The Degree in Mechanical Engineering is a degree with a long tradition in our country and in the rest of the European university systems. It has deep roots in the Canary Islands, being the origin, together with other degrees, of the creation of the Polytechnic University, embryo of the current University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The future graduate falls within the regulated profession of Industrial Technical Engineer, with full professional attributions in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He is a professional with a specialized vision, aware of the necessary technological foundations related to the design, development and use of machinery, processes and mechanical systems, material selection criteria and structural design of production systems and processes. He will be able to work effectively in the fields of analysis, calculation, design and testing of machines, industrial installations, hydraulic and thermal engines, industrial structures and constructions and production systems.
The Degree in Mechanical Engineering is a degree adapted to the European Higher Education Area and, as such, allows the student to benefit from the following advantages:
- Greater presence of practical teachings and external practices.
- Automatic recognition of credits facilitating mobility between degrees.
- Assessment of the student’s global work and his initiative.
- An ECTS credit corresponds to 25-30 hours of dedication.
- Strengthening of tutoring and continuous assessment of students.
- It will allow the free movement of professionals without the need for homologation of university degrees.
- The titles are oriented to social demand and have been updated to achieve adaptation to the work environment.
The minimum number of European enrollment credits per student and teaching period in the degree is in accordance with the Rules of Progress and Permanence in the official degrees of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which establish the modalities of enrollment in time complete and partial
The languages used in the teaching of this title are Spanish and English with proportions of 95% and 5% of the credits that make up the degree, respectively.
o obtain the degree, the student must have in a foreign language the equivalent of level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.