The faculty offers students innovative teaching concepts which build on each other with a very good staff-student ratio and practice-oriented components. All compulsory lectures are supported by exercises in small groups (max. 20 students). Tutorials are also offered. Here, students can ask questions each week about the topics covered in the lectures and exercises and work out solutions together. The faculty has an alliance with the Faculty of ETIT (Electrical and Information Engineering) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and its research and teaching portfolio is therefore unique in Germany.

The degree course explores a wide range of technical topics of future relevance. These include energy conversion and transmission, smart energy networks, artificial intelligence, 6G communication, IoT, robotics, automated driving, vehicle electronics, the development and processing of microchips and quantum computing. Our Master's graduates also have excellent career prospects in other innovation-driven industries outside of electrical engineering and information technology. With a coordinated programme of lectures and practicals, the faculty offers research- and problem-based teaching.

Teaching: The faculty offers an international study programme in English with the degree course in Automation and Robotics. Furthermore, approximately 70 % of the Master's degree course in Electrical and Information Technology can be studied in English. 20% of university lecturers hold a visiting professorship abroad (e.g. in the USA). Research: The faculty makes first-class and internationally recognised contributions to the development of academic knowledge in the key focus areas of "Electrical Energy Engineering" and "Information and Communication Technology".

The faculty has excellently equipped laboratories and research facilities for teaching and research. This includes: multi-networking technology lab, robot swarm control lab, smart grid communications lab, electric vehicle interoperability lab, smart home lab, 7 high-voltage labs, EMC lab, deposition lab, high frequency measurement lab, optical transmission lab, clean room. Other facilities: the Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics as well as the Robotics Research Institute. Special highlight: The competence centre for electromobility, infrastructure and networks.

The faculty makes first-class and internationally recognised contributions to the development of academic knowledge in the key focus areas of "Electrical Energy Engineering" and "Information and Communication Technology" and so plays an active role in shaping the current fields of the future – Industry 4.0 and Cyber-Physical Systems. The link between Energy Engineering and Communication Technology in joint research is a unique feature. The faculty achieves its high level of research through intensive national and international cooperation.

The Faculty of Electrical and Information Technology seeks to unify teaching and research and uses this approach in a research-oriented teaching programme that is continually updated and focused on the requirements of students and subsequent employers in science and industry. Flexible opportunities for the choice of course and practice-oriented components, an adequate staff-student ratio, as well as numerous opportunities for further academic qualification up to the doctorate level ensure that the appeal of the courses on offer extends beyond the region.