study content

The wide range of elective modules with only one compulsory module gives you the greatest possible flexibility to design your course content yourself. You can follow your personal interests and inclinations by choosing a total of four specializations (general mechanical engineering / mechatronics and robotics / simulation / materials and production technology) or you can broaden your skills without specialization.

Thanks to our close links with regional industry, the content of the courses is particularly practice- and project-oriented and often includes current research and development topics from our diverse laboratories. You learn and work a lot in teams. Study projects at our partner companies or in our laboratories prepare you ideally for your final master's thesis.

study programme

The courses of the degree programme are listed below. The numbers indicate the scope of the event per week (SWS) or the credit points that you receive for successfully participating in the event. There are 90 in total credit points to acquire. You can find out more about the content of the individual events in the module handbook.

The course is structured in such a way that you can start your studies in both the summer and winter semesters. At the start of the winter semester, students begin with the content of the second semester.  

If you would like to have one of the four in -depth directions entered in the master certificate, you must choose 6 modules of the Elective Block 2 from the respective focus. The respective module assignment can be found under the Focus section. 

The detailed study programme can be found in module manual.

Dual study variant (MS+I)

Dual study variant (MS+I)

The dual study variant (MS+I) has the primary goal of conveying the competence goals of the regular study variant to the students and scientifically accompanying the transfer of what has been learned to professional practice at the university. Through dual practice phases planned together with the partner companies, the students should be particularly prepared for professional life professionally and personally. As with the dual bachelor variants, the success and the personal development of the master engineers are promoted through targeted offers in order to be well prepared for future management tasks.

MS+I advantages for the students

• MS+I combines a broad -based engineering studies with direct link to professional practice in the partner companies
• MS+I offers financial security in parallel to the further qualification in the master
• MS+I offers a safe entry into professional life.
• MS+I promotes an above -average study success (duration and final grade) through a wide range of offers and also provides further general skills for preparing for future management tasks

You can find all further information on the Page of the dual study models.

General Engineering

This focus aims at a very far -minded expansion of knowledge or deepening in many topics of mechanical engineering, based on, for example, a corresponding bachelor's degree. It thus offers students the opportunity to document their more mechanical engineering orientation without preventing the possibility of integrating special areas of mechatronics. The method, personnel and social skills to be acquired remain identical to the basic competence profile.

Task fields

Diverse areas of responsibility in mechanical engineering, e.g.:

• Calculation of complex machine systems in particular on their movement and vibration behavior, technical systems in the area of ​​fluid and thermodynamics, power plant technology, system technology, gas turbine technology, electrical engineering systems for machine control and machine control.
• Simulation for the analysis of technical and engineering problems but also tasks in the business area, especially in the cost calculation of technical products.

Of the 9 modules to be selected from the Elective Block 2, in the extent of 45 CRP, 6 modules of 30 CRP must be selected from the following list. The other 3 Elective modules in the extent of 15 CRP can be freely selected from the Elective Block 2. The restriction that only modules are to be chosen that have not already been occupied in the bachelor's degree is also valid.

mechatronics and robotics

The increasing use of robotics systems - especially in assembly and production technology - requires increasing digitization on the way to "Industry 4.0". Graduates of this focus acquire in-depth knowledge in the areas of sensors and measurement technology, mechanical seeing but also modern AI applications using neuronal networks to autonomous driving systems and-robots.

Task fields

Tasks for graduates of the focus of mechatronics and robotics can be found particularly in the area:

• the application and development of electromagnetic, acoustic, optical and radiation sensitive sensors,
• the draft, analysis and implementation of digital algorithms for the processing of sensor data using statistical processing algorithms,
• the development of algorithms for levels and spatial object and pattern recognition,
• the solution of industrial tasks that require contactless object recognition and measurement with optical means,
• the use of virtual tools and methods of digital factory planning regarding possibilities and application limits and in the business area, especially in the cost calculation of technical products.

Of the 9 modules to be selected from the Elective Block 2, in the extent of 45 CRP, 6 modules of 30 CRP must be selected from the following list. The other 3 Elective modules in the extent of 15 CRP can be freely selected from the Elective Block 2. The restriction that only modules are to be chosen that have not already been occupied in the bachelor's degree is also valid.

simulation

In the focus of “simulation”, the focus is on the transfer of competence for diverse applications of today's calculation and simulation methods and their mathematical basics and models for the theoretical property assessment of materials, constructions, machines and systems or their optimization approaches.

Task fields

Tasks for graduates of the focus on simulation can be found particularly in the area:

• of the system for theoretical verification of the overall process of technical product development and optimization,
• the analysis of technical and engineering problems (fem; cfd; cas; mks, etc.) by simulation methods,
• in the construction of the model formation of technical systems, to determine the business status of potential solutions as well as in the business area, especially in the cost calculation of technical products.

Of the 9 modules to be selected from the Elective Block 2, in the extent of 45 CRP, 6 modules of 30 CRP must be selected from the following list. The other 3 Elective modules in the extent of 15 CRP can be freely selected from the Elective Block 2. The restriction that only modules are to be chosen that have not already been occupied in the bachelor's degree is also valid.

Materials and production technology

With regard to the diversity and the constant further development of the metallic and non -metallic materials, future engineers and managers should be able to assess the change in the material properties during processing. The optimization of manufacturing technologies, which is accompanied by increasing digitization and networking of complex production chains in all areas of manufacturing technology to increase the degree of automation, requires an increasing fusion of mechanical engineering and mechatronics. The graduates of the focus on material and production technology are enabled to process scientifically and technically demanding questions in the area of ​​material and production technology and to optimize complicated manufacturing process chains holistically.

Task fields

Nowadays, materials are a key topic in the development of innovative products. Tasks for graduates of the focus on material and production technology can be found in particular in the area:

• From material and product development processes as well as in the production of corresponding components,
• the proper and future -proof selection, application and optimization of materials, semi -finished products and components/components,
• the modeling of the properties of metallic and non -metallic materials,
• the use of methods/principles of lean management and lean production in connection with digitization for transformation as well as tools and methods of digital factory planning regarding possibilities and application limits;
• Business cost calculation of new materials and new technical products.

Of the 9 modules to be selected from the Elective Block 2, in the extent of 45 CRP, 6 modules of 30 CRP must be selected from the following list. The other 3 Elective modules in the extent of 15 CRP can be freely selected from the Elective Block 2. The restriction that only modules are to be chosen that have not already been occupied in the bachelor's degree is also valid.

perspectives

Almost independently of the economy, the need for graduates with skills from both engineering disciplines is constantly increasing. The areas of application and the requirements are developing rapidly. Your possible fields of activity are growing to the same extent, both regionally and internationally.

In addition to the very individually designed professional qualifications, we promote your skills in the area of ​​project and technology management, which prepares you well for managerial positions in research, development, planning, production and marketing of complex technical systems. The master's degree M.Sc. However, a career in the higher civil service of the federal or state governments and particularly high-performing students also opens the way to a further academic career with a doctorate.

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