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Responsible Center: Higher School of Experimental Sciences and Technology Location: Mostoles Campus
Modality: In‑person
Title code: 6410 Orientation: Professional
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS Duration of the Master: an academic year
Public prices: See table
Academic Calendar Opening hours Examinations Teaching Guides Faculty
Director: Antonio J. del Ama Espinosa
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University master's information: Phone: 91 665 5060 Inquiries Mailbox
Student attention: Student Help Box Suggestions, complaints and congratulations mailbox
Basic Information
What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?
The main objective of the master's degree is to provide knowledge, skills and competencies to develop, implement or adapt technological solutions to improve the independence of people with disabilities. To this end, the curriculum includes specialized and multidisciplinary training in techniques and technologies to support disability and rehabilitation, in the fields of engineering -mechanical, electronic, automatic and computer science- and medicine -physiology, human anatomy and disability- that allows understanding the specificities of the techniques and technologies applied to this field.
The specific training objectives of the master's degree are: to understand the main body structures and functions relevant to disability, both in health and illness conditions; to identify the needs of people with disabilities in order to develop inclusive technological solutions, based on ethical principles, scientific evidence and current regulations; specific knowledge of assistive technologies, -robotics for assistance with movement and intellectual disability, development of human-computer interfaces-; knowledge of specific methodologies for user assessment -biomechanics, user-centred design-; knowledge of the regulatory field relevant to professional practice; research methodology, statistical analysis and clinical evidence, which allows participation in research projects on technologies for disability and rehabilitation.
Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?
Yes, (final verification report is attached) starting the first course in the academic year 2025-26.
Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE
What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?
You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link
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Given the technical and technological nature of the curriculum, which is transversal to the main areas of Industrial Engineering, the following qualifications are considered eligible for direct access to the studies: Graduate/Industrial Technical Engineers or Master's Degree in the following areas: Industrial Technologies, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Automatic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Robotics Engineering. Graduate/Industrial Technical Engineer or Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering: Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering. As well as double degree qualifications that include some of the above.
Objectives
The main objective of the master's degree is to provide specialized and multidisciplinary training in techniques and technologies for disability support and rehabilitation, developing knowledge, skills and competencies to create, implement or adapt technological solutions that improve the independence of people with disabilities. This objective is broken down into the following specific objectives:
- Understand the main body structures and functions relevant to disability, both in health and illness conditions.
- Identify the needs of people with disabilities to develop inclusive technological solutions based on ethical principles, scientific evidence and current regulations.
- Acquire specific knowledge on assistive technologies, such as robotic technologies for movement assistance and intellectual disability, and the development of human-computer interfaces.
- To train in the use of specific methodologies for user evaluation, such as biomechanics and user-centered design.
- Know the regulatory scope relevant to professional practice.
- Acquire basic knowledge, skills and competencies in research methodology, statistical analysis and clinical evidence, which will enable the initiation of research activities in the field of technologies for disability and rehabilitation.
The curriculum also aims to promote core values such as respect for human rights, gender equality, sustainability and universal accessibility, ensuring that training is aligned with these principles.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
| CON1. Gain a solid understanding of the basic anatomical and physiological principles of the human body, as well as the mechanisms of functional, sensory, and cognitive impact of the most prevalent pathologies. |
| CON2. Analyze and analytically describe the biomechanical pattern of human gait and its main alterations for the design and adaptation of walking assistance technologies. |
| CON3. Gain an in-depth understanding of user-centered design methodologies for developing human-machine interfaces specifically designed and adapted to the needs of users with disabilities. |
| CON4. Understand the characteristics and operation of biomedical instrumentation and social and rehabilitation robotic systems. |
| CON5. Understand the characteristics of mobility assistance technologies, as well as their areas of use. |
| CON6. Determine the design fundamentals and applications of motion assistance robots. |
| CON7. Understand in detail the characteristics and applications of robotic technologies for cognitive and social interaction. |
| CON8. Gain detailed and well-founded knowledge of the specific regulatory framework for implementing projects in the field of medical devices specifically designed for users with disabilities. |
| CON9. Understand the aspects of telerehabilitation, data transmission, and interoperability specific to treatment and assessment devices for people with disabilities. |
Skills
| HAB1. Manage bibliography, documentation, legislation, databases, and software specific to rehabilitation engineering. |
| HAB2. Apply the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to the classification and coding of disability. |
| HAB3. Apply specific mathematical tools to develop biomechanical models based on inverse and direct dynamics for motion analysis. |
| HAB4. Develop user-computer interfaces adapted to the needs of users with disabilities. |
| HAB5. Apply appropriate techniques for organizing, grouping, processing, and presenting information contained in large data sets. |
| HAB6. Design and produce, using additive manufacturing by hot-head thermoplastic polymer injection, disability support products. |
| HAB7. Apply the main methods of experimental design and statistical analysis for hypothesis testing in the field of technology applied to disability and rehabilitation. |
Competences
| COM1. Apply appropriate methods and procedures in technical and clinical research related to the use of technology for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. |
| COM2. Identify the main needs of people with pathologies to overcome situations of dependency and disability. |
| COM3. Design, develop, select, and evaluate inclusive technological solutions in accordance with ethical principles, scientific evidence, and current legislation and regulations. |
| COM4. Select and appropriately adapt mobility assistance technologies. |
| COM5. Perform the design, analysis, programming, and implementation of a home automation installation. |
| COM6. Participate in interdisciplinary work teams made up of professionals from diverse fields of knowledge. |
| COM7. Identify the main problems and challenges facing our society related to disability and the social and economic integration of people with disabilities, proposing, designing, and developing sustainable, innovative, and participatory methodologies and/or technologies to improve the lives of these people, making responsible use of resources, and knowing how to determine the impact that different projects have on the economy and society. |
| COM8. Apply sustainability criteria to academic projects and internships that prepare them for their future professional activity, taking into account the principles of universal accessibility and design for all, as well as equal treatment and non-discrimination based on disability or other personal or social circumstances. |
Admission and enrollment
The general requirements for access to University Master's Degrees are, according to article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality, the following:
The general requirements for access to University Master's Degrees are, according to article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality, the following:
- Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
- In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.
- Universities will guarantee transparent and accessible information on admission procedures, and must have student orientation systems. Likewise, they will ensure that said information and admission procedures take into account students with disabilities or with specific needs, and will have appropriate support and advice services.
- Universities may exceptionally establish, based on specific regulations approved by their governing bodies, conditional enrollment procedures for access to a University Master's Degree. This will consist of allowing a Bachelor's degree student who has yet to pass the TFG and a maximum of up to 9 ECTS credits, to be able to access and enroll in a University Master's Degree, although in no case will they be able to obtain the Master's degree if they have not previously has obtained the Bachelor's degree. Universities will guarantee priority in the enrollment of students who have the official university degree of Graduate or Graduate. In this procedure, credits pending recognition or transfer in the Bachelor's degree may be taken into account, or the requirement to exceed a certain level of knowledge of a foreign language to obtain the degree.
- Universities or centers will regulate admission to Master's Degree courses, establishing specific requirements and, if necessary, training complements, whose credit load may not exceed the equivalent of 20 percent of the credit load of the degree. The training complement credits will have the same consideration as the rest of the credits in the University Master's degree curriculum.
- Universities will reserve at least 5 percent of the places offered in official university Master's degrees for students who have a recognized degree of disability equal to or greater than 33 percent, as well as for students with permanent educational support needs. associated with personal circumstances of disability, who in their previous studies have required resources and support for their full educational inclusion.
Admission:
The Rey Juan Carlos University does not have specific admission regulations, but is governed by article 18 of Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2. Each degree has its own general access criteria and special access tests.
Admission to the Master's Degrees will be carried out through a selection process; in some cases, that process may involve a selection test. The Direction of the Master will communicate to the interested parties what the selection test will consist of, as well as the exact date and place of its realization through this application and by means of an email notice.
GENERAL ACCESS CRITERIA:
Given the technical and technological nature of the curriculum, which is transversal to the main areas of Industrial Engineering, the following qualifications are considered eligible for direct access to the studies:
- Graduate/Industrial Technical Engineers or Master in the following areas: Industrial Technologies, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Automatic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Robotics Engineering.
- Graduate/Master in Biomedical Engineering: Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering.
As well as double degree degrees that include some of the above.
CONDITIONS OR SPECIAL ACCESS TESTS:
If necessary, access to the studies will be studied by the management of the master's degree, as well as the access of students who come from other degrees not referred to in the previous sections, after evaluating the study plan and academic record of the degree(s) and/or master's degree(s) of origin, as well as the evaluation of the candidate's CV and professional experience, in relation to the study plan and the objectives of the master's degree. In the event that the demand for admission applications exceeds the places offered, a priority will be made in the order of admission taking into account the following criteria and percentages, with a total score of 10 points:
- Direct access curriculum: 40%
- Academic record: 40% (Extrapolated to a scale of 0 to 10 points and the following criteria are applied: score from 0 to 5 points: 0%. From 5 to 10 points: 6% per point (5 points = 6%, 10 points = 30%)
- Curriculum and professional experience: 20%
Offer of places: 20 seats. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.
IMPORTANT: Enrolment in this master's degree will be subject to final approval.
Training itinerary
Master's Teaching Guides
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Training Itinerary
External Internships
The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.
Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.
The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:
- Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
- Elaboration of the memory
Documentation:
Degree Training Project
For more information: External Internship Unit
Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024
Mobility programs
University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.
Privacy Policy
- Academic Calendar
- Regulations governing the university master's degrees of the Rey Juan Carlos University
- Regulations for enrollment and permanence in university master's degrees at the URJC || Explanatory notes
- Academic exemption (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title IX)
- Public prices for university master's degrees
- Exemption from the prices of official master's and doctoral studies for the sons and daughters under 25 years of age of victims of gender violence
- External Internships
- University Master's Thesis
- Review and claim of the evaluation (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title VII)
- Acknowledgments / Adaptations of university master's degrees
- Simultaneity of URJC university master's degree studies
- Regulations of the School of Official Masters
- Addendum to the protocol for adapting teaching at the School of Official Master's Degrees
- Royal Decree 1125/2003, of September 5, which establishes the European credit system and the qualification system in official university degrees valid throughout the national territory
STUDENTS
TEACHING COORDINATION
COEXISTENCE REGIME
SCHOOL INSURANCE
ASSOCIATIONS
EVALUATION
- Regulation on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes (in force from 1 September 2024)
- Early call (Regulations on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes - Article 19)
- Article 6.1.2. The favorable resolution of the request for total cancellation of registration does not necessarily imply the refund of the amount paid by the student. To do this, the requirements established in the Article 10.3 of the present regulations.
- Article 11.3. The extension of the period of permanence will be requested through the procedure established for this purpose by the Rey Juan Carlos University in the electronic office, within the established period. The Rector may authorize the continuation of studies in those cases in which exceptional causes, duly documented, have affected the academic performance of the students., valid for that academic year (up to a maximum of one year).
- Article 11.4. In accordance with what is established by the Article 4 of these regulations, those students whose request to remain is resolved favorably will have to enroll in all the remaining subjects to complete their studies.
- Article 11.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once the extension of the permanence period is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
- Article 12.4. Once this is granted, the student must enroll in accordance with the provisions of the Article 4 of the present regulations.
- Article 12.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once continuity in the University Master's studies is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
Quality guarantee
Results report
Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.
Reports by course:
General information collection plan
Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:
- Student profile
- Teacher evaluation
- Degree of satisfaction:
- Of the students
- of the graduates
- From the Faculty
- Administration and Services Staff
- Labor insertion
- External internships:
- Satisfaction of interns
- External tutor satisfaction
- Employer satisfaction
Survey results:
Improvement actions
The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.
Renewal of accreditation
The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.
In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”
- Final Report Accreditation Renewal