Fahrzeugtechnik
Do you want to deepen your automotive engineering knowledge for a future-proof automotive industry at a top location?
The degree programme teaches technological skills and process-oriented thinking; requirements that are placed on employees in this working environment due to the constantly increasing complexity of vehicles.
The programme builds on Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences' many years of experience in engineering education.
Graduates of the degree programmes offered by the Faculty of Automotive Engineering are in high demand on the job market. This is supported in particular by the fact that almost all graduates join companies in the automotive industry within three months of completing their final thesis.
The labour market situation is generally positive in this respect, as the demand for skilled workers has currently increased significantly.
This is not limited to the automotive and supplier industry based in Wolfsburg.
Facts at a glance
Typical professional fields of activity
Responsible positions in companies in the automotive industry, the supplier industry, in consulting companies, in research institutions
Study programme
The Master's degree programme in Automotive Engineering has a modular structure:
In the first semester, the mathematical and engineering knowledge required for the following modules is taught. In addition, current topics are taught in the Future Topics module. The module includes the topics of connectivity/autonomous driving, smart factory, electromobility and hybrid development methods. Two non-technical modules include: strategic and operational corporate management, patents and standards and product liability.
Students are required to choose a specialisation in the second semester. The specialisations Connectivity/Autonomous Driving, Smart Factory, Electromobility and Hybrid Development Methods each contain three fixed modules. The content of the respective module packages is adapted to the chosen specialisation. The project work is thematically aligned with the chosen specialisation. In addition, two freely selectable modules from the compulsory elective module catalogue are taken.
In the third semester, the degree programme concludes with a Master's thesis and colloquium.
You can choose between these 4 specialisations
1. Connectivity/Autonomous Driving includes the modules:
- Automated vehicle guidance
- Multisensory machine perception
- Connected Car and Mobile Services
2.Smart Factory
- Production systems in the changing times
- Digital transformation
- Instruments and tools of Industry 4.0
3. Electromobility
- Introduction to electromobility
- Battery cell technology with laboratory
- Calculation elements of electrical machines
4. Hybrid development methods
- Vehicle safety
- Noise, Vibration, Harshness (NVH)
- Vehicle interior
Our strengths
- Strong, practice-orientated course with labs, exercises and case studies
- Up-to-date course content and intensive supervision in small groups as well as project work
- Competent, professionally experienced professors and (specialised) lecturers
- Close professional exchange with the professors and staff
- Accredited degree programmes and a fixed timetable
- High-quality, good contacts with industry partners in the region
- Counselling and support for personal and study-related issues through learning coaching
- Very good entry opportunities for later professional life or studying in a practical programme
- Supplementary university programme: Further education, language courses and a sports and cultural programme
Admission requirement
Admission requirements for starting the Master's degree programme are a completed engineering or comparable diploma or Bachelor's degree programme with at least 210 ECTS. You can find the admission regulations here. (external link, opens in a new window)
If the relevant requirement is not met (Bachelor's degree with 180 ECTS), Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences offers the opportunity to obtain the missing requirement for admission to the selection procedure for the Master's degree programme in Automotive Engineering (acquisition of 30 ECTS) as part of a "bridging semester". Information on the bridging semester can be found here. (external link, opens in a new window)
Study costs
Semester fee (currently € 353.27)