Technische Fakultät at the Uni Erl.-Nürnb./Erlangen

Department Maschinenbau

Uni Erl.-Nürnb./Erlangen

Immerwahrstraße 2a
91058 Erlangen
Phone: +49 9131 85-28769

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General remarks

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

Basic information

Total number of students	1,260 *
Number of master degree students	530
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	10.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	10.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/12 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	65.4 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	88.2 % *

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	5/13 points
International orientation, master's	5/13 points
Outgoing students	4.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	6/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	6/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	no data
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	no data
Share of professors with work experience	50.0 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
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Exams
Research orientation
Job market preparation
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	2.0
Support in studies	2.1
Courses offered	2.0
Study organisation	1.8
Transition to Master's studies	1.8
Research orientation	2.0
Support for stays abroad	2.1
Overall study situation	1.7

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Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Own Student Service Center to offer students support, tutorials and revision courses, practical experimentation, student group projects such as "Formula Student Germany", "Robocup", VDE/VDI/Association of German Industrial Engineers (VWI) higher education institution groups, "student management consultancy"
Special features regarding the international orientation
High priority for stays abroad; more than 40 partner universities abroad; placement abroad and recognition of achievements by study service centres; wide range of English-language courses for own students and incoming students; wide range of language courses, creditable for study; numerous international research collaborations with Europe, USA, Asia etc.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Uni Cadiz, Spanien; Uni Shanghai, China; Uni Tampere, Finnland; Uni Paris, Frankreich.
Special features regarding the equipment
State-of-the-art laboratories and test halls; state-of-the-art CAD-compatible computer workstations; free fast WiFi for students; discounted computers, laptops and software for students.
Special features regarding research activities
Department of Mechanical Engineering with a very strong third-party funding (approx. 12 million euros / year): significantly involved in all projects of the University's Excellence Initiative; Head of an SFB and a transregio; Department of Electrical Engineering, also very strong.
Support for founders
Participation in the EXIST programme.
Other special features
Department has been accredited with the seal of approval of the Faculty Day Mechanical Engineering / Process Engineering since 2008; High priority for stays abroad; degree courses at a very well-developed technical faculty and at the Law and Economics faculty; numerous industrial contacts; high reputation of the faculties in research and industry / economy; involvement of students in current research projects including projects of the Excellence Initiative and industrial work; well-developed study service centre with placement of study places and internships abroad.
Further information on research activities
http://wing.fau.de