Studiengang Automatisierungstechnik at the FH Oberösterreich/Wels (A)

Fakultät für Technik und Angewandte Naturwissenschaften

FH Oberösterreich/Wels (A)

Stelzhamerstraße 23
A-4600 Wels, Österreich
Phone: +43 508 044-0

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Basic information

Total number of students	150 *
Number of master degree students	50
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	50.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education
Extent of interlinking

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	100.0 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	100.0 %

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	3/9 points
International orientation, master's	3/9 points
Outgoing students	11.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	7/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	7/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	100.0 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	100.0 %
Share of professors with work experience	100.0 %

Research

Third party funds per professor	110.5
Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)	7

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.1
Support in studies	2.2
Courses offered	2.1
Study organisation	1.6
Exams	2.2
Job market preparation	2.0
Support during practical semester
Support for stays abroad	1.6
Rooms	1.9
IT-infrastructure	1.7
Laboratories	1.3
Overall study situation	2.0

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Special features regarding teaching
The teaching for the Automation Engineering degree course is characterised by a combination of theoretical principles and practical examples. There is also the significant advantage that many students have already been involved in research projects during the Bachelor's degree course. This takes the form of project work and work placements. Naturally, the students have even more involvement in research and development (R&D) projects in the Master's degree course.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Selected courses and/or project work in English; option of semester abroad and/or work placement abroad; international placement students are involved in ongoing research projects; international students with regular enrolment are welcomed in all degree courses; teaching staff regularly take part in international conferences/further training; lectures from international guest lecturers are integrated into the studies.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Agder, Agder, Norwegen; University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Großbritannien; Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA (Masterarbeiten); King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand; Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Südkorea
Special features regarding the equipment
Laboratories for electrical engineering, control engineering, regulation engineering, process control engineering, drive engineering, sensor technology, measuring and testing technology, microelectr./digital engineering, optical engineering, sound and vibration technology and plastics engineering, optics, image processing, product innovation, design prototyping, mechanical materials testing and analysis, heat treatment, remelting technology, plasma treatment, coatings, surface engineering, 3D scanning, additive manufacturing, metallography, tribology; fully automatic flexible manufacturing and assembly system (robots, CNC machines, transfer system), forming processes/simulation of processes; virtual commissioning.
Special features regarding research and development
The technical faculty in Wels is the largest and most research-intensive faculty at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences: An average of around 180 ongoing projects, approx. EUR 9 million of external R&D funding acquired per year, and approx. 140 permanent research assistants. Major projects include: Josef Ressel Centre for innovative multi-body dynamics, Josef Ressel Centre for thermographic non-destructive testing, K Centre for Feed and Food, Quality, Safety and Innovation, various Interreg projects jointly with research institutions from Bavaria, the Czech Republic and many more.
Support for founders
The Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences operates its own transfer centre for company start-ups and entrepreneurship: https://www.fh-ooe.at/welsspitze/unternehmensgruendungen/. Opportunity/risk analysis of a business idea for market suitability; Potential assessment of innovation and personality; Entrepreneurial tests; Assistance in the elaboration of business plans Selection and contact for suitable subsidies and investors; Selection and contact of suitable mentors; Support in self-positioning, marketing and sales design; Establishment and maintenance of further contacts
Other special features
Campus in town centre and close to station; due to the small size there is direct contact with professors and intensive project supervision; all courses of study have a high proportion of practical work; fixed practical and laboratory spaces, extensive range of tutorials in optional subjects (languages); opportunity to obtain external certificates in the fields of quality and environmental management (TÜV-Süd), value analysis (VDI), international welding engineer (IIW), blasting authorisation course, etc.; measures to support women entering the UAS.
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.fh-ooe.at/campus-wels/kooperation/services-fuer-schulen/fh-sciencelabs-wels/