Master in Industrial Design Engineering

C) Compulsory: 48 ECTS

E) Electives: 6 ECTS

TFM) Master's Thesis: 6 ECTS

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered​: 2023

• Verification Report
• Madri+d Verification Report

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee

Application

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

REQUIREMENTS

Access to the Master's Degree is open to those who hold a Graduate Degree or equivalent qualification, preferably in the field of Industrial Engineering, without ruling out other related disciplines, such as other engineering or architecture, which provide the candidate with a solid theoretical foundation that will allow him/her to approach the subjects taught in the Master's Degree with sufficient academic guarantee.

According to the fields of knowledge defined in Annex 1 of Royal Decree 822/2021, degrees in the fields of industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, automatic engineering, industrial organization engineering and navigation engineering are considered suitable for admission to the master's degree program.

In addition to the degrees linked to the aforementioned field, applications from other degrees, such as architecture, construction, building and urban planning, and civil engineering, which would allow the student to follow the subjects included in the master's degree without problems and without the need for additional training, will be considered. In the case of applicants who have graduated from these degrees, the academic committee of the master's degree will evaluate their suitability in view of their academic background and professional experience, assessing their competence profile in the following areas:

• Fundamentals and techniques of industrial design, expression and graphic design, computer aided design
• Materials and mechanics
• Manufacturing processes, production organization, and project management

ADMISSION CRITERIA

The selection of students will be made on the basis of:

ADMISSION PROFILE

The degree is aimed at students who hold a graduate degree or equivalent qualification, preferably in the field of Industrial Engineering, without ruling out other related disciplines, such as other engineering or architecture, as indicated in the previous section, which will provide the candidate with a solid theoretical foundation that will allow him/her to approach the subjects taught in the master's degree with sufficient academic guarantee.

In addition, the student should have the skills and critical sense for the identification of industrial product and service requirements, both from the point of view of design, communication and information management. The student must have the ability to propose solutions to the problems addressed, as well as to analyze the results obtained.

Finally, creativity, imagination, innovation and motivation for continuous learning are characteristics with a significant contribution to the success in taking advantage of the teachings to be taught in this Master. Likewise, he/she must have a proactive attitude to work and lead in work teams.

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA, must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

TUITION FEES

Reservation fee: €450 

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €2,701.2 (€45.02/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €5,044.2 (€84.07/ECTS credit)

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NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

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Best Practices and Regulations

• Student cohabitation system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

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