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Basic information

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

1.8%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

7.1%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

100.0%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

24.0%

Research

Third party funds per academic

258,000 €

Doctorates per professor

1.3

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Individual and intensive knowledge transfer in close contact with the teaching staff; good structure of the courses offered due to minimal overlapping in the range of compulsory modules; relatively small group sizes in seminars, exercises and practicals; intensive supervision for writing academic papers; the specialisations offered in higher study semesters are based on the profile of the "Resource University" (Geo, Material, Energy and Environment).

Special features regarding the international orientation

Close international cooperation of the individual institutes with companies and universities worldwide. Visits abroad may be organised for students through personal contact.

Special features regarding the equipment

Extensive facilities with test benches from laboratory to pilot scale; technical systems for application-oriented teaching and research areas; modern apparatus engineering; variety of software packages for construction, modelling and simulation. Experimental facilities for research and teaching in the university's teaching and research mining plant; shared use of high-quality devices and apparatus with the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg. Students can make use of the technical equipment as part of laboratory practicals, student assignments, etc.

Special features regarding research activities

The key research areas of the department's individual institutes are listed online. The key areas of research are based on the profile of the "Resource University" (Geo, Material, Energy and Environment) and are characterised by interdisciplinary projects and cooperation in Collaborative Research Centres, EU projects, Clusters of Excellence, etc. Students can be involved in ongoing research projects, both in the context of student projects (coursework, project paper, thesis) as well as through contracts as assistants

Support for founders

Cross-university: SAXEED start-up network

Other special features

Family-friendly university, e.g. two children's daycare centres on campus, for students with children benefit from individual study schedules and family-friendly planning of lecture periods

Further information about study entry phase

Materials Science / Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

100

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

100

Mechanical Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

410

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

220

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support

no data

Not specified
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation
Offers for career orientation
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

21

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Courses offered

no data

Not specified
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

20

Process Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

150

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

60

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation
Offers for career orientation
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories

no data

Not specified
Overall study situation

no data

Not specified
Return rate of the questionnaires

24

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

MatSE = Materials Science / Engineering

ME = Mechanical Engineering

PE = Process Engineering

Units

Value in percent

Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

Last Update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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