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Licenciatura em Engenharia de Automação, Controlo e Instrumentação

    Degree details

  • Degree objectives

    The Bachelor's Degree in Automation, Control and Instrumentation Engineering (LEACI) is organised into 180 ECTS credits. The course operates on a semester basis, with 30 ECTS credits to be completed in each semester, with 5 curricular units running simultaneously. The high laboratory component of the course ensures that students can apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired to carry out specific activities that are part of the professional profile of the course.

  • School

    ESTS - Setúbal School of Technology

  • Study mode

    presencial - DayTime

  • Learning objectives and skills to be developed

    The Bachelor's Degree in Automation, Control and Instrumentation Engineering trains professionals to perform functions in the development, implementation, operation, maintenance and management of devices involved in the automation of systems at the industrial and service levels. Similar to other courses at international level, LEACI graduates have a well-defined profile in the course's areas of specialisation, supported by a solid background in Mathematics and Engineering Sciences and complemented by Business Sciences, Communication and Computer Science. The predominant component of specific training in the areas of the course's specialisation, Automation, Control and Instrumentation, provides professional training with sustained demand in terms of employability.

  • Career opportunities

    Regulated by Ordem dos Engenheiros Técnicos

  • Course coordinator

    Paulo Alexandre de Sousa Almeida Felício

  • Recognition of prior learning

    Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulations of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal.

  • Admission requirements

    Entrance Exams
    One of the following combinations:
    16 Mathematics
    or
    10 Descriptive Geometry
    16 Mathematics
    or
    07 Physics and Chemistry
    16 Mathematics
    or
    16 Mathematics
    18 Portuguese

    Minimum Scores
    Application score: 100 points
    Entrance exams: 95 points

    Calculation Formula
    High school GPA: 50%
    Entrance exams: 50%

    Other admission pathways:
    - Re-entry and Institution/Program Transfer Schemes;
    - Special Admission Exam for Vocational Diploma Holders;
    - Special Admission Exam for CET and CTeSP Certificate Holders;
    - Special Admission Exam for Applicants Over 23 Years of Age;
    - Special Admission Exam for Holders of Other Higher Education Degrees;
    - Special Admission Exam for International Students.

    The information provided does not replace consultation of the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES) website and/or the application page.

  • Qualification requirements

    32 course units successfully completed

  • Legal framework and accreditation

    Despacho n.º 11694/2015 de 30 de maio

Curriculum / Study plan

1º Ano

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Chemistry

PQAM

6.0

1º Semester

Electrotechnics

ESP

6.0

1º Semester

Introduction to Programming

INF

6.0

1º Semester

Introdução a Engenharia de Automação, Controlo e Instrumentação

MMS/ACR/IM

6.0

1º Semester

Mathematics I

MAT

6.0

2º Semester

Automation

ACR

6.0

2º Semester

Fundamentals of Metrology

IM

6.0

2º Semester

Introduction to Electronics

ET

6.0

2º Semester

Mathematics II

MAT

6.0

2º Semester

Mechanics

MMS

6.0

2º Ano

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Apllied Mathematics

MAT

6.0

1º Semester

Instrumentation I

IM

6.0

1º Semester

Programmable Automatisms

ACR

6.0

1º Semester

Signals, Systems and Simulation

ACR

6.0

1º Semester

Thermodynamics and Fluids

TA

6.0

2º Semester

Control Systems

ACR

6.0

2º Semester

Economics

CEC

3.0

2º Semester

Instrumentation II

IM

3.0

2º Semester

Microprocessors

ET

6.0

2º Semester

Probability and Statistics

MAT

6.0

2º Semester

Signal Conditioning, Conversion and Transmission

IM

6.0

3º Ano

Mode

Name

Scientific Area

ECTS

1º Semester

Discrete Control

ACR

6.0

1º Semester

Industrial Project

IM

6.0

1º Semester

Instrumentation and Measurement

IM

6.0

1º Semester

Instrumenttation Facilities Techonology

IM

3.0

1º Semester

Introduction to Business Management

CEC

3.0

1º Semester

Robotics

ACR

6.0

2º Semester

Applied Metrology

IM

6.0

2º Semester

Computerised Supervision and Control

ACR

3.0

2º Semester

Electric Drive Systems

ESP

6.0

2º Semester

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

CEC

3.0

2º Semester

Traineeship / Project in Automation, Control and Instrumentation Engineering

ACR/IM

12.0

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  • Type of degree

    Degree

  • DGES Code

    9092

  • Awarded Qualification

    Licence

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • ECTS Credits

    180.0

  • Apply now

    Application
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