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Title description
Mechanical engineering is one of the basic pillars of the consumer and equipment industry. In recent years it has experienced an important development with the incorporation of new technologies that have allowed to solve old problems, to approach new fields and, in short, to be at the forefront of product development and innovation.
This calls for specialists in the design of mechanical components and systems who have solid training both in the theoretical foundations of these new technologies and in the practical use of the tools that incorporate them. These specialists are mainly required to master the numerical techniques of analysis of mechanical components and systems that have revolutionized the mechanical design process. This allows a more agile process that facilitates the way to the development of products optimized to fulfill their intended function, with which companies in the sector gain competitiveness.
It is also necessary that these specialists have a solid training in the fields related to the design of mechanical components and systems, such as representation systems, material selection procedures, in-service behavior tests (fatigue resistance, vibrations, noise emission, etc.) without forgetting the manufacturing processes, all of this in a changing and competitive environment.
The fact that the master’s degree includes training in the practical use of software tools and design and analysis methodologies, as well as in the theoretical foundations that support them, means that the orientation of this master’s degree is both professional and research-oriented. In the first case, the training objectives correspond to the training and updating of professionals in the use and mastery of new technologies and methodologies, including, as a way to deepen in them rather than as an end in itself, the use of industrial software that incorporates them. For those students who want to start in research, the detailed theoretical foundations covered during the master’s degree allow them to achieve the level of research training necessary to complete their doctoral studies.
Objectives of the title
Training and updating of professionals in advanced mechanical design technologies, with emphasis on computational techniques in mechanical engineering for the calculation of components and structures, and for the analysis of the mechanical behavior of materials in service, including linear and nonlinear behavior, fatigue and fault tolerance, and the use of composite materials.
Training and updating of professionals in the selection and characterization of materials used in mechanical components.
Training and updating of professionals in modeling, numerical simulation and analysis of sound and vibration.
Training and updating of professionals in analytical and experimental techniques for the diagnosis of failures in components and machines.
Training and updating of professionals in computer-aided manufacturing design and process simulation, including robotic environments.
Training and updating of professionals in the dynamic design of automotive and railway vehicles.
Professional services
The professional opportunities for students studying the Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València can be divided into two main blocks: those oriented to the professional field and those oriented to the research field.
- Advanced training in design of mechanical components and systems valued in sectors such as transport, metal-mechanical and aerospace.
- Integration in production, calculation and design departments, occupying technical or managerial positions.
- Start training as researchers through a doctoral thesis in the Postgraduate Program in Industrial Engineering and Production of the UPV.
- Integration in research teams and work in innovation projects in universities, institutes and technological centers.
Aimed primarily at
This master’s degree is preferably aimed at graduates of the following degrees:
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering
- Grau en Enginyeria Aeroespacial
- Grau en Enginyeria Civil
- The Academic Committee may evaluate other degrees with similar training to the above by means of an evaluation of the suitability of the applicant’s profile for the master’s degree.
Structure of the master’s program
Credits: 90 ECTS
Compulsory:60 ects |Electives:15 ects |External practices:0 ects |Final Master’s Thesis (TFM):15 ects
Module 1. Training in Mechanical Engineering :60 ects obligatory
Matter:Structural integrity
Minimum credits: 26,5 | Character: Compulsory
Matter:Vibrations and soroll
Minimum credits: 13 | Character: Obligatory
Matter:Dynamics of machines and vehicles
Minimum credits: 12,5 | Character: Compulsory
Matter:Manufacturing processes
Minimum credits: 8 | Character: Compulsory
Module 2. Specialization and Professional Development :15 ects electives
Matter:Specialization and Professional Development
Minimum credits: 15 | Character: Optional
Note: In this subject a maximum of 15 ECTS can be carried out in external curricular internships (The study plan contemplates a maximum of 15 ECTS for external curricular internships).
Module 3. Master’s thesis :15 ects treballe fi titulació
Matter:Master’s thesis
Minimum credits: 15 | Character: Treballe Fi Qualifications
In-company internships
During the course of the master’s degree it is possible to carry out external academic internships in companies or research centers. A total of 375 hours can be done curricularly (recognized in the elective course of the 2nd year) and up to 900 more hours extracurricularly.
Curriculars
They are recognized in the optional subject of the 2nd course.
Extracurriculars
Up to 900 hours more in an extracurricular way.
The external academic internships are managed from the Subdirecció d’Empreses de l’Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial
The organization and evaluation of these internships will be carried out in compliance with the Regulations on internships in companies and institutions for students of the Universitat Politècnica de València.
Research and access to doctorate
The degree completes the requirements for access to the PhD program in Industrial Engineering and Production:
Academic exchange / agreements with other universities
Students of the Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering can spend time abroad as part of their training through the different exchange programs of the University. The Master’s students’ stay abroad is managed through the Subdirecció de Relacions Internacionals de l’Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de la UPV.
In addition, the Master is part of the mechanical engineering pathway of the alliance of universities. ENHANCE+ The option exists to make exchanges with the universities that compose it.
Finally, students can choose to carry out internships in institutions outside Europe, where equivalent studies are taught.
- Germany: Universität Hannover and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- France: Ecole Central de Nantes
- Italy: Politecnico di Milano
- Latvia: Rigas Tehniska Universitate
- the Regne Unit: Cranfield University and Cardiff University
- els USA: Florida State University
Installations and laboratories
The master’s degree has a classroom dedicated exclusively to the title in the building of the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department. This classroom has been equipped with computer equipment for each student, video-pointing systems, cameras and microphones, projector and projector, in order to attend to all the teaching modalities and methodologies that are undertaken in the degree. It also has several experimental laboratories of the department itself and a computer room in the Department of Graphic Engineering with the appropriate program for the subject CAD and Standardization. All spaces comply with the regulations on universal accessibility and design for all.
It also has a 3D printer room and software resources for teaching the master’s degree with educational licenses from ANSYS, and campus licenses from Matlab, Mathcad, LabView, Autodesk Inventor, and Solidworks. Specific software is available such as ADAMS/View and ADAMS/Car (automobiles), Grasp10 (robotics), VAIG VEURE Rail (railroads), CES Edupack (materials), and Simufact and Fusion (manufacturing) licenses. And full licenses of Ansys Mechanical, Abaqus structural, and the research groups’ own programming in Matlab and Fortran are available to the students for the realization of the Master’s Thesis.
In addition, students can access all the resources offered by the UPV: libraries and scientific documentation, access to ICT resources and networks, sports area, university equipment, and specific training actions for them at the Postgraduate Training Center and the Institute of Educational Sciences, among others. Regarding ICT resources, it is worth highlighting:
- PoliformaT – e-learning tool that has several tools for the teaching management of the subjects.
- Polilabs – service to connect from any device to a script or virtual application.
- UPV Mitjana – repository of videos generated by UPV teaching staff: https://media.upv.es/#/portal
- UPV[X] – offer of free online courses massius (MOOC): https://www.upvx.es/
- Networked teaching – plan to encourage the development of reusable educational materials in digital format.
- RiuNet – institutional repository of the UPV managed by the Library: https://riunet.upv.es/
Treballe Fi de Màster
In order to complete their training, students must complete a Master’s Thesis (TFM), the content of which will be directly related to the contents of one of the subjects covered in the Master’s program. As stated in the Regulations of the Universitat Politècnica de València, the TFM must be oriented to the application and evaluation of competences associated to the degree.
The TFM will consist of the completion of an original work or project in which knowledge, skills and competencies acquired by the student throughout his or her studies are demonstrated. According to the same regulations, the TFM can have a professional character, the objective of which is the realization of a project in which the advanced, specialized or multidisciplinary training acquired in the master’s degree is applied; or a research character, oriented to promote the initiation in research tasks.
Each academic year, the Master’s professors will propose Master’s Thesis to be developed by the students (these works will have been previously accepted by the Master’s Academic Committee). The student may choose the TFM to be developed among the works proposed by the professors of the Master or propose a work that must have the approval of a tutor professor and be subsequently accepted by the Academic Committee of the Master.
The evaluation of the TFM is carried out through its defense in front of a qualified tribunal proposed by the Master’s Academic Committee and can only take place once the student has passed all the subjects required to obtain the degree.
Collaborating companies and more
The university has an employment observatory that monitors the employment situation of graduates by means of a series of The company sends them surveys after graduation, at one, three and five years of age.
In any of them, from the last courses, it can be observed that the employability for this Master is close to 100%. This high employability is favored by the experience acquired during the external academic internships.
Among the collaborating companies that offer internships to the students of the Master in Mechanical Engineering we can highlight, for example, Stadler Rail València SAU, Celestica València SAU or Autis Enginyers SLU.
External academic internships also include stays at research centers such as the Institute of Mechanical and Biomechanical Engineering (I2MB), the Valencian Institute of Building (IVE) or the Technological Center: Packaging, Transport and Logistics (ITENE).
