Mechatronics: Hamburg University of Technology

Innovations in electronics have driven many technological advances in the past and will increasingly do so at an even faster rate in the foreseeable future. These innovations, on the one hand, open opportunities in almost every conceivable endeavor of society to improve the quality of life. On the other hand, they open significant operational and managerial challenges. Industries worldwide are shifting into gear in production technologies, both hardware and software, due to technological advances. The development of these new high technologies has given birth to the new academic interdisciplinary field of Mechatronics.

The standard duration of the course is two years. In the first year students take part in lectures, exercises and laboratory work. During the lecture-free period after the second semester an internship takes place, followed by a project and a subject-specific seminar or a process design course in the third semester. The course is completed with a six-month Master's thesis in the fourth semester.

The technological challenges of modern society and the requirements of the globalised labour market call for an excellent engineering education as well as for a sound additional qualification in the fields of business and management, soft skills, and humanities. Therefore, the international Master's degree courses at TUHH include a minimum number of non-technical compulsory elective courses.