Fakultät Technik at the HS Reutlingen

Studienbereich Mechatronik

HS Reutlingen

Alteburgstraße 150
72762 Reutlingen
Phone: +49 7121 271-7001

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General remarks

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Basic information

Total number of students	370 *
Number of master degree students	60
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	25.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education
Extent of interlinking

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	90.7 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	81.6 %

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	4/9 points
International orientation, master's	2/9 points
Outgoing students	3.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	8/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	5/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	43.5 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	90.4 %
Share of professors with work experience	90.0 %

Research

Third party funds per professor	24.1
Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)	3

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.8
Support in studies	2.1
Courses offered	2.3
Study organisation	1.5
Exams	2.0
Job market preparation	1.8
Support during practical semester	2.0
Support for stays abroad	1.6
Rooms	1.4
IT-infrastructure	1.5
Laboratories	1.4
Overall study situation	1.8

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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About studying Mechatronics in Germany

About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
A key characteristic is the close integration of theoretical training in lectures with practical training in laboratories. This integration is provided for each technical course. The lecture theatres, which are well-equipped with media technology and the labs, which are well-equipped with practical-oriented devices and systems, together with the university's extensively used e-learning system and other online offerings such as the Virtual Lab, provide a sound teaching foundation. Projects are encouraged during the laboratories especially in the Master's, but also in the Bachelor's degree course.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Collaboration with partner universities: DongHua University Shanghai, South Bank University London, Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Port Elizabeth Technikon, Stellenbosch University, National Mining University of Ukraine, Valparaiso University (Indiana), Kettering University (Michigan). Possible to complete a practical and/or study semester or write the final thesis at the partner universities. Lecturer exchange programmes between the partner universities make it possible for students to learn from international professors and for professors in Germany to be exposed to fresh ideas.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, Südafrika; Otago Polytechnic, Otago, Neuseeland; Valpariaos University, Valparaiso, USA; Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Lahti, Finnland; Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
Special features regarding the equipment
The labs are equipped with modern, industry-standard facilities and devices to fulfil the requirements for teaching and research: Robotics and Telematics Laboratory with industrial robots and production facilities; Rapid prototyping systems for solving Control Engineering tasks, e.g. a driving simulator with hydraulically operated driver's cab; E-CAE Laboratory for simulation and development of electronic circuits; Hardware and software modules for embedded control; Modern control hardware and software; Microsystems engineering and sensor systems.
Special features regarding research and development
The research professors in the department of Mechatronics participate in industry-related research in projects that are publicly funded in cooperation with companies or that are fully funded by companies.
Support for founders
The Center for Entrepreneurship offers university-wide advice such as on writing applications, jobs, different mandatory elective modules (2-5 ECTS), workshops, events, excursions and competitions, which students of the Technology also take part in. In the 2018 summer semester the first one-week start-up summer school for technology students was held, which was part of an excursion to Ukraine. In addition, awareness-raising workshops are held in the individual degree courses to raise interest in the topic among students.
Other special features
The degree courses offer broad, interdisciplinary training in the fields of Mechanics, Electronics/Microelectronics, Computer Science and Automation; Practical relevance is strengthened by close partnerships with industry. Small and medium-sized enterprises support competent students by means of grants, offer work placements and collaborate through projects.
Further information on research activities
http://www.reutlingen-university.de/forschung/