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Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät

Universität Augsburg

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät
Institut für Materials Resource Management
Am Technologiezentrum 8
D-86159 Augsburg
Telephone: +49 821 598-3437
https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

750

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

230

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

10.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

9.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

14.6%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

20.8%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

81

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Practical orientation in teaching
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Overall study situation
Support for stays abroad
Return rate of the questionnaires

55

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Interdisciplinary degree programme (Business Administration, Materials Sciences, Materials Engineering and Resource Strategy), interdisciplinary project seminars, lab practicals, excursions, early specialisation, unique orientation, special English courses, subsidised printing costs for lecture notes, soft skills courses, prize for best teaching, teaching evaluations, new buildings/rooms, interdisciplinary seminars for the Bachelor's/Master's thesis, very well-equipped library, involvement of practitioners in teaching, courses taught in English and much more.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Lectures in English, seminar assignments and final theses in English, broad network of partner universities also with an interdisciplinary focus, wide range of options to recognise credits earned abroad, information evenings and advice on stays abroad, special English language courses for industrial engineers, international evenings, International Module Handbook (for incoming students) and much more.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Grenoble INP, Frankreich; Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finnland; Lund University, Schweden; Politehnica University of Bucharest, Rumänien; Tallinn University of Technology, Estland; Universidad de Valladolid, Spanien; Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italien; Universitat de València, Spanien; Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgien.

Special features regarding the equipment

Modern and unique laboratories such as a mechanical test laboratory for destructive and non-destructive material testing, Thomson data stream for financial market data, specialist databases (such as GaBi, Umberto, Raw Materials Database or EcoInvent), process technology systems and microscopy laboratory, the latest technical equipment in the CIP clusters (computer rooms ) and lecture halls, free WiFi throughout the campus, free advice centre for IT questions and much more.

Special features regarding research activities

Interdisciplinary Institute of Materials Resource Management, located in a multifunctional new research building, embedding in Augsburg Innovation Park, German Research Foundation (DFG)/Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Federal Ministry of Education and Research-funded research projects, projects within the Bay-FOR Alliance, collaboration with the AI Production Network, awards (Fugger Prize for Science, Science Prize of the Kurt and Felicitas Viermetz Foundation, new and very well-equipped labs (mechanical testing lab, thermophysical lab, workshops) and much more.

Support for founders

Start-up advice, transfer office in the Application Centre for Material and Environmental Research, advice to business founders and inventors and on patents (including uni-t transfer office and STARTHUB innovation and start-up centre), MAKEHUB prototyping lab, seminars on the development and prototyping of product ideas, regular exchange with practitioners and alumni, Entrepreneurship Days, “Augsburg Gründet” (Augsburg start-ups) event, soft skills courses on entrepreneurship skills by the Career Service and much more.

Other special features

Joint courses with the Environmental Ethics degree course (including interdisciplinary seminars), participation in Girl's Day, congress travel support for young academics, KLeVer programme for career and life planning (especially reconciling family and career), Sustainability Working Group at the University of Augsburg (including projects on paper use and procurement, sustainability in everyday university life (cafeteria and canteen, drinking water supply), ÖKOPROFIT (eco-profit) (data centre), waste & recyclables (disposal of hazardous and residual materials, waste separation, water)) and much more.

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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