Mechatronics

Mechatronics experts have a wide choice of potential career paths. A large number of organisations in the mechanical and electrical engineering and automotive sectors now use mechatronics engineering in product development and are keen to recruit specialists, giving rise to a wealth of opportunities for mechatronics graduates in design and development, process and production planning, production engineering, manufacturing and assembly, quality control and sales.

Industrial and professional associations regard mechatronics specialists as desirable employees with very good career prospects. The current shortage of qualified engineers for specialist roles is set to continue, in Germany, in Europe and across the globe.

This Bachelor’s degree course encompasses seven semesters, during which students learn key principles in mechanical and electrical engineering, focusing specifically on basic components of mechatronics systems, sensors and actuators, control engineering and information technology.

The opening segment of the course provides students with key knowledge and skills in mathematics, mechanics, electrical engineering, digital technologies, systems design and IT, and places special emphasis on familiarising students with the use of computer-assisted methodologies.

The course’s second phase gives you the opportunity to focus on areas of your own choosing via the appropriate modules. We are currently developing focal emphases in the following areas:

• Robotics
• Drive dynamics
• Adaptronics

The course’s final semester is spent completing an industrial experience phase in a company or organisation. This enables students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during their course and gain insights into the world of work in its technical, organisational and economic facets and contexts. This phase concludes with your Bachelor thesis.

You’ll need to be interested in working with computers and with electronic devices and into discovering interdisciplinary interconnections among aspects and functions of engineering subdisciplines. You’ll be at an advantage if you have focused on scientific or technical subjects at school, perhaps by doing projects, advanced or supplementary courses in maths, physics or computer science. You should be keen to learn and to find out more about your subject.

Interested – but not quite sure yet whether this is the right course for you? Our self-assessment test can help you make up your mind. Take it here: HAW Navigator.