
Final stage if the student has passed 120 ECTS credits

Tutors for the initial stage teach in the first half of the degree and tutors for the final stage teach in the second half of the degree.

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