Fakultät Kunststofftechnik und Vermessung

Studiengang Kunststoff- und Elastomertechnik

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General remarks

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Basic information

Total number of students	180 *
Number of master degree students	no data available
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	10.0 %

Total score for support in the study entry phase

6/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	76.2 %
Graduations in appropriate time master's	no data available

Outgoing students

0.0 %

Contact with work environment bachelor	9/11 Points
Contact with work environment master	no data
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	88.9 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	no data

Third party funds per professor

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Further degree courses of the department

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Special features regarding teaching
Teaching of in-depth knowledge in Rubber Technology (lectures and laboratory practicals); Extensive laboratory practicals during the current semester in a wide variety of technical laboratories; Design exercises, project work and laboratory work in a team; High practical component through a pre-study work placement and an industrial work placement; Lecture series with lecturers from industry; Excursions to companies in the plastics and rubber industry; Visits to trade fairs/conferences; Bachelor's theses are generally carried out in companies in the plastics processing industry/institutes for plastics engineering.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Technical English as a compulsory subject; A practical semester can be completed abroad as well as the Bachelor's thesis.
Special features regarding the equipment
The degree course has numerous laboratories. The equipment meets a state-of-the-art technology standard and covers the entire development and processing process in Plastics and Elastomer Engineering. In addition to a diverse range of processing machines, this also includes laboratory devices for analysis and universal testing machines to analyse plastic materials. There are, for example, several injection moulding machines, a pipe extrusion system, a rubber injection press, a 3D printer, plastic welding machines, an internal mixer and an REM, available to students for practical training.

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Last update 2019: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education, Germany.