Fakultät Kunststofftechnik und Vermessung at the HAW Würzburg-Schweinfurt/Würzb.

Studiengang Kunststoff- und Elastomertechnik

HAW Würzburg-Schweinfurt/Würzb.

Röntgenring 8
97070 Würzburg
Phone: +49 931 3511-8502

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Basic information

Total number of students	90
Number of master degree students	no data
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	12.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	no data

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	75.9 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	9/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	no data
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	90.0 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	no data

Research

Third party funds per professor

no data

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.7
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.2
Study organisation	1.6
Exams	2.1
Digital teaching elements	2.4
Laboratory internships	2.0
Job market preparation	2.0
Support during practical semester	1.9
Rooms	2.1
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	2.1
Overall study situation	2.2

Degree courses with details

Plastics and Elastomer Engineering (B.Eng.)

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Further information provided by the department

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, a rubber internal mixer and a scanning electron microscope, available to students for practical training.
Special features regarding research and development
Elastomer recycling: Investigations into the recycling of rubber products with the aim of upcycling, e.g. rubber powder from used tyres as a component in the blend for new tyres. The effect of rubber powder particles in rubber mixtures is analysed to obtain findings that can lead to improvement in the properties of the end product.
Further information on research activities
https://bke.fhws.de/studiengang/forschung/