Degree in Marine Engineering

Courses of the study plan ensure learning the skills of operation, maintenance, design, redesign and management of the facilities of the ship.

Graduates acquire a very wide scientific and technological training, which also allows apply the methodology and techniques of engineering in a wide range of activities in the energy field, technical office, production equipment, management and administration.

Complete study skills

The generic competences are designed for students reach knowledges, skills and useful attitudes to develop themselvers not only in the professional field but also in the daily life, inside a critical and changing society .

Thereby, the study plan collects, among others, skills such as:

• Develop for the exercise of an open citizenship, literate, critical, committed, democratic and solidaria.
• Value críticamente the knowledge, the technology and the available information to resolve the problems with which have to confront
• Apply the knowledges to his work or vocation of a professional form

The specific skills guarantee the neccesary knowledge for the exercise of the profession of Engineer Officer and develop in the Degree's specific subjects.

The following can be noted:

• Capacity to carry out inspections, measurements, assessments, valuations, surveys, studies, reports, work plan and certifications in the installations of the field of his speciality
• Capacity for leadership, organisation and operation of the maritime installations in the field of his speciality
• Knowledge and capacity for carring out energetic audits of maritime installations

Transversal competences enable students to develop and apply their own skills in various activities. We highlight, versatility, communicate effectively, teamwork, initiative, social responsibility, etc...

• Marine Engineer of Merchant Navy, and together Master in Marine Engineering, Chief Engineer, as recorded by the RD 269/2022 (BOE 2/07/09)
• Maritime Administration. Shipowners. Inspection and Societies of Classification of ships. Shipyards and energetic and industrial installations. Technical office in design and engineering. Teaching.

• Marine Engineer of Merchant Navy and together Master of Marine Engineering, Chief Engineer
• Maritime Administration.
• Shipowners.
• Inspection and Societies of Classification of ships.
• Shipyards and energetic and industrial installations.
• Technical office in design and engineering.
• Education and access to the Master and PH Degree

Lessons in Spanish, Galego and/or English in accordance with the subjet's study guide.

This study has teaching guide
You can read it to learn more about the study. In the table below you can see the individual teaching guides for each subject.

Study structure

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

• 1st year
• 2nd year
• 3rd year
• 4th year

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

Teachers

The study is taught by teachers from the departments of: Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technologies, Economics, Health Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Languages and Literatures, Mathematics, Nautical Sciences and Marine Engineering, Naval and Industrial Engineering, Physics and Earth Sciences and Private Law

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

• 1st year
• 2nd year
• 3rd year
• 4th year

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.