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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

680

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

490

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

5.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

5.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

38.9%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

32.5%

Research

Publications per academic

2.9

Citations per publication

2.3

Third party funds per academic

62,500 €

Doctorates per professor

1.4

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
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

37

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

69

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Double degree option; English Master´s degree programmes; individual study agreements if needed; personal support; Small group concept for exercises; early integration of students into research

Special features regarding the international orientation

International cooperation in research and teaching with a focus on Central, Eastern and South-East Europe; strategic partnership of engineering faculties at Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) with Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (ETU) and the "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" National Research University(MEI); Double-degree offers (Peru, Russia); active ERASMUS exchange programme.

Special features regarding the equipment

Centre for Microtechnology and Nanotechnology (ZMN); Thuringian Energy Research Institute (ThEFI); high-voltage lab; media laboratories; Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität (ThIMo – Thuringia innovation centre for mobility); antenna lab; Cryoelectronics laboratory (supraconducting quantum circuit); hearing lab; Usability Laboratory; "Am Vogelherd" test facility.

Special features regarding research activities

Above-average volume of research funding; Above-average third-party funding (on average more than 500,000 euros per professorship per year); supervision of research formats from regional to Europe-wide

Support for founders

auftakt network: bundles start-up funding from the Ilmenau University of Technology; EXIST start-up scholarship; Thuringian Centre for Start-ups and Entrepreneurship (ThEX); Fund for founders of high-tech start-ups; Ilmkubator: providing support with a large number of partners in all phases of self-employment; Course in ‘Business Creation and Management’ as part of the studium generale offered across all disciplines

Other special features

Personal student support; Centrally located campus university with short distances

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

Euro

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