Fakultät 3: Maschinenbau, Elektro- und Energiesysteme at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg/Cottbus (U)

Institut für Produktionsforschung

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg/Cottbus (U)

Siemens-Halske-Ring 14
03046 Cottbus
Phone: +49 355 694-132

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General remarks

This department is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Total number of students	310 *
Number of master degree students	110
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	5.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	10.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/12 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	32.6 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	80.7 % *

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	4/13 points
International orientation, master's	5/13 points
Outgoing students	1.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	3/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	4/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	23.8 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	23.1 %
Share of professors with work experience	30.0 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.1
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.3
Study organisation	1.8
Exams	2.7
Research orientation	2.4
Job market preparation
Support for stays abroad	2.2
Rooms	1.7
Library	1.6
IT-infrastructure	1.7
Laboratories	1.4
Overall study situation	2.2

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	2.3
Support in studies	2.2
Courses offered	2.4
Study organisation	1.8
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad
Overall study situation

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Teaching based on current trends; College+ as a start-up phase; very good supervision relationship between lecturers and students; online administration for students (registration for exams, scripts); e-learning; personal and web-based advisory service for the degree programme through student counselling, examination commission, course director; supervision of new students by older students; information events at the beginning of the course and the beginning of the main course; Career centre.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Possibility of taking courses in English; cooperation with foreign universities; funding programmes for semesters abroad and internships abroad.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Shanghai for Sciences and Technology, China; East China University of Science and Technology, China; Saitama University, Japan; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russland; Charles Darwin University, Australien; University of the West of Scotland, Vereinigtes Königreich; Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkei; Turun Yliopisto, Finnland; INSA Lyon, Frankreich; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norwegen.
Special features regarding the equipment
Very good study equipment and working conditions; provision of computer and laboratory workstations; campus-wide WiFi connection; modern lecture halls and seminar rooms with additional video and audio technology; very good technical laboratory equipment; extensive range of literature, some with online access, the library on economic and technical topics.
Special features regarding research activities
Imparting current research results in teaching; participation in research fields through Bachelor and Master theses; work as a student assistant with direct involvement in research work
Support for founders
On-site advice and start-up workshop alongside start-ups.
Other special features
Cross-faculty lectures (introduction to the tasks of an industrial engineer, Product Development ring laboratory) focusing on the solution of case studies in student work groups, semester-based lecture evaluation, excellence programme for industrial engineers, support of students in industrial competitions, promotion of competitive athletic activities
Further information on research activities
http://www.b-tu.de/fakultaet3/forschung