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Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

2.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

no data

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

22.0%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

2.1%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

52.3%

Research

Third party funds per academic

811,900 €

Doctorates per professor

3.6

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Many small tutorials, variety of courses, blended learning, innovative teaching methods, learning factories, integration of AR systems into lectures, hybrid learning rooms, engineering escape games, simulation games, media lab

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Variety of courses, flexible programme structure, blended learning, innovative teaching methods, learning factories, integration of AR systems into lectures, hybrid learning rooms, engineering escape games, simulation games, media lab

Special features regarding the international orientation

Bilingual Bachelor´s degree programme in Sustainable Engineering of Products and Processes; Master's degree programme in Battery and Hydrogen Technology taught in English; Double degree programmes

Special features regarding the equipment

Wind tunnel; Engine and drive test benches; Climatic chambers and load test benches; High-performance computing systems; 3D printers for metals and plastics; Additive manufacturing laboratories; VR/AR laboratories; Automotive engineering and drive and propulsion engineering laboratories; Battery learning factory; Laboratories for materials engineering and production and manufacturing engineering

Special features regarding research activities

Two Clusters of Excellence, several Collaborative Research Centres, many research centres, modern research infrastructure, Braunschweig region has the highest research density in Germany, Research Airport, National Metrology Institute (PTB), German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Thünen Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Max Planck Institute (MPI), Fraunhofer

Other special features

Specific degree courses focusing on sustainability: Sustainable Engineering of Products and Processes, Battery and Hydrogen Technology, Sustainable Energy Engineering

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

Environmental Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

120

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

120

Mechanical Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

1,640

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

800

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

42

Process Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

300

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

130

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

17

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

EnvE = Environmental Engineering

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