Applied Plastics Engineeringpart time degree programmes for professionals, distance studies
Master of Engineering
Master
Degree5 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 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
Languages of instruction
Main language
German