Degree in Electrical Engineering
Universidade de Vigo
Key Information
Campus location
Vigo, Spain
Languages
Spanish
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 836 / per credit
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
The person who is interested in Electrical Engineering is destined to work in the management of electrical power systems, electrical installations and drives in the transmission and distribution of electrical energy, areas that need qualified people with specific training in this sector. These people who graduate must also cover emerging fields that are having more and more incidence in today's society, such as electric traction in wind and photovoltaic systems, areas with a great and notable expansion in our country in recent years and with an ever-increasing future progression.
Currently, the electricity sector demands a large number of people with this degree, which means that graduates find employment in less than a year from their degree and that students from other specialties also end up working in the electricity sector.
Ideal Students
- Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry
- Concern and curiosity about the world of science and technology in all its areas, especially those related to the field of degrees
- Sensitivity to recognize the limitations of others and facilitate their learning
- Basic skills for oral expression and writing along with reading comprehension
- Basic social skills for teamwork
- Capacity for abstraction, analysis, synthesis and logical reasoning
- Perception and attention capacity
- Sense of organization and method
- Practical sense and spatial vision
Admissions
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Career Opportunities
- Electrical energy generation: wind, photovoltaic, large hydraulic and mini-hydraulic, thermal power plants for the production of electrical energy
- Transportation and distribution of electrical energy
- Electricity marketing
- Electric traction (electric vehicle)
- Project and execution of electrical installations
- Maintenance of electrical installations
- Electrical installations on ships
- Energy management
- Design and construction of electrical equipment
- Manufacturing of ignition equipment