Informatics Engineering Degree Programme

Overall programme design

Programme leading to the official degree of INGENIERO¹ IN INFORMATICS ENGINEERING
Higher education institution responsible for organizing the degree course: FACULTAD DE INFORMÁTICA
The programme is divided into a two-year 1st cycle and a three-year 2nd cycle
Total student workload: 381 credits

Distribution of credits

Cycle	Year	Core Subjects	Compulsory Subjects	Optional Subjects	Free Choice Credits	Final-Year Project	Total
Cycle 1	1st 2nd	45 51	18 24	0 0	9 0	- -	72 75
Cycle 2	3rd 4th 5th	18 27 27	36 21 6	15 19.5 28.5	9 10.5 10.5	- - 6	78 78 78

Cycle

Year

Core Subjects

Compulsory Subjects

Optional Subjects

Free Choice Credits

Final-Year Project

Total

Cycle 1

1st

2nd

Cycle 2

3rd

4th

5th

19.5

28.5

10.5

Students must complete a final-year project to earn the degree.
Credits are awarded for:
- Internships in industry, public or private institutions, etc.
- Studies completed under international agreements subscribed by the UPM.
Distribution of the total student workload by academic year:

Academic year	Total	Theory	Practice
First year	72	36	36
Second year	75	39	36
Third year	78	40	38
Fourth year	78	35	43
Fifth year	78	29	49

Degree programme organization

System of admission to the second cycle

Holders of the degree of Ingeniero Técnico² in Management Software, Ingeniero Técnico² in Systems Software or the Diplomado² in Informatics are entitled to direct admission to the second cycle of the degree of Ingeniero¹in Informatics Engineering without additional traning.

During the second cycle of the degree course, holders of any of the above degrees from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid shall take the difference between the 381 credits required for this degree programme and the credits that they have earned on their respective courses. Students who have earned over 225 credits shall all have to take 156 credits. In any case, students shall be obliged to take the core and compulsory subjects, and complete the respective 10% of free choice subjects. The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is at liberty to exempt students from any compulsory subjects that they may have taken as either compulsory, optional or free-choice subjects on their original courses, provided at least 75% of the contents are equal.

The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid shall establish the degree programme and workload for holders of the above degrees from other universities in view of the curriculum of the courses they have taken.

In conformity with the fourth directive of Royal Decree 1459/1990 of 26 October, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid shall set the first-cycle subjects required in each case as further training for students that have taken first-cycle degrees other than the above to be admitted to the second cycle of the degree of Ingeniero¹ in Computing.

Learning schedule

The degree programme is organized as annual and term subjects across five years.

The UPM has establisehd a set of requirements that partially order the subject schedule as of the first year.

In no case does a subject taught in the first term prevent another from being taken in the second term, that is, the requirements only apply to subjects from different years.

The credit transfers between subjects of the current degree programme (1983) and the proposed curriculum are also specified.

Minimum course duration

As set out by the degree schedule.

¹Licenciado and Ingeniero are two-cycle, five-year degree courses.
²Ingeniero Técnico and Diplomado are one-cycle, three-year degree courses.