Professional Graduate Study Program in Mechatronics
Duration: 2 years, (4 semesters)
Professional title: Master of Mechatronics Engineering (mag. ing. mech.)
Credits: 120 ECTS
Filed of education: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automatization, electronics, energetics, informatics
The professional graduate study in Mechatronics provides the necessary knowledge and skills to perform highly specialized engineering jobs. Students will acquire appropriate competencies in current mechatronic technologies that will enable them to successfully perform the most demanding professional tasks and face the research and development challenges of the present and future in the wider field of mechatronic engineering, combining electronics and mechanics, such as robotic systems or electric vehicles.
Specialist knowledge and skills will not only enable faster integration into production processes but also provide a basis for understanding and further monitoring of development trends in specific specialist areas of mechanical engineering/mechatronics.
The study program is based on the synergy of industry and higher education and is supported by the active role of the economy, in such a way that students must undergo professional practice in economic entities, by organizing professional visits, fieldwork and exercises, specialist practice, participation in research projects, and practical work in laboratories, which enables them to be quickly employable in the Republic of Croatia and abroad.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
Students of the Istrian University of Applied Sciences complement the theoretical knowledge gained in classes during their studies with high-quality practical work that they perform as part of professional practice, with the aim of quality preparation for the end of their studies and easier inclusion in the labor market.
Student practice is a mandatory part of study programs at the University.
Advantages of the study program:
- individualized work in small groups enables students to easily acquire and apply knowledge through concrete examples from practice,
- cooperation with the Research Centre for Metal Industry in Istrian County – METRIS enables the application of acquired knowledge and skills on state-of-the-art analytical equipment in modernly equipped chemical, mechanical, and biotechnical laboratories,
- a modern approach to education.
Direct classes of each course are held in the form of:
- lectures and/or (L)
- exercises and/or (E)
according to the table that follows.
| NAME OF THE COURSE | Weekly teaching load | ECTS | |||
| L | E | S | |||
| 1. semester | Mathematics in engineering | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Vibration | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Application and Control of Electrical Drives | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Strength of Materials | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Thermodynamics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Materials engineering | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2. semester | Machine Elements | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Power Electronics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Advanced Programming | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Embedded Systems Programming | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Neural Networks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Numerical Methods – elective course | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Testing of Materials and Fractography – elective course | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Industrial Metrology – elective course | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Project Management – elective course | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3. semester | Modeling and Simulation of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Simulations of Dynamic Systems | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Production Engineering | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Industrial and Mobile Robotics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Advanced Technical Materials – elective course | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Marketing for Engineers – elective course | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Entrepreneurship – elective course | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4. semester | Research Methodology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Electrical Filters – elective course | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Management and Organization – elective course | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Finance Control – elective course | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Professional Practice | 0 | 240 | 0 | 8 | |
| Master’s Thesis | 12 | ||||
Learning Outcomes of the study program:
- Organize engineering business processes through teamwork and project collaboration.
- Continuously improve one’s own competencies as part of the process of lifelong learning based on the needs arising from the development of new technologies and techniques.
- Present professional content and communicate information, challenges, solutions and requirements of the profession in an international environment.
- Assess the impact of mechatronics on society and the environment based on moral and ethical attitudes, legal norms and rules of the profession within engineering problems.
- Develop responsibility, consistency, accuracy and promptness in the performance of work duties.
- Test and critically analyze various technical systems, circuits and components from the field of mechatronics.
- Identify, formulate and solve complex engineering requirements by choosing appropriate multidisciplinary tools, laboratory experiments, as well as methods and procedures in production and technical systems.
- Apply advanced mathematical, computer and technical tools in the analysis and synthesis procedures of mechatronic components, devices and systems.
- Create innovative solutions in the analysis, development, monitoring and maintenance of mechatronic components, structures, machines, devices and equipment.
- Independently manage electromechanical and energy automated systems widely used in modern technological processes.
- Evaluate the relevant physical, chemical and mechanical properties of widely applicable technical materials and the principles of their selection and use.
- Analyze complex hydraulic and pneumatic systems in mobile and industrial plants.
- Plan the development, production, protection, maintenance, and supervision of technical systems, assemblies and components while respecting the requirements and restrictions imposed by relevant norms and laws, price, time frame, quality, work safety, and environmental impact.
- Recommend engineering solutions based on the system model, simulations, measurement of relevant components and valid technical standards with the creation of accompanying technical documentation.
- Manage business processes taking into account the specificity of the production process.
- Manage and plan production processes and anticipate difficulties and problems that may arise in specific production.
- Choose algorithms for modeling and creating automated technological systems based on the use of computers.
- Solve problems in the field of production automation using techniques, methods and tools from the field of flexible production systems, as well as industrial and mobile robotics.