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Studies & Degrees in Industrial Electronics Engineering

Industrial electronics engineering deals with the electronic systems that run factories, machines and energy equipment: power converters, sensors and instrumentation, microprocessor-based controllers, industrial robots and automated production lines. In Spain it is one of the branches of industrial engineering and is taught as a four-year bachelor's degree (grado), under names such as Grado en Ingeniería Electrónica Industrial or Grado en Ingeniería Electrónica Industrial y Automática.

The content is largely fixed by a ministerial order, Orden CIN/351/2009, because the degree gives access to a regulated profession. For the industrial electronics branch the order requires, among other things, applied knowledge of electrical engineering, analogue electronics, digital electronics and microprocessors, power electronics and electronic instrumentation. Universities add subjects such as control engineering, robotics and industrial communications.

Qualifications and levels

  • Bachelor's degree (grado). Official Spanish bachelor's degrees have 240 ECTS credits, 60 per academic year. For degrees that qualify for the profession of Ingeniero Técnico Industrial, the order sets a block of 60 credits of basic training (mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing, drawing, business), 60 credits common to the industrial branch, 48 credits of the specific technology and a final degree project of 12 credits.
  • Regulated profession. Ingeniero Técnico Industrial is a regulated profession in Spain, and its practice requires the corresponding official bachelor's degree. The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Universidad de Jaén both state that their degree qualifies graduates as Ingeniero Técnico Industrial, specialising in electronics.
  • Master's degree. Official master's degrees have 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits. The Máster Universitario en Ingeniería Industrial, which qualifies for the profession of Ingeniero Industrial, is open to graduates of these degrees; bachelor's and master's together must add up to at least 300 credits. The Universidad de Jaén notes that its graduates enter that master's with bridging courses.
  • Doctorate. Graduates who complete a master's degree can go on to a PhD programme.

Where to study

SpainExchange lists 13 active schools for industrial electronics engineering, all of them in Spain. They include the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Universidad de Sevilla, the Universidad de Granada, the Universidad de Jaén, the Universidad de Almería, the Universidad de Vigo, the Universidad de Valladolid, the Universidad de Extremadura, the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Gipuzkoa campus of the Universidad del País Vasco, as well as Mondragon Unibertsitatea, the Universitat de Vic and the Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Teaching is mainly in Spanish. The Universidad de Jaén lists Spanish as the language of its degree. Mondragon Unibertsitatea lists Spanish, Basque and English, offers 60 places and runs a dual model in which, according to the university, students have paid work placements of €500 per month from the second year. Its degree holds the EUR-ACE engineering label.

Public universities charge regulated prices per credit, which each region sets every year. As an example, the Universidad de Sevilla lists €12.62 per credit for this degree on its page (checked in October 2026), with a 99% discount on credits passed the year before from the second year on. Private universities set their own fees.

Admission for international students

Admission to a bachelor's degree goes through the general university access system. UNEDasiss, a service of the UNED, evaluates the academic records of international students and runs the tests needed to enter bachelor's degrees at Spanish universities. It advises applicants to check the admission criteria of the university they want to enter, which depend on their previous studies and country of origin. Good preparation in mathematics and physics is useful, since both are part of the first-year basic training.

Careers

Graduates design, programme and maintain electronic and automation systems. The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid mentions industrial processes such as robotics and the car industry, and also electronic systems in medicine, agriculture, logistics, traffic management, energy production and distribution, space technology and avionics. Mondragon Unibertsitatea lists sectors such as the automotive industry, consumer goods, construction, machine tools and aeronautics, with roles such as design or process engineer and head of manufacturing, quality or R&D. The Universidad de Sevilla adds teaching and research as options.

Frequently asked questions

How long does the degree in industrial electronics engineering take in Spain?

Four years. The bachelor's degree has 240 ECTS credits, 60 per academic year.

Does the degree let me work as an engineer in Spain?

Degrees verified under Orden CIN/351/2009 qualify for the regulated profession of Ingeniero Técnico Industrial. Check on the university's page that the degree you choose carries this qualification.

Is the degree taught in English?

Mostly not. The usual language is Spanish, sometimes with a co-official language or some English, as at Mondragon Unibertsitatea. Ask each university which subjects are offered in English.

What can I study afterwards?

An official master's degree of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits, including the Máster Universitario en Ingeniería Industrial, and then a doctorate.