Fakultät für Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik at the HAW Augsburg

HAW Augsburg

An der Hochschule 1
86161 Augsburg

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General remarks

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Basic information

Total number of students	310 *
Number of master degree students	50
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	16.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	87.1 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	63.0 %

International orientation

Outgoing students

3.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	6/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	4/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	50.8 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	86.3 %

Research

Third party funds per professor

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.1
Support in studies	2.4
Courses offered	2.5
Study organisation
Exams	2.5
Job market preparation	2.2
Support during practical semester	2.3
Support for stays abroad	2.1
Rooms	1.8
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories	1.8
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 Process Engineering in Germany

About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Practice- and application-oriented; Engineering degree course with the option to specialise in Environmental Engineering or Energy Engineering; Methodological, social and personal skills are taught; Dual academic studies; Modern (problem-, project-based) forms of learning and teaching (e-Learning, iPads in teaching, etc.); Promotion of process knowledge and ability to work in a team; Integration of modern technologies and the latest scientific findings; (Guest) instructors working in the field; Dialogue with academia and industry; Practicals in ultra-modern laboratories (small groups); Excursions, trade fair visits; Tutorials, mentoring.
Special features regarding the international orientation
English-language modules (optional); Close networking with 40 partner universities; Guest professorship of a professor at the TU Brno (CZ); (Guest) instructors from abroad; Activities under the scope of teaching, staff and student mobility; Participation in the "Internationalisation of universities" audit of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK); Attractive options for visits abroad by students (semester, multi-week projects); Courses for the acquisition of linguistic, cross-cultural skills; Master's degree course in "Environmental and Process Engineering" (with option for double degree. (https://www.hs-augsburg.de/fmv/international.html)
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Universidad de Buenos Aires; University of Newcastle; Shandong University; VIA University College Denmark; Saimaa University of Applied Sciences; Lulea Tekniska Universitet; Kookmin University; Brno University Technology; University of Ulster; Universidad de Cádiz
Special features regarding the equipment
High-tech building (ready for occupancy in 2011); State-of-the-art laboratories (https://www.hs-augsburg.de/fmv/labore); Modern IT infrastructure (hardware and software: including PC pools with industry-standard software, interactive whiteboards, iPads, WiFi); Equipment for lending (laptops, projectors, tablets, iPads, e-book reader, boards, presenters, dictation devices, etc) including high-performance computing clusters; Free software licenses for students; Ongoing optimisation of existing equipment and procurement of new equipment.
Support for founders
fundamental: Teaching of specialist and key qualifications, individual support / advice; Various support offers provide by the start-up department (start-up café, support, patents, advice on tax issues etc. - see https://www.hs-augsburg.de/Gruendungsreferat.html); Digital business concepts: Support by the university initiative HSA_digit, cooperation partner of the new Digital Start-Up Centre Schwaben (DZ.S); see: https://www.hs-augsburg.de/Informatik/HSA-digit.html
Other special features
Label as a "family-friendly university", "Healthy University"; partner university for top-level student athletes and fire brigades/aid organisations; Projects such as Formula Student, West and Central African Future Group; University and faculty development plan 2015 to 2020; Career Service, company networking fair, work placement/job exchange; Startklar-de for initial study phase (e.g. preliminary course in Mathematics); Library with numerous additional services (equipment for lending, courses); Information Management: Informational events for new students, intranet/Internet, InfoScreens; Mentoring/tutoring programmes; Departmental student organisation.
Further information on research activities
https://www.hs-augsburg.de/fmv/forschung
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.hs-augsburg.de/fmv/leitbild.html