Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Master of Science (B.Sc.)

As with the corresponding Bachelor's degree courses(DE-MB, DE-ET, DE-Mechatronics), the aim of these Master's degree courses is to integrate engineering and computer science. They combine the essential elements of an engineering degree program with practice-relevant components of computer science, in particular software engineering and machine learning.

Digital Engineering offers demanding degree courses that address the key challenge of future industrial value creation: The integration of classical engineering tasks and software.

The challenge of "software competence" for engineers has now arrived in the press and in everyday life. From electric cars and smart meters to Industry 4.0, a lack of software expertise among engineers is currently the bottleneck to more innovative products and better quality. The share of software in value creation is increasing steadily and rapidly, meaning that this challenge will gradually affect all areas of our lives.

The Master's degree program also enables students to conduct scientific research in the field described above.

Graduates of the Bachelor's degree course in Digital Engineering - Mechatronics have the opportunity to take up the English-language Master's degree course in Mechatronics , which has been offered with great success for many years. New Master's degree courses are available for the Bachelor's degree courses in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering and Digital Engineering - Electrical Engineering .

 

The Master's degree course in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering is offered exclusively in German, while the Master's degree course in Digital Engineering - Electrical Engineering includes courses taught in both English and German, depending on the specialization chosen.

Bachelor's degree course with 6 semesters ... And now?

 

Graduates of a 6-semester Bachelor's degree course in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics, etc. also have the option of choosing the Master's degree course in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering. Individual requirements of approximately one semester (30 CP) are then issued, which cover the missing content, typically in the field of computer science. In principle, the Master's degree program in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering also requires the completion of a programming internship of at least 6 credit points (CP).

The following two overviews of possible 4-semester Master's degree course plans in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering for graduates of a 6-semester Bachelor's degree course serve as a guide. The requirements are outlined in red and fit seamlessly into the course of study. As you can easily see, the requirements cover a large part of the computer science content of the Bachelor's degree program in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering. This means that a graduate of a traditional mechanical engineering, industrial engineering (WIW) or electrical engineering course, for example, can take off into the digital era with a Master's degree.

 

Specialization options for Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

The Master's degree course in Digital Engineering - Mechanical Engineering offers maximum flexibility. In addition to the Master's thesis and a module with specialist laboratories, there is a very large selection of compulsory elective modules from mechanical engineering and computer science of various specializations. In mechanical engineering, modules of 6 LP or 9 LP are offered, which cover modern topics from the following specializations:

• Product development
• production engineering
• materials engineering
• Energy and process engineering
• Numerical methods
• Condition monitoring

All computer science modules are 6 CP and cover in particular the areas of software development, image processing, machine learning and embedded systems.

At least 3 modules (or 18 CP) each must be selected from Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. Students are free to choose a further specialization (36 CP). As there are also modules with 9 CP in Mechanical Engineering, 3 modules with 6 CP can also be replaced by 2 modules with 9 CP. The following overviews show examples of possible courses of study with different specializations between Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science:

 

The examination regulations can be found here.