Study targets

The overarching goal of the Mechatronics degree program is to produce individuals whose expertise lies at the interface between

• mechanical engineering,
• electrical engineering and
• information technology

in mechatronic products and applications. Mechatronic products play an important role everywhere in the various engineering sectors such as

• mechanical and plant engineering,
• materials and environmental technology,
• aerospace and the
• automotive engineering and
• management consultancy

play a major role and are being further accelerated by Industry 4.0 and digitalization.

Graduates of the Master's in Mechatronics can use the knowledge and skills acquired during their studies to help secure and increase the success of companies in the long term. This is achieved through an in-depth engineering education with a focus on social skills.

In order to be able to take on a leading role as a mechatronics engineer in the specific areas of responsibility, particularly in development, planning and design, but also in production and sales, students on the Mechatronics degree course should acquire or deepen the following qualifications:

• They have further processed the educational objectives of the Bachelor's degree program in a longer professional maturation process and have acquired greater confidence in the application and implementation of technical and nontechnical skills.
• You have acquired comprehensive and in-depth specialist knowledge in a selected field of technology or in a cross-sectional engineering topic.
• They are able to successfully apply the scientific, mathematical and engineering methods they have acquired to formulate and solve complex problems in research and development in industry or research institutions, to question them critically and, if necessary, to develop them further.
• They have the technical depth and breadth to be able to familiarize themselves quickly and independently with future technologies in their own specialist area as well as with the peripheral areas of their own specialist area.
• They have social skills that prepare them particularly well for management tasks (teamwork and communication skills, international and intercultural experience, social, ecological and ethical awareness, etc.).
• You will be able to develop innovative concepts and solutions to basic research questions involving other disciplines and possibly incomplete information.
• They are able to pursue a scientific activity with the aim of a doctorate.

The degree program provides access to the higher civil service and qualifies students for doctoral studies at German or foreign universities.