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Mechatronics, Department

Fakultät Technik (TE)

Hochschule Heilbronn

Fakultät Technik (TE)
Max-Planck-Straße 39
D-74081 Heilbronn
Telephone: +49 7131 504-0
https://www.hs-heilbronn.de
HS Heilbronn
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

510

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

80

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education

no data

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

14/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

2.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

9.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

no data

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

75.2%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

75.0%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

1

Third party funds per professor

20,200 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Learning and working spaces
Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital learning
Laboratory internships
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Support during practical semester
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

53

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Application-oriented degree programmes with a balanced teaching of practical and theoretical skills; Extensive training in laboratories for the consolidation and application of learnt content; Project work / Bachelor's thesis predominantly with industrial tasks and application-oriented research projects

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Application-oriented degree programmes with a balanced teaching of practical and theoretical skills; Extensive training in laboratories for the consolidation and application of learnt content; Project work / Master's thesis predominantly with industrial tasks and application-oriented research projects

Special features regarding the international orientation

The department has 55 partner universities worldwide. This gives students a wide range of opportunities to complete a semester abroad. The first two semesters of the Bachelor's degree programme in Mechatronics and Robotics can be studied in English. In addition, the degree course Mechatronics and Robotics in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes offers the opportunity to obtain a double degree (partner universities: CDHAW Tongji University, Shanghai, China (Bachelor), University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia (Master)).

Special features regarding the equipment

Automotive Systems Engineering: Drive test bench for the research and development of electrified drives; Driving simulator lab; Exhaust gas measuring systems; Laboratories in the fields of electronics, measurement technology, system dynamics, sensor systems, electromobile systems, driver information systems, embedded systems, computer science. Mechatronics and robotics: Scanning electron microscope, laboratory for technical optics with spectral photometer and laser interferometer, digital image processing, rapid prototyping system, injection moulding machine for micromechanical components, modular concept factory, industrial robot.

Other special features

The student team GALAXY ONE, which works on projects in the field of aerospace engineering, is part of the Faculty of Engineering, which includes the Department of Mechatronics. Further information can be found at https://gohhn.de/.

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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