Applied Plastics Engineeringpart time degree programmes for professionals, distance studies

  • Master of Engineering

    Master
    Degree

  • 5 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Schmalkalden

    Location

  • January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

    January 2025 (EU), January 2025 (Non-EU)

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer Semester only

Area of study

Plastics Engineering

Focus

Plastics and the Chemistry of Plastics, Design, Composition and Calculation of Plastic Parts, Plastics Processing I/II, Composite Materials, Plastics Materials Testing, Tools and Mould Design, Product Development and Simulation, Plastics Recycling and Environmental Management, Legal Aspects, Business Administration aspects

Target group

- Owners as well as executive and technical personnel at companies manufacturing plastics and/or manufacturers of plastics machinery - Corporate succession in the plastics industry - Executive or technical personnel at plastics institutes and plastics associations - Specialist and management personnel at companies closely associated with the plastics industry (e.g. aircraft construction, automotive, foodstuffs, textiles, packaging sector)

Annotation

Commences only in the summer semester.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

1. A completed technical degree from an institution of higher education as well as relevant work experience of at least a year or 2. A completed non-technical degree from an institution of higher education, as well as relevant work experience of at least five years and the successful completion of a written admission test in the subjects Mathematics, Engineering Mechanics and Construction

Lecture period
  • 01.04.2025 - 11.07.2025
  • 06.10.2025 - 30.01.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Until 15.01.2025

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    Until 15.01.2025

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    Until 15.01.2025

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Until 15.01.2025

Tuition fee

Fees

2,560.00 EUR / semester

Fees (Link)

Plus a semester contribution

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further study programmes

  • Hochschule SchmalkaldenApplied Computer Science
    • Master
    • 4 semesters
    • full time
    • Schmalkalden
    Deadlines
    • May 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
    • May 2025 (EU)
    • May 2025 (Non-EU)

    More about Applied Computer Science

  • Hochschule SchmalkaldenBusiness Administration
    • Bachelor
    • 7 semesters
    • dual system, including practical semester, full time
    • Schmalkalden
    Deadlines
    • July 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
    • July 2025 (EU)
    • July 2025 (Non-EU)

    More about Business Administration

  • Hochschule SchmalkaldenBusiness Administration
    • Bachelor
    • 8 semesters
    • part time degree programmes for professionals, distance studies
    • Schmalkalden
    Deadlines
    • July 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
    • July 2025 (EU)
    • July 2025 (Non-EU)

    More about Business Administration

  • Hochschule SchmalkaldenBusiness computing
    • Bachelor
    • 6 semesters
    • dual system, including practical semester, full time
    • Schmalkalden
    Deadlines
    • September 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
    • September 2025 (EU)
    • September 2025 (Non-EU)

    More about Business computing

These data have been kindly made available to the DAAD by the German Rectors' Conference.

DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service