Engineering & Social Sciences
Spring 2025 Semester Madrid

Engineering & Social Sciences Available Sessions

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About the Program

Expand the scale and scope of your engineering coursework by studying abroad at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (engineering courses and programs are accredited by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education, EUR-ACE). With almost 100 STEM courses available each semester in Aerospace, Bioengineering, Computer Technology, Electrical and Energy Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, you are sure to find the right courses to fit in your degree plan regardless of your year in school.

Requirements

Overview
Location:
Madrid
Dates:
mid Jan 2025 - early Jun 2025
Price:
$19,695
Credits:
12 - 15

Deadlines
Apply by:
10/5/24
Withdraw by:
11/2/24

Application Requirements
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$95 Online Application Fee
Program Participation Agreement
Complete Application

Eligibility
Minimum
GPA:
2.5
Foreign Language Proficiency:
All Levels
Education
Completed:
1 Year of College

Where You'll Study
Where You'll Stay

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), one of the leading higher education institutions in Spain, offers a range of courses to a culturally diverse population of more than 19,000 students. You will be able to take courses in English with local Spanish students, allowing you to fully appreciate UC3M student life.

When in Madrid, you can choose standard CEA CAPA housing or arrange your own independent housing. CEA CAPA housing assignments are based on availability and confirmation date; we make every effort to match your housing requests, but we can’t guarantee housing preferences.

Program Structure

You will enroll in 4-5 courses at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), with options available in Engineering, Economics, Business, and more. All courses are taught by Spanish faculty, but classes are taught in English. The Spanish culture courses are taught only to international students while the Engineering and Social Sciences courses include both international and Spanish students. If you are at a High Intermediate level of Spanish or above you have the option to take courses in Spanish. Please contact a CEA Enrollment Advisor for more information.

Universidad de Carlos III de Madrid has multiple campuses. Engineering courses are taught at the Leganés campus, whereas all other course are taught at the Getafe campus. As such, you’ll be required to commute between the two campuses. The campuses are connected by a university shuttle, public bus, or bike paths. Expected commute time is approximately 45-60 minutes.

All courses meet for 42 contact hours/3 credits. Students may earn up to 12-15 credits (up to 210 contact hours). Courses may meet in the morning or afternoon, Monday-Friday. Active learning components required by your courses may be scheduled for Fridays.

Prior to departure, you will select your preferred courses. You will be enrolled into courses based on their availability. It is in your best interest to have multiple alternative courses approved by your home university prior to your departure due to course availabilities. Please consult with your academic advisor at your home university on credit pre-approval guidelines.

12-15

Credits

All Levels Course Structure

4-5 UC3M Courses

Courses

The host institution has offered the following courses in the past. Please note that course listings may not be finalized until the start of the term; we’ll post an updated list when the host institution finalizes its offerings.

*Courses with an asterisk indicate that the course has been associated with multiple subject areas.
Please click on the course title to view additional subject areas and detailed course information.

4-5 UC3M Courses

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Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Accounting Introduction	100	En	42	3
Financial Accounting II *	200	En	42	3
Fixed Income and Derivatives *	200	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Advertising and Communication *	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Aerial Navigation, Air Transportation and Airports	300	En	42	3
Aerospace Design I	300	En	42	3
Aerospace Materials II	200	En	42	3
Aero-thermochemical Systems	300	En	42	3
Aircraft Design	400	En	42	3
Control of Aerospace Systems	300	En	42	3
Introduction to Structural Analysis	200	En	42	3
Modelling in Aerospace Engineering	200	En	42	3
Space Vehicles and Orbital Dynamics	400	En	42	3
Stability and Integrity of Aerospace Structures	300	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Spanish Art Masters in Madrid Museums *	200	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Biophysics 1: Molecular, Cell and Tissue Physical Biology	200	En	42	3
	Cell and Molecular Biology	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Advanced Biomaterials, 3D Bioprinting and Micro/nano Biofabrication	400	En	42	3
Advanced Topics in Medical Image	400	En	42	3
Biological Systems	200	En	42	3
Biomechanics of Continuum Media II (Fluids)	200	En	42	3
Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology	400	En	42	3
Electronic Technology in Biomedicine	200	En	42	3
Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	300	En	42	3
Instrumentation and Multimodality Imaging	400	En	42	3
Introduction to Biomaterials	300	En	42	3
Introduction to the Design of Medical Instrumentation	300	En	42	3
Medical Image Processing	300	En	42	3
Medical Physiology II	300	En	42	3
Numerical Methods in Biomedicine	200	En	42	3
Synthetic and Systems Biology	400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Analysis of Dynamic Data	300, 400	En	42	3
Big Data for Business	300, 400	En	42	3
Big Data for Business Intelligence	400	En	42	3
ERP Practice	300, 400	En	42	3
Family Business Management *	300, 400	En	42	3
Innovation and Technological Change	300, 400	En	42	3
International Business Management *	300, 400	En	42	3
Optimization and Simulation for Business	300, 400	En	42	3
Organization Behaviour	200	En	42	3
Statistics I	100	En	42	3
The Engines of Growth: Innovation, Institutions and Human Capital	300, 400	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Chemical Basis of Engineering	100	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Chemistry II	200	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Communication and Participation of Civil Society in the Internet	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Artificial Intelligence	200	En	42	3
Communication Networks and Services	200	En	42	3
Computer Networks	300	En	42	3
Devices and Optic Transmission Media	300	En	42	3
Files and Data Bases	300	En	42	3
High Frequency Techniques	300	En	42	3
Language Processors	300	En	42	3
Logic	100	En	42	3
Microprocessor Based Digital Systems	200	En	42	3
Networks Theory	200	En	42	3
Operating Systems	200	En	42	3
Principles of Computer Engineering	100	En	42	3
Switching	300	En	42	3
Systems and Circuits	100	En	42	3
Systems Programming	100	En	42	3
Time Series and Forecasting	400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Algorithms and Data Structures	100	En	42	3
Bayesian Data Analysis	300	En	42	3
Computer Programming of Applications	300, 400	En	42	3
Cybersecurity and Data Protection	400	En	42	3
Data Protection & Cybersecurity	200	En	42	3
Data Structures and Algorithms	200	En	42	3
Fundamentals of Software Production for Digital Business	200	En	42	3
Integrated Information Systems	300	En	42	3
Interactive Ecosystems	300	En	42	3
Introduction to Statistical Modeling	100	En	42	3
Machine Learning Applications	300	En	42	3
Machine Learning I	200	En	42	3
Mobile Applications	300	En	42	3
Neural Networks	300	En	42	3
Numerical Methods	200	En	42	3
Predictive Modeling	200	En	42	3
Programming Techniques	100	En	42	3
Software Development	200	En	42	3
Software Verification Techniques	300	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Cultural Geography	100	En	42	3
Cultural Studies: Spanish Culture(s) from 1940 to the Present	300	En	42	3
Culture in its Historical Dimension	100	En	42	3
Latin America in a Post-colonial perspective, and its relationship with Spain	300	En	42	3
Social Groups and its Cultural Imaginaries	200	En	42	3
Spain in Progress, Spanish Society Today	200	En	42	3
Theory of Representation	100	En	42	3
World Cultural Regions	200	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Applied Economics	300	En	42	3
Dynamic Macroeconomics	200	En	42	3
Econometrics	200	En	42	3
Economics II (Macroeconomics)	100	En	42	3
Economics of Education	300, 400	En	42	3
Economics of Information	400	En	42	3
Financial Economics	200	En	42	3
Global Health *	400	En	42	3
Goverment Policy Evaluation	300, 400	En	42	3
Industrial Organization	300, 400	En	42	3
Mathematics for Economics II *	100	En	42	3
Microeconomics *	100	En	42	3
Monetary and Financial Economics *	300, 400	En	42	3
Principles of Economics: Markets and Financials Failures	300	En	42	3
Quantitative Macroeconomics	400	En	42	3
The Process of European Economic Integration (Since 1945)	300	En	42	3
Topics in Advanced Macroeconomics	300, 400	En	42	3
Topics in Economic History	300, 400	En	42	3
Topics in Industrial Organization	300, 400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Control Engineering I	300	En	42	3
Control Engineering II	300	En	42	3
Electric Rotating Machines	300	En	42	3
Electrical Installations	300	En	42	3
Electromagnetic Fields	200	En	42	3
Electronic Instrumentation	300	En	42	3
Industrial Automation	200	En	42	3
Integrated Circuits and Microelectronic	300	En	42	3
Power Electronics	300	En	42	3
Signals, Systems and Circuits	200	En	42	3
Statistical Signal Processing	200	En	42	3
Wind and Photovoltaic Generation	300, 400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Energy in Buildings	400	En	42	3
Solar Energy	300	En	42	3
Thermal Engineering	200	En	42	3
Transmission and Distribution of Energy	300	En	42	3
Wind Energy	300	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Fluid Mechanics II	200	En	42	3
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering	100	En	42	3
Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering	200	En	42	3
Mechanics of Structures	200	En	42	3
Robotics	400	En	42	3
Surface Engineering	300, 400	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Documentary and Report	300	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Asset Valuation *	300, 400	En	42	3
Computer Applications in Finance	400	En	42	3
Corporate Financial Strategy	300	En	42	3
Country Report and Risk Assessment	400	En	42	3
Digital Finances	300, 400	En	42	3
Financial Management *	200, 300	En	42	3
Financial Risk Management	300	En	42	3
Financial Statement Analysis	300, 400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Globalization and Society	100	En	42	3
Political and Social History *	200	En	42	3
World Politics	100	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	History of the World Economy *	100	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Current Tendencies in Literary Studies	200	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Computational Fluid Dynamics	400	En	42	3
	Materials Technology	300	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Borders and Population Movements	300, 400	En	42	3
Conflict and Violence	300	En	42	3
International Security Policy	300, 400	En	42	3
Security, Peace and Conflicts Resolution *	200	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Data Journalism	400	En	42	3
History of Journalism	300, 400	En	42	3
International Journalism I: Global Information	300	En	42	3
International Journalism II: Key International Organizations	300	En	42	3
Journalistic Communication	200	En	42	3
Local Journalism	300	En	42	3
Newspaper Design	200	En	42	3
Online Journalism	200	En	42	3
Research Methodologies for Journalism	200	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Commercial Law	200	En	42	3
	Labour Law and Social Security	300, 400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Introduction to Business Management	200, 300, 400	En	42	3
Management Control	300	En	42	3
Marketing Management *	300	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Innovation Management	200	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Digital Marketing	200, 300	En	42	3
Financial and Service Marketing *	300, 400	En	42	3
Marketing Communications and Social Media	300, 400	En	42	3
Markets Research	300, 400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Advanced Computation Theory	400	En	42	3
Applied Differential Calculus	200	En	42	3
Calculus II	100	En	42	3
Complex Analysis	200	En	42	3
Discrete Mathematics	200	En	42	3
Further topics in Numerical Methods	300	En	42	3
Integral Calculus	100	En	42	3
Linear Geometry	100	En	42	3
Linear Networks Analysis and Synthesis	200	En	42	3
Machine Learning	400	En	42	3
Numerical Methods for Economy and Finance	400	En	42	3
Partial Differential Equations	300	En	42	3
Probability	200	En	42	3
Statistics	100	En	42	3
Statistics Applied to Journalism *	100	En	42	3
Vector Calculus	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Engineering Graphics	100	En	42	3
Introduction to Engineering Management	200	En	42	3
Mechanical Technology	300	En	42	3
Solid State Fundamentals for Engineering	200	En	42	3
Strength of Materials	300	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Analysis of audio-visual discourse	200	En	42	3
Film Narrative	200	En	42	3
Fundamentals of Film and Television Direction II *	200	En	42	3
Information and Conflict I: The Media and Violence	400	En	42	3
Media Landscape	300	En	42	3
Radio Workshop	100	En	42	3
Structure of the Media System	100	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Philosophy in History and Culture	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Biophysics 2: Systems and Synthetic Biology - Computational Biology	300	En	42	3
Electromagnetism and Optics	200	En	42	3
Instrumentation and Measurements	300	En	42	3
Introduction to Spintronics	300, 400	En	42	3
Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics	300, 400	En	42	3
Nanomaterials	300, 400	En	42	3
Neural Engineering	300, 400	En	42	3
Photonics	300	En	42	3
Physics II	100	En	42	3
Plasma Physics and Technology	300, 400	En	42	3
Probability and Statistics	100	En	42	3
Quantum Technologies	300, 400	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Comparative Historical Constitutionalism *	200	En	42	3
Comparative Politics II	300, 400	En	42	3
Evaluation of Public Policy	300	En	42	3
History and Politics of the United States *	300, 400	En	42	3
Human Rights	300, 400	En	42	3
Inequality	400	En	42	3
Methodology of Political Science	100	En	42	3
Political Behaviour	200	En	42	3
Political Regimes: Historic Evolution and Current Forms *	100	En	42	3
Politics and Media	400	En	42	3
Public Liberties and Constitutional Rights	300, 400	En	42	3
The Process of European Integration	300	En	42	3
The Welfare State in Comparative Perspective *	400	En	42	3
Theory and History of Social Movements	300	En	42	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Media Psychology *	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Communication and Participation of Civil Society in the Internet	300, 400	En	42	3
Culture and Identity in Globalization	400	En	42	3
Demography	300	En	42	3
Statistics for Social Sciences I: Introduction to Statistic *	100	En	42	3

Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
Cervantes and His World: Exemplary Novels	300	En	42	3
Gender Perspectives in the Contemporary European and Spanish Literature	300	En	42	3
Spanish Language for Spanish Speakers	400	Sp	45	3
Spanish Language: High Intermediate II Level	300	Sp	45	3
Spanish Language: Advanced I Level	300	Sp	45	3
Spanish Language: Advanced II Level	400	Sp	45	3
Spanish Language: Beginner Level	100	Sp	42	3
Spanish Language: High Intermediate I Level	200	Sp	45	3
Spanish Language: Low Intermediate Level	100	Sp	45	3

	Course Name	Level	Lang	Hours	Credits
	Supply Chain Management *	300, 400	En	42	3

Excursions

Get out and explore! Excursions are offered for most semester, year, and summer programs*. Semester students are typically offered between two to three excursions and summer study students are typically offered between one to two excursions. You'll receive a calendar of excursions during orientation; here are a few day and overnight excursions we've offered in the past.

Seville & Cádiz

Your time in Seville begins at La Maestranza, an infamous bullfighting ring, followed by a visit to Reales Alcazares, a 14th century Moorish fortress. Tour La Giralda—one of the world’s largest Gothic cathedrals and (allegedly) the final resting place of Christopher Columbus—before enjoying a fabulous lunch in a restaurant set in a former Arab bathhouse. Let yourself be amazed by the incredible buildings that line Seville’s narrow streets and small plazas. Spend free time relaxing at the popular Parque de Maria Luisa and Plaza de España, complete with fountains and rowboat-filled canals. You’ll also have time to take a pleasant stroll along the banks of the Gualdalquivir River.

In coastal Cádiz, Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city, you’ll relax at Playa Victoria, considered by many to be Spain’s best urban beach. Spend the day enjoying the sand and sun, watching the surfers, and exploring Cádiz’s picturesque historic center.
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Toledo

For 200 years, Toledo was the capital of medieval Spain; today it’s the capital of Castilla la Mancha, the land of Don Quixote. Known as the "City of the Three Cultures," Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived together peacefully; their legacy is a city filled with diverse, impressive architecture. Enjoy a captivating train tour to Toledo’s most beautiful locations, narrated with tales from local legend and history. Art lovers will appreciate Toledo as the home of El Greco, the world-famous Renaissance artist whose most important pieces can be appreciated in the city, including his masterpiece, The Burial of Count of Orgaz, displayed in the small church of Santo Tomé. Toledo is particularly well known for its quality sword makers; many films, like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, feature swords made in Toledo. While students are welcome to handle and photograph the swords, you’ll need to start saving early if you want to purchase one of your own, as price tags range up to $600. As many people consider Toledo the most beautiful city in Spain, get ready to have a remarkable experience on this excursion.
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Segovia

The first thing that’ll catch your eye in Segovia is the massive 1,900-year-old Roman aqueduct that delivered water to this charming town until just a few years ago. You’ll also tour the Alcázar, an 11th century castle that’s rumored to be Disney's inspiration for the castle in Sleeping Beauty. The local cuisine is an experience in and of itself, particularly the cochinillo (a.k.a. roasted suckling pig). You’ll also have the chance to visit La Granja, an incredible royal palace and grounds just 10 km from Segovia.
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Madrid Inside Out

These morning trips allow you to explore other cities in the Community of Madrid, with visits to sites such as: Aranjuez, Alcalá de Henares, and El Escorial and Valley of the Fallen.
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Engineering & Social Sciences Spring 2025 Semester Madrid

Engineering & Social Sciences Available Sessions

About the Program

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All Levels Course Structure

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Seville & Cádiz

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Toledo

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