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Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

no data

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

3.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

5.0%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

3.7%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

10.2%

Research

Third party funds per academic

208,700 €

Doctorates per professor

1.6

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

international degree courses (ISE, Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's/Master's degree, Metallurgy and Metal Forming Bachelor's/Master's degree, Management and Technology of Water and Waste Water Master's degree); Specialisations in General Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Process Engineering, Foundry Technology, Mechatronics, Metal Processing and Application, Product Engineering, Ship and Offshore Technology.

Special features regarding the international orientation

international degree courses (ISE, Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's/Master's degree, Metallurgy and Metal Forming Bachelor's/Master's degree, Management and Technology of Water and Waste Water Master's degree); Mercator Office in Malaysia, Support Centre for (International) Engineering Students (SCIES). Double degree programmes with the University of Bologna, among others; Partnerships with universities worldwide; Staff exchange; Support for students who want to complete a study semester, including in southeast Asia (supported by staff in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta) and India (IITM)

Special features regarding the equipment

Driving and ship simulators; Additive manufacturing and injection moulding systems; Hydrogen filling stations, fuel cells and electrolyzers (Centre for Fuel Cell Engineering – ZBT), well-equipped laboratories and facilities for energy, process engineering and metallurgy; Plastics engineering and metalworking; Movement analysis and medical engineering (gait laboratory); Facility for the production of nanoparticles, access to associated scientific institutes: Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA), Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institute for Water Research (IWW), Centre for Fuel Cell Engineering (ZBT), Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems (DST)

Special features regarding research activities

Automation of traffic systems including ship technology, energy conversion in the context of the energy transition (EU projects CO2: GA_847606; GA_101022831), additive manufacturing, Collaborative Research Centre 445: Nanoparticles from the gas phase; Research Training Group 1240: Particle synthesis & colloidal processing; Affiliated institutes: (Application-oriented engineering Research); Institute of Energy and Environmental Engineering e. V. (IUTA); Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wasserforschung gGmbH (IWW); Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems (DST); Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik GmbH (Centre for Fuel Cell Research – ZBT)

Other special features

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering is a department within the Faculty of Engineering. In the range of compulsory elective subjects, this enables broad interdisciplinary training. Teaching collaborations within the Ruhr University Alliance UAR (mutual recognition of study achievements); International and double-degree courses, collaboration with local businesses. Sustainability and circular economy are addressed in the Bachelor's degree programme.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Website of the Student Council

online-application

Mechanical Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

1,640

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

680

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Learning and working spaces
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

no data

Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

44

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support

no data

Not specified
Support in studies

no data

Not specified
Digital teaching elements

no data

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching

no data

Not specified
Courses offered

no data

Not specified
Study organisation

no data

Not specified
Transition to Master's studies

no data

Not specified
Research orientation

no data

Not specified
Support for stays abroad

no data

Not specified
Overall study situation

no data

Not specified
Return rate of the questionnaires

13

Process Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

60

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

60

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support

no data

Not specified
Support in studies

no data

Not specified
Digital teaching elements

no data

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching

no data

Not specified
Courses offered

no data

Not specified
Study organisation

no data

Not specified
Transition to Master's studies

no data

Not specified
Research orientation

no data

Not specified
Support for stays abroad

no data

Not specified
Overall study situation

no data

Not specified
Return rate of the questionnaires

1

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top group

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middle group

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bottom group
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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

ME = Mechanical Engineering

PE = Process Engineering

Units

Value in percent

Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

Last Update 2025: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education