The University of Bremen has long pursued the concept of learning through research. The department's degree courses have many integrated mandatory projects, which are also and especially offered across courses. Students are specifically prepared for jobs in engineering. The diversity of projects reflects the diversity of the research and work of industrial engineers. The initial study phase is supported by open learning groups, which are closely supported and guided by tutors.

A high proportion of foreign professors and the high number of large research institutes (including Fraunhofer, Leibniz, DLR) support an international orientation of the training. Individual options for periods abroad based on existing partnerships. "speakING" preparatory programme for the admission of international prospective students to the Production Technology degree programme. English-language master's degree in "Space Engineering". Very close cooperation with Bremen's space-related industry (including Airbus, OHB).

The Department of Technology, with its specialist areas and associated institutes, covers a very broad and varied spectrum from basic research to applied research. There are sometimes unique technical facilities available for this. Examples include the ZARM's world-famous drop tower, where experiments are carried out under microgravity, and the MAPEX equipment centre, where innovative materials are developed and characterised, for example for biomedical applications or for use in aerospace.

The members of the Production Engineering department coordinate a large number of national and international collaborative research projects, in particular the Collaborative Research Centres 1232 "From coloured states to evolutionary construction materials", 747 "Micro-cold forming - processes, characterisation, optimisation", the SFB/Transregio 136 "Function-oriented manufacturing on the basis of characteristic process signatures", as well as the Research Training Groups 1620 "Models of gravity" and 1860 "Micro-, meso-, and macro-porous non-metallic materials: basics and application (MIMENIMA)".

The Department of Production Engineering has close cooperation with many large engineering research institutes located on the campus of the University of Bremen (including Fraunhofer, Leibniz, DLR). The organisational links to the department are structured such that the management of these institutes is often linked with the management of a university chair within the department For the students, this cooperation results in interesting topics for projects and theses, but also diverse employment opportunities in the research sector.