Undergraduate profile:Aimed at young people who are passionate about the world of the automobile and desire to make this their career.
Official qualification:Bachelor's degree in Automobile Engineering
Host faculty: Higher Polytechnic School
Branch of knowledge:Engineering and Architecture
Available places: 55
Total Credits:240 credits.
Minimum 12 ECTS and maximum 90 ECTS per registration and academic period.
Year of degree course foundation:2010
Languages:This degree course is taught in Spanish and English.
Type of Education: Classroom attendance
Academic Regulations: General student’s regulations. Credit transfer and recognition. Regulation of student participation. Common procedures for carrying out the Final Research Project
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Nebrija University was a pioneer in offering a bachelor’s degree in automobile engineering as part of its commitment to tailor degrees to areas of strategic importance to the country. The degree offers students subjects founded on solid scientific principles and expands on subjects related to the car industry with a hands-on methodology from the first year.
The degree is constantly evolving to stay ahead of the latest technical breakthroughs and developments. Subjects such as “Engines”, “Regulations”, “Automotive Project Quality and Management” and “Electric Vehicles” put students at the vanguard of the state of technology and issues in the car industry.
The Bachelor’s Degree in Automobile Engineering is very closely related to the degree in Mechanical Engineering, but focussed more specifically on the car industry. However, the sector encompasses a range of sub-sectors and areas of activity that are sufficiently broad to justify a specific degree programme.
Graduates will obtain a very robust scientific foundation coupled with accurate analytical skills to solve multidisciplinary problems, while equipping them with decision-making ability and enhancing creativity and critical reasoning in the domain of automobile engineering.
Graduate engineers will have leadership and project management skills. They must also be able to handle specifications, regulations and mandatory laws and standards in the automobile industry, and analyse and assess the social and environmental impact of proposed solutions.
Graduates must organise and plan company structures. They are also provided with the scientific/technological fundamentals required for independent learning or for going on to postgraduate study to enable them to deepen their knowledge and/or specialise in various fields of engineering, particularly for admission to postgraduate study on automobiles and industrial activity.
Automobile Engineering graduates can also access the master's programme in Industrial Engineering, which involves admission to the professional body. [+info]
Read lessNebrija University and Yamaha MS Racing have signed a collaboration agreement whereby the University becomes one of the team's sponsors during the next season of the World Superbike Championship - WorldSBK, in which students from the Higher Polytechnic School will be able to carry out their professional internships.
"I'm studying for a Bachelor's Degree in Automobile Engineering at Nebrija University. I've been passionate about the racing world for a long time, and it was the main reason for my interest in engineering. Having the opportunity to carry out my degree's internship in a structure like Yamaha MS Racing and being able to participate in the World Superbike Championship (WSBK) are a dream come true. We’ve already started working with the team, and attended the first tests. Little by little we are learning about the work methodologies, the tools that are used, the team dynamics and interacting with the pilots".
"I'm studying Automobile Engineering at Nebrija University. The university supports us and gave us the opportunity to carry out our internship in a great competition team as is Yamaha MS Racing in the Supersport 300 and 600 World Championship. For me, it is an incredible opportunity to learn and grow as a competition engineer within a professional team. In the first tests carried out with the team in Almería and Jerez, I learned about the functioning of the team structure and the motorcycles’ telemetry and electronics systems, which will help me to carry out my tasks throughout the year".
Students can get involved in dedicated projects (Student Formula, Smart Moto Challenge, Mini N10, etc.) from the start, enabling them to supplement their theoretical education with activities where they can put their projects into practice.
The experts’ conference on the latest developments in the automotive industry held at the University is an ideal support for the students’ formal education.
Facilities, laboratories and workshops where you can implement your own projects.
Nebrija University, which is strongly committed to languages and quality, provides the student with an academic certification in English, a suitable complement to obtain the B2 and C1 levels.
Promotion of competencies oriented to employability, management skills, coaching, personal branding and any other topic related to professional and social development, which may be chosen by the student to enrich their personal and professional training.
The University puts within the students' reach a total of three subjects to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become a competent professional within the demands of the current labor market.
Students can get involved from day one in specific projects (such as Formula Student, Smart Moto Challenge, Mini N10, etc.) that allow them to complement their theoretical training with activities in which they can make their projects come true.
Through the transversal subjects you will be able to complement your education and complete your CV in a practical, collaborative and fun way.
It is a voluntary program with no added cost. Upon completion, you will be provided with a diploma.
Access all the informationLearn about the Bachelor’s Degree in Automobile Engineering from Nebrija University
BOE No.294, of 6 decembre, 2016.
All our degrees and curricula have been prepared in accordance with the new guidelines set by current legislation, having already been verified by the National Agency for Quality Assessment.
The student must complete 240 credits
The recognition of 6 credits will be assessed depending on the different activities that the student performs throughout his degree. They will be awarded for university cultural activities, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation, or for taking one of the following subjects: Ethics of volunteering or Human Rights.
Program which aims to promote the practical training of students, under the continuous supervision of the Department of Professional Careers of the University, the academic department corresponding to the degree and the company or collaborating institution where the practices are carried out. Advice is provided on the internship and there is follow-up and tutoring, always taking into account the professional orientation of each student.
List of companies and institutions where the students of the degree have had internships under the agreement of educational cooperation. More information on Company InternshipsThe End of Degree Project is an academic report that delves into a subject of the curriculum and allows the evaluation of the skills acquired in the Degree. It can be linked to the professional internship or it can also be part of a research project.
Through the transversal subjects you will be able to complement your education and complete your CV in a practical, collaborative and fun way.
It is a voluntary program with no added cost. Upon completion, you will be provided with a diploma.
Access all the informationSkills having an instrumental role. Highlights include:
Individual skills consisting of the ability to express one's own feelings, and critical and self-critical skills. Social skills relating to interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team and expression of social and ethical commitments. These skills tend to support social interaction and cooperation processes. We highlight the following:
The skills and abilities that relate to systems as a whole. These skills include the ability to plan changes so that improvements can be made to systems as a whole, and to design new systems. Systemic or integrating skills require the prior acquisition of instrumental and interpersonal skills. The highlights include:
The Final Research Project tests that the student has acquired and integrated the general and specific skills imparted in the course of the degree programme.
The student's mastery of general skills is tested by being required to design and implement a sufficiently complex engineering project, focusing on innovation and with an emphasis on teamwork. Part of the workload may be devoted to the simulation and/or research work. When completing the project, the student must also acquire personal skills relating to searching and organising documentation, presentation, teamwork, etc.
Profesores Professors | Porcentaje de Doctores Percentage of PhD holders |
57 | 58% |
En la Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, se llevarán a cabo los procedimientos de admisión establecidos por la legislación universitaria (Real Decreto 1393/2007 de 29 de octubre por el que se establece la ordenación de las enseñanzas universitarias oficiales) con particular referencia a los principios rectores del acceso a la universidad española: igualdad, mérito, capacidad, accesibilidad universal y ajuste a los criterios del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior.
Asimismo la Universidad Nebrija, cumple lo establecido en el Artículo 13 del Real Decreto 1892/2008. Superación de la prueba de acceso a la universidad.
“1. El acceso a la universidad española, tanto pública como privada, para cursar las enseñanzas conducentes a la obtención de los distintos títulos de las enseñanzas universitarias oficiales de Grado con validez en todo el territorio nacional, requerirá, con carácter general, la superación de la prueba a la que se refiere el artículo 38 de la Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, de Educación, que se regula en el presente real decreto, sin perjuicio de los otros supuestos previstos en el artículo 3 del presente real decreto.”
El perfil de ingreso recomendado es el del alumno de bachillerato tecnológico, con buenas calificaciones, con especial inclinación hacia la mecánica y los automóviles, y buena base en materias fundamentales como física y matemática.
En el caso de acceso desde ciclos formativos superiores de formación profesional, el ciclo formativo superior recomendado para acceder al grado será el de mantenimiento de vehículos autopropulsados (en sus tres títulos).
Pueden solicitar la admisión en primer curso los estudiantes que se encuentren en alguna de las siguientes situaciones académicas:
Para solicitar la admisión en cualquier estudio universitario oficial de Grado de la Universidad será necesario cumplimentar la correspondiente solicitud de admisión a través de la página web de la Universidad, o bien solicitarla en cualquiera de los campus universitarios dentro de los plazos establecidos por el Departamento de Desarrollo Universitario. Más información.
El proceso de admisión, en los programas de grado, se divide en varias fases, tal y como se detalla a continuación:
Los resultados de las pruebas de admisión se comunican por escrito y por teléfono a cada candidato en un plazo aproximado de 3 a 5 días.
The International Mobility Office of the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija monitors agreements with leading universities worldwide on an ongoing basis.
NOTA: Las universidades de destino, ofrecidas por titulación, pueden variar según el Programa de Movilidad Internacional. Para obtener información más actualizada los alumnos pueden consultar la información online en el Programa de Movilidad Internacional.
Varias universidades tienen requisitos académicos o lingüísticos especiales. Para más información, consulta al Departamento de Programas Internacionales.
Automobile Engineering is a strongly interdisciplinary degree, but also goes into great depth in each of its research disciplines. This is owing to the highly competitive nature of the sector. There is currently a rapid evolution of some of the technological pillars of automotive technology, such as the use of fossil fuels in propulsion systems. Emerging technologies of electric and hybrid propulsion, fuel cells, etc., are now the focus of research by manufacturers, research centres, universities, etc.
Related areas such as materials and nanotechnologies, microelectronics and the whole range of production-related areas also require very intensive R&D. The automobile industry generates a very large number of patents every year.
In Spain in particular, although the established manufacturers are not Spanish-owned, the parts industry is to a large extent Spanish and requires the support of universities to train specialists capable of generating know-how, technology and patents. This will safeguard the future continuity of this industry in Spain, replacing cheap labour with greater added value and giving our companies the capacity to internationalise.
Hence this degree programme is clearly highly attractive from a career perspective. Graduates can work in the whole spectrum of companies and sub-sectors related to cars, both Spanish and foreign-owned, where engineers are in demand. Moreover, the automobile industry is one of the most globalised. Graduates will accordingly have a work environment that goes beyond our borders. This is already a reality with current engineers working in the automotive sector.
The Bologna Declaration formalized the principles on which the European Higher Education Area should be based: quality, mobility, diversity, competitiveness and employment growth.
From this, Nebrija stands as an academic model of reference, educating students with excellent individual behavior, interaction with their environment and motivated by and for constant and continuous training. The Nebrija Institute of Professional Skills works every day to achieve the differentiation of our students through the development of attitudes and skills.
The main objective is for students to achieve the best of themselves through the development and empowerment of their personal skills and resources through personal self-knowledge.
In addition, some of the professional skills that are worked on within the three seminars are those related to interpersonal skills and active communication skills and negotiation, indispensable for our students to know how to transmit ideas, to argue them, to provide information and opinions in an adequate, clear and convincing way.
Within what will be their work performance, other aspects such as teamwork, conflict resolution and project management ability will be worked on.
In the third block, skills worked on are those aimed at increasing the student's employability. They will work with tools and techniques for job searching, and perform tasks that achieve in the student a greater use of their personal skills.
For all this we have currently active experts in selection of people, professionals dedicated to personal and professional training and professionals dedicated to the world of communication and the arts.
In this way, and in a complementary way to his/her specific training, we help the student create a differentiating pattern in the social and business environment in which he/she will be immersed when he/she finishes his/her studies.
Automobile Engineering graduates can choose to be admitted to the Master's Programme in Industrial Engineering which in turn entails admission to the professional body of engineers. If they have not done so before, they must fulfil the following additional 39 ECTS:
SUBJECT MODULES | CREDITS |
Business and its Environment | 6 |
Environment and Sustainability | 6 |
Business Management and Organisation | 3 |
Projects | 6 |
Chemical Engineering | 6 |
Thermal Engineering | 6 |
Digital Systems | 6 |
TOTAL | 39 |
With the Marelli ECU already fully wired, the front suspension mockup completed and a visit to the manufacturer of safety structures, AST Rollcages, who will accompany us on this adventure, as well as other surprises, we dive into the eleventh episode of this project.
Students of the Bachelor's Degree in Automobile Engineering will be able to collaborate from the outset in large projects, such as the Citroneta Project and with the Yamaha MS Racing competition team, in order to complement their practical training with high employability.
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