Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering

Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

• Electronics and automation (0714)

Main focus

The objective of this degree programme is to qualify students to work professionally as Telecommunications Technical Engineers in compliance with the provisions in Royal Decree 1393/2007 (29 October 2007) and Ministerial Order CIN/352/2009 (9 February 2009).

Competences

1. Capacity for autonomous learning of knowledge and techniques to design, develop, and operate telecommunications systems and services.
2. Ability to use IT to support the development and operation of networks, services, and applications of telecommunication and electronic applications.
3. Ability to use search tools for bibliographic resources and information related to telecommunications and electronics.
4. Ability to analyse and specify the parameters of a communication system.
5. Ability to evaluate technologies, from the point of view of signal space, noise and disturbances, and analogue and digital modulation systems.
6. Ability to design, deploy, organise, and manage telecommunication networks, systems, services, and infrastructure by handling their implementation, improvement, and economic and social impact.
7. Knowledge and use of the fundamentals of programming in telecommunication networks, systems, and services.
8. Ability to understand the propagation and transmission of electromagnetic and acoustic waves, and their transmitting and receiving devices.
9. Ability to analyse and design digital circuits, and to use microprocessors and integrated circuits.
10. Knowledge and application of hardware description languages.
11. Ability to use different energy sources and apply the fundamentals of electrical engineering and power electronics.
12. Knowledge and use of concepts of network architecture, communication protocols and interfaces.
13. Ability to differentiate the concepts of access, transport, and switching networks; fixed and mobile networks; distributed systems and network applications; voice, data, audio, video, interactive and multimedia services.
14. Knowledge of methods for network interconnection, routing, planning, and design.
15. Knowledge of telecommunication legislation and regulations.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Ingeniería de Tecnologías de Telecomunicación

Qualification requirements

‘- The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (60 ECTS)
Obligatory (138 ECTS)
Optional (30 ECTS)
Final degree project (12 ECTS)
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (108 ECTS)
Obligatory (264 ECTS)
Practicum (6 ECTS)
Final degree project (18 ECTS)

Access to a regulated profession

Professional Status Telecommunications Technical Engineer

Applicable regulations The profession of telecommunications technical engineer is regulated in the Resolution by the Spanish Council of Ministers of 26 December 2008 (published in the Official Spanish Gazette, dated 29 January 2009) Order CIN/352/2009, dated 9 February, establishes the requirements for the verification of official university degrees that license graduates to practice the profession of telecommunications technical engineer.

Specialisation name

‘- Telecommunication Systems
– Telematics
– Electronic Systems

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations