Study location	Italy, Vicenza
Type	Master's degree, full-time
Study language	English

Tuition fee	€2,739 per year For further information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€204 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Bachelor diploma (or equivalent) Bachelor diploma (or equivalent) Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Electrical or Information Engineering or related fields, with proven skills in Mathematics, and Physics. Additional entry requirements – Entry title and GPA Please verify country-based specific entry title and GPA requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Language requirements	English B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent certificate Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

More information	unipd.it/en/mechatronics-engineering

Overview

The Master’s Degree in Mechatronics Engineering prepares engineers with solid technical and design-oriented knowledge in the areas of electrical, information, and mechanical engineering. Graduates are able to design, implement, and manage devices and systems with high integration between mechanical and electronic parts. The programme’s core objective is to provide an interdisciplinary preparation, enabling mechatronic engineers to integrate cutting-edge technologies – such as modern sensor, electronic actuators, and electric drives – into an electromechanical project, that is controlled in real-time by embedded computers. These systems address the increasing needs of industry sectors including automation, manufacturing, energy, robotics and automotive.

Programme structure

The Master’s Degree programme focuses on key areas essential for modern mechatronics engineering, including:

• embedded systems programming;
• industrial plants;
• control systems theory;
• advanced electric drives;
• power electronics;
• robotics;
• control of mechanical systems;
• dynamics and vibrations in mechanical systems.

Students can tailor their education through different paths and elective courses, giving them the opportunity to deepen their expertise in specific areas, such as:

• motion of automatic machines,
• electronics for energy,
• control systems design,
• machine learning,
• advanced mechanical design.

Career opportunities

Key career opportunities are in the electromechanical, mechanical, and electronics industries with advanced automation departments focused on designing and manufacturing machines for automation, robotic systems or solutions for electric mobility. Graduates can be employed in industries specializing in complex and highly automated equipment, such as automated warehouses, sheet metal processing, automatic food packaging, textile machines, energy conversion systems, and rehabilitation devices like exoskeletons. Additionally, graduates can be involved in research activities linked to mechatronics or related fields, by pursuing PhD studies or contributing to high-level industrial research centers.