Mechanical Engineering - digital: Digitalisation laboratory, green technology, artificial intelligence, driving simulator, VR glasses, graphics tablets, eye tracking in the Sales and Purchasing Lab and Materials for Future, Industry 4.0, autonomous systems, robotics, E-Mobility and virtual simulations - that is what sets us apart. More than 20 laboratories. Max. 45 students per semester. New professors (11) under 40 years of age in the fields of Smart Factory, AI, Additive Manufacturing, Digitalisation, Virtual Product Development of Plastic Components, Digital Sales, Data Science, Continuum Mechanics.

Double-degree options; English-language master's degrees; exchange of professors, special English-language courses for incoming students; the foreign student adviser is the ideal contact person for students interested in a stay abroad; many partnerships with international universities give students the opportunity to study and conduct research abroad; students benefit from very good contacts to regionally based, internationally operating companies and research institutions; Close collaboration with the Academic International Office.

Short & ultra-short laser sources, green & UV lasers, CO2 marking lasers, 3D metal printers. High-speed & thermal-image cameras, infrared pyrometer. Cold-chamber die casting machines, 3D computer tomographs, 20 MAGMASOFT workstations, 4- to 6-axis industrial robots, 3D scanners. Ultrasonic scanning microscope, microscopes, vibration magnetometer, battery test benches. 5-axis, high-speed milling machine. Drive & total vehicle test bench, E-Bike test bench. Coordinate gauge incl. 90 software licenses. Injection moulding machine Laser cutter, driving simulator, VR glasses, graphic tablets. 9 Specialist databases, PC pools

The most research-intensive department of the most research-intensive university in Ba-Wü. Research building: ‘Zentrum innovativer Materialien & Technologien f effiziente elektr. Energiewandler-Maschinen’ (ZiMATE): 8 of 10 academics are from the department. 3D printing with moon dust with the ESA. Research institutions:Among other things, Institut für Materialforschung, Gießereitechnologie Aalen, Laserapplikations-Zentrum, Institute for Polymer Science and Processing, Institut für Innovative Oberflächen, Institut für Antriebstechnik Aalen, smart materials and intelligent production technologies. Audi e-tron electrical test vehicle

Start-up initiative stAArt-UP!de (workshops, seminars, lectures...). Start-up founders talk (live interviews with the self-employed. In summer semester 2021, the start-up series celebrated its 50th anniversary). Founding radar of the Stifterverband: Aalen University in first place for the first time in the category of medium-sized universities. EU-funded Innovation Centre for student start-ups at HSAA: Free use of the shared student office, counselling, contact brokering, meeting rooms, machine hall. Monthly ‘start-up founders’ evening’ at INNO-Z (from mechanical engineering: NEXTBASIN, self-cleaning basin).

Virtual desktop infrastructure; Annual interdisciplinary student project "Formula Student electric"; Large number of regular industry colloquia, Exolorhino: Workshop for young researchers. Guest lectures (e.g. ‘Data Science and Consulting in Action’, discussion forum on ‘Product Service Life and Sustainability’). Online excursions during the coronavirus pandemic. Awarded by studycheck.de: ‘Digital studies – we’re ready’ and 3rd place among the most popular universities in Germany 2021.