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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

440

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

130

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

no data

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

11.1%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

no data

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

46.9%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

63.5%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

no data

Not specified
Third party funds per professor

no data

Not specified

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

Not specified
Support during practical semester

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad

Not specified
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

26

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital learning
Practical orientation in teaching
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation

Not specified
Support for stays abroad

Not specified
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

17

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Small department with a very good support ratio; Learning centre with full-time academic staff; Study Flexible as a programme to support in the difficult initial study phase by extending the course content from 2 to 4 semesters with additional courses and coaching. Very good networking with other departments, universities and regional industry; in addition to the core competence in Electrical Engineering, specialist focuses in Automation, Lighting Technology, Energy Engineering, Robotics, Medical Technology, Technical Computer Science; Research focuses in various areas.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Small department with a very good support ratio; Learning centre with full-time academic staff; Very good networking with other departments, universities and regional industry; in addition to the core competence in Electrical Engineering, specialist focuses in Automation, Lighting Technology, Energy Engineering, Robotics, Medical Technology, Technical Computer Science; Research focuses in various areas.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Partnerships with Scottish partner universities (Edinburgh Napier University; Abertay University, Dundee), but also with Ireland. Polish partner university Rzeszów University of Technology, collaboration initiation with Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, northwest of Mexico City. German courses for Erasmus students, German courses for refugees. Free guest student places for refugees, mentoring for refugees. Modules offered optionally in English.

Special features regarding the equipment

Financial and technically very well-equipped laboratories and computer pool clusters; Bright workstations with modern equipment; Industry-tested hardware and software clusters; Matlab/Simulink licence for every student; Manufacturer databases; the university's own workshop for the realisation of prototypes and models for project and final theses. Library with an extensive range of e-books, access to all DIN and VDI standards, all IEEE standards and IEEE publications as well as digital databases; Medical devices for ultrasound, MRT, computer tomography, X-ray, endoscopy

Other special features

Flexible Degree Course (Studium Flexibel: Programme in the initial study phase: The content of the first 2 semesters is extended over 4 semesters in order to optimise the learning environment, improve exam results and reduce the drop-out rate. Students attend half of the regular lectures and tutorials, receive support in Mathematics and Physics and are accompanied by a student coach. Learning centre open every day for 7 hours (even on Saturday) + online learning centre with academic collaborators on staff to support joint and individual learning, dealing with information gaps and so on.

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

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