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CHE University Ranking

Mechatronics, Department

Fakultät für Maschinenbau

Technische Universität Chemnitz

Fakultät für Maschinenbau
Reichenhainer Straße 70
D-09126 Chemnitz
Telephone: +49 371 531-23000
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/index.html.en
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

60

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

40

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

no data

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

0.2%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

no data

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

50.0%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

49.0%

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

no data

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

very good staff-student ratio; excellently equipped test areas and workshops are available for project and thesis work; simple options for switching between degree courses within the faculty at the transition between Bachelor's/Master's degree courses; Mentoring programme for all Bachelor's degree courses; Bridge courses for mathematics and basic subjects before the start of studies (Bachelor's degree course); Acquisition of additional qualifications, e.g. welding specialist, quality manager junior, occupational safety specialist

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

very good staff-student ratio; excellently equipped test areas and workshops are available for project and thesis work; Easy to transfer between degree courses within the faculty; Mentoring programme for all Master's degree programmes; Acquisition of additional qualifications, e.g. welding specialist, quality manager junior, occupational safety specialist

Special features regarding the international orientation

Double degree programmes possible in some degree courses. Numerous worldwide collaborations via Erasmus+/PROMOS

Special features regarding the equipment

Special equipment, particularly in the fields of machine tools, metal forming, production and manufacturing engineering, lightweight construction, plastics processing, technical textiles, composite material and materials technologies, as well as specialised analysis technologies

Special features regarding research activities

The first and only Federal Cluster of Excellence in Germany in the field of lightweight construction research (MERGE – Technology fusion of multifunctional lightweight construction structures); income from research projects above the German national average

Other special features

Extensive insights into industry, teaching and research thanks to excellent networking of professorships; As research assistants, students can earn money to finance their studies, network and apply the knowledge they have learned from the courses

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

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Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

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