Electrical and Computer Engineering

Objectives

The Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering degree (LEEC) was designed so as to provide the students with sound scientific and technological foundations in order to meet the present and future requirements of the labour market. Graduates of this degree are offered a wide range of career opportunities which translates into high employment rates.

Comprising two major areas (Industrial Automation and Energy), the degree aims at delivering first-cycle level professionals prepared to perform duties with scientific accuracy and technological timeliness in the various electricity and electronics related domains. Graduates of this degree acquire varied and versatile skills to conceive, design, plan and implement systems in areas such as control, automation, robotics, energy, machinery, electrical vehicles, electrical installations, domotics, electronics, telecommunications and production and use of electrical power.

Throughout each academic year, extra-class activities are performed, namely seminars, conferences and field trips that greatly contribute to the scientific training of students and their contact with the industrial reality.

The programme guidelines place special emphasis on R&D of applied projects in partnership with companies, business associations (Nersant), business associations (Acitofeba), industrial innovation laboratory (Line.ipt) and research institutions (TI - Telecommunications Institute, and ISR - Institute for Systems and Robotics) as a strategic motor of economical development, innovation and growth of productive capacity.

Professional Goals

Graduates from this programme will be prepared to develop their professional activity in a wide range of sectors:

- Telecommunications and power companies;

- Control operators and automated production systems;

- Companies dealing with renewable energy and energy audit;

- Food processing, transport and consumer goods industry;

- Industrial systems maintenance operators;

- Manufacturers and suppliers of electrical and electronic equipment;

- Installation, design and technological development companies;

- Software production and maintenance companies;

- Study, project and consulting units;

- Supervision and standardisation bodies;

- Education, research and training institutions.

Condições de Acesso

In order to be eligible to this bachelor's degree, students must hold the high-school diploma or legally equivalent qualification with mandatory aproval in the next entry Subjects:
 - Mathematics and Physics-Chemistry

Application can also be made through the following special entry routes:
  - Students coming from the Portuguese education system through re-admission, degree change and transfer schemes;
  - Holders of a Foundation Course Diploma (CET);
  - Adults aged more than 23 who have passed tailor-made examinations intended to assess their ability to pursue higher education studies;
  - Holders of Intermediary or Graduate degree diplomas;
  - Students coming from foreign higher education.

The degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering also accepts:
 - Students who have completed the technological specialisation course (CET) in Electrical Installations and Industrial Automation providing equivalence to 5 modules of the degree.
 - Students who have completed the technological specialisation course (CET) in Automation, Robotics and Industrial Control providing equivalence to 5 modules of the degree.

 

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