Physical Engineering is closely related with what is called in some countries Engineering Physics. It is the branch of engineering that applies physics to the socioeconomic development in the fields of industry, services and scientific and technical research. It covers the new technological areas resulting from the developments of physics insufficiently treated in traditional engineering.

The objective of the Master in Physical Engineering is to prepare professionals for the work in the new technological areas related to physics, as much in research and development as in production, by means of formation in specific competencies in the areas of instrumentation, optics, materials, electronics, microsystems and nanotechnology, and in cross-sectional skills related to the professional work.

Lectures are given in Spanish or Catalan, and examinations, reports and theses may be written in English, Spanish, or Catalan.