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Bachelor in Sciences

Ciencias
Duration
4 years (240 ECTS credits)
Centre
Language
Spanish
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Deputy Director for the Bachelor: Silvia Noemí Santalla Arribas

Interuniversitary studies of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid with, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.

Degree with minors in Earth Sciences and Environment, Science and Technology and Biosciences.

Presentation

The Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences is organized by three universities: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M),  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 
This degree program, with a marked interdisciplinary perspective, seeks to train professionals who are capable of providing scientific solutions to a wide range of problems in the social, economic or business ambit which require scientific knowledge, and horizontal and multidisciplinary technology.  Some areas for its applied knowledge are: disease control, catastrophe management, energy generation and distribution, and identification and implementation of appropriate technologies for developing countries, among others.  
This bachelor’s degree provides scientific knowledge and multidisciplinary technology in mathematical sciences, physics-chemistry, Earth and life sciences, as well as their relation in the technology, economic and social ambits, among others. 
The Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences is unique in its being offered between Madrid and Barcelona.  The first year is taught at UAM and UC3M. The second year takes place at the UAB and in a coordinated manner at UAM and UC3M. During the third and fourth year that focus on electives and the Senior Year Project, students can opt for international mobility and /or study of subjects at the university where enrolled.  The program will be taught for this first time during academic year 2020-21.

Employability and profesional 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).

 

International Excellence

QS Top 50 Under 50
Times Higher Education (THE)
Erasmus+

Program

Year 3 - Semester 1

General subjects
SubjectsECTSTYPELanguage
Electives type B: Recommended 30 credits

Year 3 - Semester 2

General subjects
SubjectsECTSTYPELanguage
Electives type B: Recommended 30 credits

Year 4 - Semester 1

General subjects
SubjectsECTSTYPELanguage
Gestión y Evaluación de la Ciencia (UC3M)6O
Electives type B: Recommended 24 credits
Electives type B to be chosen in 3rd and 4th year - First Semester
SubjectsECTSTYPELanguage
At the end of your studies you must have obtained a total os 102 credits electivity type B
Molecular Genetics (B1)6PEnglish
Biomacromolecules (B1)6PEnglish
Physiology (B1) (Equivalent to Medical Physiology)6PEnglish
Metabolism (B1) (Equivalent to Biochemistry)6PEnglish
Biochemical Methodology (B1)6PEnglish
Quantum Phenomena (B2) (Equivalent to Quantom Physics)6PEnglish
Energy Technology (B2) (Equivalent to Thermal Engineering)6PEnglish Spanish
Electrical Technology(B2) (Equivalent to electrical power engineering fundamentals)6PEnglish Spanish
Introduction to Bioengineering6PEnglish
Biomechanics of continuum media I (solids)6PEnglish
Control Engineering II6PEnglish
Systems and Signals6PEnglish
Measuring Instrumentation6PEnglish
Industrial Robotics6PEnglish
Introduction to biomedical image *6PEnglish
Transport phenomena in biomedical engineering **6PEnglish
Industrial Automation6PEnglish Spanish
Introduction to Data Science6PEnglish
Mechanics and Relativity6PEnglish
Complex variable and transforms6PEnglish Spanish
Machine Mechanics6PEnglish Spanish
Integration and Measure6PEnglish
Ordinary differential equations6PEnglish
Engineering Fluid Mechanics6PEnglish Spanish
Stochastic Processes *6PEnglish
Computer Structure *6PEnglish Spanish
Statistical Physics *6PEnglish
Advanced Quantum Physics *6PEnglish
Electromagnetic fields and waves *6PEnglish
Electrical Technology *6PEnglish Spanish
Analog Electronics *6PEnglish Spanish
Digital Electronics *6PEnglish Spanish
Industrial Robotics *6PEnglish Spanish
Electrical machines and installations *6PEnglish Spanish
Nuclear Energy *6PEnglish
Electric power generation *6PEnglish
Heat Transfer *6PEnglish Spanish
Statistical Learning *6PEnglish
Numerical methods for partial differential equations *6PEnglish
Cryptography and Computer Security *6PEnglish
Elasticity and strength of materials **6PEnglish Spanish
Biología Computacional6P
Professional Internships6P

Year 4 - Semester 2

General subjects
SubjectsECTSTYPELanguage
Bachelor Thesis (UC3M)12O
Electives type B: Recommended 18 credits
Electives type B to be chosen in the 3rd and 4th year - Second Semester
SubjectsECTSTYPELanguage
At the end of your studies you must have obtained a total os 102 credits electivity type B
Biophysics (B1) (Molecular, cell and tissue physical biology)6PEnglish
Medical Image processing6PEnglish
Introduction to Biomaterials **6PEnglish
Control Engineering II6PEnglish Spanish
Molecular Genetics (B1)6PEnglish
Biomacromolecules (B1)6PEnglish
Cytology and Histology (B1) (Equivalent to Fundamental of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine)6PEnglish
Biochemical Methodology (B1)6PEnglish
Numerical Methods (B2)6PEnglish
Structure of Matter (B2) (Equivalent to Solid state fundamentals for engineering)6PEnglish
Energy Technology (B2) (Equivalent to Thermal Engineering)6PEnglish Spanish
Electronic Technology (B2) (Equivalent to solid state findamentals for engineering)6PEnglish Spanish
Environmental Technology (B2) (Equivalent to Environmental Technology and Energy in Transport)3PEnglish Spanish
Introduction to Statistical Modeling6PEnglish
Electronic technology in biomedicine6PEnglish
Introduction to business management6PEnglish
Bioethics6PEnglish
Medical Physiology II6PEnglish
Ingeniería Neuronal6PEnglish
Cell and molecular biology *6PEnglish
Biomechanics of continuum media II (fluids) *6PEnglish
Instrumentation and multimodality imaging **6PEnglish
Biological Systems **6PEnglish
Introduction to the design of medical instrumentation **6PEnglish
Biomedical applications of nanotechnology **6PEnglish
Synthetic and systems biology **6PEnglish
Biophysics 2: Systems and synthetic biology. Computational biology **6PEnglish
Materials science and engineering (***)6PEnglish Spanish
Industrial Automation6PEnglish Spanish
Computer Networks6PEnglish
Engineering Graphics6PEnglish Spanish
Electromagnetism and Optics6PEnglish
Introduction to engineering management6PEnglish Spanish
Innovation and Technological Change6PEnglish Spanish
Discrete Mathematics6PEnglish Spanish
Linear Geometry6PEnglish
Computer Technology6PEnglish Spanish
Partial differential equations6PEnglish
Signals, Systems and circuits6PEnglish
Machine Learning I6PEnglish
Mechanics of Structures *6PEnglish Spanish
Statistical Signal Processing *6PEnglish
Materials Technology *6PEnglish Spanish
Instrumentation and measurements *6PEnglish
Wind Energy *6PEnglish
Solar Energy *6PEnglish
Transmission and distribution of energy *6PEnglish
Industrial Robotics *6PEnglish Spanish
Photonics *6PEnglish
Nanomaterials *6PEnglish
Mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics *6PEnglish
Predictive Modeling *6PEnglish
Plasma physics and technology *6PEnglish
Algorithms and data structures *6PEnglish Spanish
Artificial Intelligence *6PEnglish Spanish
Introduction to spintronics *6PEnglish
Métodos numéricos en Biomedicina6P
Professional Internships6P

(*) This subject requires having previously taken another A or B elective. More information 

(**) This subject requires having previously taken another A or B elective. More information

(***) If you have taken "Materials Science" as a type A elective in the 2nd year, you cannot choose "Materials Science and Engineering".

In joint degrees, the regulations of coordinating university are applied. Click here for UAM's rules and regulations for permanence and enrollment

TYPES OF SUBJECTS

BC: Basic Core
C: Compulsory
E: Electives
BT: Bachelor Thesis

Administrative Information

Interuniversity Bachelor Degree in Science

This degree is taught jointly by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), with the UAM being the coordinating university.

Thus, some courses are held in Madrid and others in Barcelona:

  • First course: Madrid (first semester at UAM and second semester at UC3M).
  • Second course, first four-month period: Barcelona (UAB)
  • Second year, second term: Madrid (UC3M and UAM, alternating days)
  • Third and fourth year: Each student takes the third and fourth year at the university that granted him/her admission.

Language

Students admitted to UC3M may take their subjects in Spanish and/or English. The language of each course is indicated in the study program.

Admission

Each of the participating universities will allocate 15 places. However, during the first two years, the 45 students will form a single group.

For this reason, the cut-off marks and weightings may be different at each university. Please consult the admission information for each university for more information.

Enrolment and academic regulations

The coordinating university (UAM) will be responsible for the enrolment of all students during all academic years. Therefore, the fees to be paid will be those established by the Community of Madrid.

Those admitted to this degree at UC3M will receive, by e-mail, the necessary information to formalise their enrolment at the UAM. In addition, they will be issued with the university card of the three universities.

The rules of permanence and enrolment that will be applied will be those of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and can be consulted here.

International mobility

In this degree there is the possibility of carrying out an international mobility stay, within the Erasmus programme. The corresponding agreements and the allocation of available places will be managed by the UAM.

 

Profile and career opportunities

  • Entry Profile

    Entry profile

    The student will receive basic training in mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and geology during the first two years of studies, in order to acquire a multidisciplinary knowledge of the sciences in the third and fourth years, which will allow him/her to have an adequate and sufficient vision to analyze the problems posed with scientific and multidisciplinary arguments. 

    On the other hand, the Degree in Science proposed here will be aimed at a new student profile, to which not much attention has been paid so far, and which is different from the one that normally accesses the classic degrees in science. On the one hand, this student would be more interested in obtaining a serious, broad and global vision of the sciences, which will allow him/her to integrate knowledge from fields that often appear disjoint in our current teaching systems. On the other hand, the student will receive a presentation of them focused not only on their more scientific and technical side, but also offering a vision of their synergies and relationships with social, technological and humanistic fields. Overall, it will provide you with a general perspective, which you will be able to complete later and specifically, if you so decide, with Master's studies.

    Access routes and application for a place in the degree program

  • Graduate Profile

    Graduate profile

    The degree will provide students with a broad training as professionals with a scientific profile in different areas of science with certain transversal skills in communication and science management. This multidisciplinary training, in accordance with the growing demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) professionals, will allow these graduates to develop their professional activity in industry and scientific dissemination among others, as well as access to postgraduate studies that will allow them to access teaching and/or research. Among all of them, we could consider:

    • Research centers and universities, exercising functions of technology transfer, scientific communication or project management.
    • Public and private teaching centers, after passing the regulated studies, where they will be able to teach in several scientific fields at the same time.
    • Scientific-technical services and research organizations, as specialized technicians.
    • Publishing companies, scientific communication companies, project management companies, combining the transdisciplinary dimension of the scientific knowledge acquired.
    • Public function and official organizations, in places related to science policy, research analysis and scientific information, as well as interdisciplinary analysis between different fields of knowledge.
    • Private companies in R&D&I laboratories, quality control, marketing and sales, project management, human resources, strategic projects, etc.
  • Career opportunities

    Career opportunities

    • Control of disease spread
    • Disaster management
    • Power generation and distribution
    • Identification and implementation of appropriate technologies for developing countries.
    • etc.

Mobility

European and Non-European Mobility

Students of this degree can spend one or several terms at a european or non european university. 

The mobility is managed by the coodinating university.

Study in English

Before completing your studies, you must prove a B2 level of English by taking a test at the University or submitting one of the official certificates admitted.

Schedules

Schedules and Calendar

Schedule in Bachelor's Degree

Academic Calendar

Exams Calendar (First Semester)

Exams Calendar (Second semester)

Exams Calendar (Recovery Tests)

Quality

Facts about this bachelor's degree

Year of Implementation: 2020

Places offered:

  • Leganés Campus: 45 (15 assigned by UC3M)

Official Code: 2504022

Link to publication in the Official Universities, centres and degrees registry

Profesorado y plan docente

Asignaturas del plan de estudios y su profesorado

(Only subjects taught at UC3M will be included)