Degree in Mechanical Engineering

All engineering degrees share a system of similar training that promotes the support of specific knowledge on a solid basic training. This is perhaps one of the fundamental differences between engineering and intermediate studies (vocational training). By For this reason, among the contents of the Faculty there are basic subjects that occupy the first years and specific or specific to the degree.

Thus, graduates in mechanical engineering acquire knowledge in machine and mechanism theory, Vehicles, design and testing of machines, electronics, systems and machines fluid mechanics, automatisms and methods of control, calculation and design of industrial structures and constructions, thermal engineering, resistance of materials, production and manufacturing systems, environmental technologies and sustainability, business organization, organization and management of projects, graphic engineering techniques, elasticity and resistance of materials, materials engineering, manufacturing processes, metrology and quality control.

To support this specific knowledge, those who graduate in Mechanical Engineering receive basic training on the resolution of mathematical problems that may arise in engineering, on the general laws of mechanics, thermodynamics and their application to solve problems specific to engineering, on the use and programming of computers, on the basic principles of general, organic and inorganic chemistry and their applications in engineering, on graphic representation techniques, both by traditional methods of metric and descriptive geometry, and by means of computer-aided design applications, on the concept of the company and its institutional and legal framework, on applied thermodynamics and heat transmission, on the basic principles of fluid mechanics and their application to problem solving in the field of engineering, on the fundamentals of science, technology and chemistry of materials and on the principles of the theory of circuits and electrical machines.

Complete study skills

The scientific-technological revolution in which we are immersed means an increase in the demand for engineering professionals.

The socio-economic characteristics of the province of A Coruña, which has an important business and industrial fabric, means that the demand for engineers is constant.

This facilitates the insertion of our graduates, who have 100% employability.

The EPEF has more than 200 agreements signed with companies from all industrial sectors, of which the most relevant are:

• Inditex
• Navantia
• Scolding
• Gamesa,S.A
• Televes, S.A
• Pérez Torres Marítima,S.L
• Peugeot Citroën Automobiles Spain,S.A
• Naturgy
• Hijos de Rivera,S.A.U (Estrella Galicia)
• Schneider Electric España,S.L
• Endesa
• Ferrovial
• Tecnalia Research&Innovation

The Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering consists of a total of 240 ECTS credits, distributed in four courses of 60 credits each (corresponding to 10 subjects per year, divided into two semesters) with the exception of the Final Degree Project (last subject to be taken) which has a teaching load of 12 credits.

This degree has compulsory and optional subjects. During the first three years, compulsory subjects are taken, and in the fourth year there is an optional that allows students to select the subjects they consider most related to their interests. The offer of optional subjects consists of 90 credits (15 subjects) of which 36 credits (6 subjects) must be taken. 

The electives are as follows: 

• Machine Elements
• Actuators and sensors
• Maintenance
• Vehicle Engineering
• Hydraulic and pneumatic
• Material Failure Analysis
• Finite Element Structure Modeling
• Structural typologies
• Structural technology and design
• Welding
• Industrial Constructions II
• Vibrations
• Interdisciplinary Project I
• Interdisciplinary Project II
• External internships

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

Teachers

The study is taught by teachers from the departments of: Architectural, Civil and Aeronautical Buildings and Structures, Business, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technologies, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Nautical Sciences and Marine Engineering, Naval and Industrial Engineering and Physics and Earth Sciences

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.