Bachelor's Degree in Automotive Engineering

Study guides

Title of qualification awarded

Graduate in Automotive Engineering

Timetables

Morning schedule: 1st and 2n years
Afternoon schedule: all years
Special schedules for working students

Table of credits for each course

  Basic training Compulsory Optional Bachelor's Degree Final Project
1st year 54 6    
2nd year 6 54    
3rd year   60    
4th year   6 42 12
Totals 60 126 42 12

Period of study

Six-monthly

Part-time or full-time

Full-time. Slow track available.

Specialisations

Double Specialisation
Specialisation in Automotive Production Systems

Basic and compulsory training

1st year 2nd year
1st semester
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Introduction to Business Management
- Anthropology
- Calculus
2nd semester
- Chemistry
- Mathematical Analysis
- Engineering Design Graphics
- Electrical Physics
- Applied Mathematics
1st semester
- Business Organisation
- Statistics
- Theory of Machines and Mechanisms
- Automation and Industrial Control Methods
- Electronic Systems
2nd semester
- Materials Science and Technology
- Fundamentals of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
- Circuit Theory
- Technical Office and Project Management
- Strength of Materials
3rd year 4th year
Year-long
- Automotive Engineering Projects
1st semester
- Elasticity
- Industrial Manufacturing Systems
- Automotive Aerodynamics
- Automotive Electronics
- Dynamics and Vibrations
- Mechanical Automotive Subsystems
2nd semester
- Truth, Kindness and Beauty
- Structural Vehicle Design
- Manufacturing Processes
- Heat and Hybrid Engines
- Electric Motors and Power Electronics

- Bachelor's Degree Final Project

2nd semester
- Smart Automotive Subsystems

 

Optional subjects

4th year / credits

 

  • Motorsport Aerodynamics (6 cr.)
  • Science of Mobility (6 cr.)
  • Autonomous Driving and Connected Vehicles (6 cr.)
  • Teaching Methods for Automotive Engineering (6 cr.)
  • Competition Engineering and Data Analysis (6 cr.)
  • Optimisation of Vehicle Dynamic Behaviour (6 cr.)
  • Occupant and Automotive Safety (6 cr.)
  • Data Acquisition Systems (6 cr.)
  • Foreign Language (English) (6 cr.)
  • Foreign Language (German) (6 cr.)
Dual Specialisation Specialisation in Automotive Production Systems

To obtain a dual specialisation you must enrol in 60 credits, distributed in the following manner: 48 credits at the collaborating entity, of which 12 credits correspond to the Final Bachelor's Degree Project, and 36 credits belonging to the subjects Company Placement I and II. The remaining 12 credits must be formed by two optional subjects offered at the EUSS. 

 

  • Company Placement I (18 cr.)
  • Company Placement II (18 cr.)

To obtain this speicalisation you must enrol in a minimum of 48 credits.

  • Supply Chain Management (6 cr.)
  • Robotic Systems (6 cr.)
  • Product and Process Engineering (6 cr.)
  • Quality Control and Management Systems (6 cr.)
  • Industrial Automation (6 cr.)
  • Electrical Energy Storage (3 cr.)
  • Sustainable Vehicles (3 cr.)
  • Work Placement (12 cr.)

Implementation calendar

Academic year Year to implement
2020-2021 1st year
2021-2022 2nd year
2022-2023 3rd year
2023-2024 4th year