Industrial and Electrical Engineering

An engineer who knows a lot about economics? or a businessman who knows something about technology?

Students of industrial engineering at the TU-Braunschweig do not have to choose one of the two. They experience technology and business in almost equal proportions and practice an interdisciplinary "view beyond the end of their nose" throughout their studies.

From the first semester onwards, students are involved in both engineering and economics. At the same time, one gets to know the two different ways of thinking, questions and technical languages, because from the very beginning, economic and engineering science study contents take up about half each. At the same time, this also trains one's ability to work in an interdisciplinary manner. This prepares you optimally for all requirements with the aim of being able to solve tasks independently that require expert knowledge from both areas.

The course was created in order to meet the growing demand for specialists who are both familiar with technology and business. Increasing specialisation had led to a growing lack of understanding of cross-sectional tasks in companies. Industrial engineers are closing this gap.

Their classic area of responsibility is broad and always located where commercial and engineering cross-sectoral knowledge is in demand. Industrial engineers, for example, deal with these issues:

• Calculation of the economic efficiency of a technical project
• Clarification of financing
• Planning and ensuring smooth and cost-effective production
• Planning and monitoring of material usage and energy consumption
• Optimization of the use of facilities
• Optimization of workflows
• Conversion to the cheapest form of work (e.g. from individual to team work)
• Preparation of market analyses
• Evaluation of ongoing projects
• Product planning and marketing of high-quality technical goods and systems.

The areas of application in industry and service companies, including auditing companies and management consultancies, are correspondingly diverse.

Through the simultaneous studies they are trained holistically, practiced in networked, strategic thinking, they become generalists who can be employed in many areas. Thus they are also predestined for the management of projects.

The course of studies, which is located at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Physics, offers a well-balanced combination of engineering and economics as well as appropriate professionalization and industrial internships. The thesis can be written either in the field of electrical engineering or economics.

The bachelor's programme in Industrial Engineering and Electrical Engineering is fundamentally oriented and provides the basic knowledge required to consider electrical engineering and information technology issues in electrical engineering, information technology, computer science, mechanical engineering and the engineering sciences, in particular mathematics and physics, on a broad specialist basis.

In the same way, the necessary basic knowledge of economics from a macroeconomic and microeconomic point of view is imparted. The focus is on the core areas of business administration (e.g. production management, marketing) but also financial management and controlling.

In addition, key qualifications and initial in-depth specialist knowledge in electrical engineering, information technology and economics are acquired.

The knowledge and methods imparted in the Industrial Engineering and Management course of studies in Electrical Engineering contribute to solving problems in the field of electrical engineering, information technology and / or economics. Bachelor graduates have sound knowledge and skills in the operational-analytical processing of tasks in the field of electrotechnical and information technology systems, taking into account microeconomic and macroeconomic considerations and relationships. They can identify problems, communicate them with colleagues and accompany the problem with their application knowledge. On the newly emerging job market for Bachelor graduates of universities, they will find their places primarily in larger teams as technical / commercial-technical clerks up to middle-level responsibility functions where broad basic knowledge is in the foreground.

• Autonomous intelligent Systems
• Energy Systems and Drive Technologies/ Powertrain
• Information Technologies
• Photonics and Quantum Technologies
• Metrology and Measurement Technology

An industrial internship is a compulsory part of the Bachelor's programme. Contents and requirements for the internship are described in the internship guidelines of the faculty.

We recommend a basic internship before beginning your studies, in which you will be trained in manual skills. However, the basic internship is not a prerequisite for the course of studies and cannot replace the industrial internship, in which engineering-related activities are required.

The Bachelor's programme is free of admission.

The General Admission Regulations for Undergraduate Bachelor Courses at the TU Braunschweig apply.

In the Bachelor's programme, you choose one of the five elective areas (specialisations) offered. In the special part of the examination regulations for the Bachelor you will find a list of all options.

An engineer who knows a lot about economics? or a businessman who knows something about technology?

Students of industrial engineering at the TU-Braunschweig do not have to choose one of the two. They experience technology and business in almost equal proportions and practice an interdisciplinary "view beyond the end of their nose" throughout their studies.

From the first semester onwards, students are involved in both engineering and economics. At the same time, one gets to know the two different ways of thinking, questions and technical languages, because from the very beginning, economic and engineering science study contents take up about half each. At the same time, this also trains one's ability to work in an interdisciplinary manner. This prepares you optimally for all requirements with the aim of being able to solve tasks independently that require expert knowledge from both areas.

The course was created in order to meet the growing demand for specialists who are both familiar with technology and business. Increasing specialisation had led to a growing lack of understanding of cross-sectional tasks in companies. Industrial engineers are closing this gap.

Their classic area of responsibility is broad and always located where commercial and engineering cross-sectoral knowledge is in demand. Industrial engineers, for example, deal with these issues:

• Calculation of the economic efficiency of a technical project
• Clarification of financing
• Planning and ensuring smooth and cost-effective production
• Planning and monitoring of material usage and energy consumption
• Optimization of the use of facilities
• Optimization of workflows
• Conversion to the cheapest form of work (e.g. from individual to team work)
• Preparation of market analyses
• Evaluation of ongoing projects
• Product planning and marketing of high-quality technical goods and systems.

The areas of application in industry and service companies, including auditing companies and management consultancies, are correspondingly diverse.

Through the simultaneous studies they are trained holistically, practiced in networked, strategic thinking, they become generalists who can be employed in many areas. Thus they are also predestined for the management of projects.

The Master's programme in Industrial Engineering and Electrical Engineering is characterised by its pronounced scientific orientation and its focus on content on the basis of a wide range of in-depth opportunities, which are strongly oriented towards the current research fields of the participating institutes.

Access to the Master's programme is open to all graduates with a relevant Bachelor's degree - subject to fulfilment of the other admission requirements.

The Master's programme enables further deepening and specialisation of the knowledge acquired in the Bachelor's programme in terms of content and subject and is organised in such a way that extensions of existing qualifications are also possible through the additional choice of other areas of specialisation.

Compared to the Bachelor's programme, considerably more in-depth modules are offered with demanding contents corresponding to the scientific orientation of the programme. This provides an intensive introduction to the current scientific issues of electrical engineering and information technology as well as economics.

The Master's degree in Industrial Engineering in Electrical Engineering enables graduates to occupy leading positions in industrial sectors, in particular in the electrical engineering and information technology industry, in the energy industry, in the automotive industry (land, water, air, space), in mechanical engineering and plant construction, in the software industry and in management consultancies and auditing companies, and to carry out independent business planning activities. The Master's programme enables students to conduct their own research as part of a dissertation in electrical engineering and information technology. Graduates of the Master's programme have problem-solving competence and put it into practice with their specialist knowledge. Their interdisciplinary knowledge also enables them to take on project management tasks in their later careers or, for example, to pursue a career in management. The knowledge and methods imparted in the course contribute to solving problems in the field of electrical engineering, information technology and / or economics.

• Autonomous intelligent Systems
• Energy Systems and Drive Technologies/ Powertrain
• Information Technologies
• Photonics and Quantum Technologies
• Metrology and Measurement Technology

You have obtained your Bachelor's degree at a German university. (There are special application procedures and deadlines for international applicants. Detailed information can be obtained from the International Office.)

A special admission procedure must be followed in the Master's programme. The following application deadlines apply for this degree programme:

•     for the winter semester from 01 June to 15 July
•     for the summer semester from 01 December to 15 January

The special admission requirements of the Admission Regulations apply.

An industrial internship is a compulsory part of the Master's programme. Contents and requirements for the internship are described in the internship guidelines of the faculty.