The degree of Master of Automotive Systems Engineering combines the various disciplines of mechanics, electronics and informatics with a focus on automobile systems. You will deepen your competence in selected disciplines. We impart methodological skills for the systematic and creative solution of demanding technical problems of the automotive industry. These include automated driving and the development of new transmission and vehicle concepts. Small teams of students tackle work on specific tasks from industry. The tasks can be of a constructive, experimental or theoretical nature. The wide range of elective subjects and the option to take elective subjects of other faculties or universities (including from abroad) will provide you with a well-rounded professional profile.
Overview
Career Opportunities
After completing your studies, you can expect excellent career and job prospects: With the degree Master of Engineering in Automotive Systems Engineering you are well prepared to solve current and future development problems of a regionally and globally active industry. The pathway to PhD is also open to you.
Programme Structure Focus Engineering
Please be aware that only a selection of specialised and elective subjects is available in English, as the main language of this study course is German.
Do you have a technical business concept that you would like to pursue and further develop? We will support you with the technical expertise and equipment of our faculty and the necessary business skills. These can include the development of a business model, business plan and innovation management of the degree programme Master Entrepreneurship. You will thus receive support for your own projects and ideas from teachers from Engineering, Business Administration and IT.
Would you like to work on an interesting and innovative Research Project and publish your findings?
The Master Programme with Focus Research can also be studied in English!
We offer the possibility to do a double degree together with the UTHM in Malaysia within the framework of a Research Master. You will study the first semester in Heilbronn and spend the two following semesters (research project and master thesis) in Batu Bahat at UTHM. After successful completion of your studies, you will then have both the German and the Malaysian Master. For further information, please get in touch with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Gleiter (uwe.gleiter@hs-heilbronn.de).
Admission Requirements and Selection Procedure
Before applying to Heilbronn University, non-German Bachelor degrees need to be declared equivalent to a German first degree. More information about the recognition of foreign degrees is available here: https://www.htwg-konstanz.de/en/academics/studienkolleg/application. We are working on a process to do the recognition by ourselves and hope to start with it end of July 2024.
Please note: Requirement for admission is also a grade of 2.5 or better (German grading scale) in the Bachelor's degree.
The entry requirements in German also apply to the Incomings (Erasmus+, Global, Freemover). However, we also offer and recommend appr. 30 ECTS lectures in English language that you can attend.
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