Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät at the Uni Augsburg

Institut für Materials Resource Management

Uni Augsburg

Universitätsstraße 1
86135 Augsburg
Phone: +49 821 598-3437

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General remarks

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Basic information

Total number of students	820 *
Number of master degree students	230
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	11.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	12.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/12 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	87.8 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	96.2 % *

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	6/13 points
International orientation, master's	7/13 points
Outgoing students	3.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	5/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	6/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	14.5 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	27.7 %
Share of professors with work experience	33.3 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.9
Support in studies	1.8
Courses offered	1.9
Study organisation	1.4
Exams	1.8
Research orientation	1.9
Job market preparation	2.1
Support for stays abroad	1.6
Rooms	1.6
Library	1.6
IT-infrastructure	1.5
Laboratories	1.7
Overall study situation	1.5

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	2.1
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.1
Study organisation	1.6
Transition to Master's studies	1.5
Research orientation	2.1
Support for stays abroad	1.8
Overall study situation	1.9

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Special features regarding teaching
Interdisciplinary programme (Business Administration, Materials Science and Resource Strategy), interdisciplinary project seminars, lab practicals, excursions, early specialisation, unique orientation, special English courses, subsidised printing costs for lecture notes, soft skills courses, Prize for Best Teacher, teaching evaluations, new buildings/rooms, interdisciplinary seminars for the Bachelor's/Master’s thesis, very well-equipped library, involvement of practitioners in teaching, English-taught courses.
Special features regarding the international orientation
English-language lectures, English-language seminars and theses, broad network of partner universities with an interdisciplinary focus, wide credit options for international services, information evenings and advice for stays abroad, special English language courses for Industrial Engineers.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Grenoble INP, Frankreich; Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finnland; Lund University, Schweden; Politehnica University of Bucharest, Rumänien; Tallinn University of Technology, Estland; Universidad de Valladolid, Spanien; Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italien; Universitat de València, Spanien; Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgien.
Special features regarding the equipment
Modern and unique laboratories such as a mechanical test laboratory for destructive and non-destructive material testing, Thomson data stream for financial market data, specialist databases such as GaBi, Umberto, Raw Materials Database or EcoInvent, process technology systems and microscopy laboratory, the latest technical equipment in the CIP pools (computer rooms ) and lecture halls, free WiFi throughout the campus, free advice center for IT questions and much more.
Special features regarding research activities
Interdisciplinary Institute for Materials Resource Management, Augsburg Innovation Park, DFG / BMWi and BMBF-funded research projects, projects within the Bay-FOR Alliance, awards (Fugger Prize for Science, Science Prize of the Kurt and Felicitas Viermetz Foundation.
Support for founders
Transfer point at the Application Centre for Material and Environmental Research), consulting for entrepreneurs, inventors and patents (e.g. uni-t), seminars on the development and prototyping of product ideas, regular exchange with practitioners.
Further information on research activities
https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/mntf/mrm/forschung/
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/mntf/mrm/studium/wing/
Information on access restrictions
https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/mntf/mrm/studium/wing/