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Basic information

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

4.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

4.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

56.5%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

50.0%

Research

Third party funds per academic

281,200 €

Doctorates per professor

1.6

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

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 degrees; Mentoring programme for all Bachelor’s and Diploma courses; link programmes for Mathematics and foundation subjects before the start of studies (Bachelor's degree); Acquisition of additional qualifications, e.g. welding engineer, junior quality manager, occupational safety specialist; instruction includes excursions to study-relevant industrial companies

Special features regarding the international orientation

Double degree programmes possible in some degree courses. Numerous worldwide cooperation arrangements via Erasmus+/promos

Special features regarding the equipment

Special equipment, particularly in the fields of Machine Tools, Metal Working, Lightweight Construction, Plastics Processing, Technical Textiles, Composite Materials.

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

Support for founders

Start-up support by the SAXEED founders’ network; Module offering a practice project in business-model development (from the business idea to the business model) in the Master of Sports Engineering

Other special features

A wealth of insights into industry in instruction and research through excellent networking of professorships, as a research assistant attached to a professorship, students can earn money to finance their studies while networking and applying what they have learned from the courses; regular company presentations and recruiting events on campus, e.g. TUCconect

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

Environmental Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

40

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

40

Mechanical Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

890

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

500

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies

no data

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Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation
Offers for career orientation
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

40

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

43

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

EnvE = Environmental Engineering

ME = Mechanical Engineering

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Value in points

Euro

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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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