At a glance
Fields of study
Development and Design
Production and Development
Alternative study options
Mechanical engineering/vehicle technology (integrated training) in cooperation with a company
Mechanical Engineering/International Project Engineering (international variant) with course language English
Dates
Alle Termine
Mechanical engineering of the future
Germany is one of the world's leading mechanical engineering nations. The machine tools, manufacturing and power plant equipment developed and produced here have an excellent reputation.
Mechanical engineering products range from everyday products such as coffee machines, machine tools and energy generation plants to motor vehicles and aircraft.
Mechanical engineers are shaping the technological future of human society. Core elements are the digitalization of production, automation, sustainable mobility and enabling the energy transition.
Designing and realizing machines and systems
You want a practical engineering course. You will be able to experience all facets of mechanical engineering for yourself in our excellently equipped laboratories. You will acquire sound knowledge for the engineering profession in challenging projects. We are a motivated team of professors with practical experience and well-trained laboratory engineers and will teach you all aspects of mechanical engineering in a pleasant, personal atmosphere. Specialists with industrial experience are available for your training in all key areas.
Profession & prospects
The job profile of an engineer is characterized by a particular diversity. Possible fields of work are offered by successful industrial companies as well as public authorities and associations. Engineers design the products of the future; their daily work is characterized by a lot of communication and exciting activities in the development, testing and optimization of various products. Engineers have in-depth methodological and specialist knowledge and the ability to solve problems. The demand for engineers is enormous as a result of the growing engineering gap, and the earning potential is among the best. Industrial companies in the mechanical engineering sector offer excellent working conditions and outstanding social benefits.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will be awarded the title Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), which gives you the opportunity to work directly in industry as an engineer or to obtain a Master's degree at universities.
Downloads
- Ältere Modulhandbücher sind im QM Portal abgelegt.
- Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge mit Allgemeinem Teil - Diese Änderungssatzung tritt zum WiSe 2023/24 in Kraft.
- Satzung der Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten über die Regelungen zum Hochschulzulassungs- und auswahlverfahren für Bachelorstudiengänge vom 28. November 2024
Further information
Postgraduate courses
Product Development in Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum
Fields of study
Development and Design
Production and Development
Alternative study option
Mechanical engineering/vehicle technology (integrated training) in cooperation with a company
Structure
The Bachelor's degree course in Mechanical Engineering is designed for seven semesters.
Basic studies
In the foundation course, you will develop your skills in technical and scientific fundamentals such as computer science, mathematics, technical mechanics, machine elements and materials science for your later specialization in the main course.
Practical semester
The 4th semester is a practical semester in an industrial company in which you work independently on a real industrial project.
Main studies
In the main course of study from the 5th semester onwards, you will begin to specialize by choosing an in-depth field of study. In the Development and Design field of study, the focus is on design. Production and development teaches methods and processes in production engineering.
Elective options
From the 5th to the 7th semester, you can choose from a wide range of options to deepen your knowledge and interests: 4 compulsory elective modules, 2 elective modules and 1 key competence module.
Bachelor's thesis
The final part of your studies is your Bachelor's thesis, which you can write at the university or in cooperation with a company.
Abroad
You can also spend a semester abroad - a very exciting opportunity for your personal development. You can spend the practical semester, the Bachelor's thesis or entire semesters abroad.
Admission
APPLICATION FOR THE SUMMER AND WINTER SEMESTER
Mechanical Engineering offers
- 30 places in the winter semester
- 20 places in the summer semester
- July 15: Application deadline for the winter semester
- January 15: Application deadline for the summer semester
These dates are cut-off deadlines, which means that your application documents must be received by this date in order to be considered for the allocation of study places.
Start of lectures
- Beginning of October for the winter semester
- Mid-March for the summer semester
You can find the exact date in the menu item Dates.
TO THE ONLINE APPLICATION
WHO GETS A PLACE?
The applicants with the best overall grades are admitted. In the last admission procedures, all applicants were offered a place.
A pre-study internship is not required.
Selection procedure - how is the overall grade calculated?
At RWU, this degree program is subject to the admission and selection regulations for Bachelor's degree programs is applied and carried out on the basis of the application documents. The creation of a shortlist or ranking list is explained below: The applicant's position on a ranking list is determined from the application documents according to the following procedure: Calculation of a weighted overall grade according to the formula
[(average grade of the higher education entrance qualification)+(grades German, mathematics*2 and continued modern foreign language)/4] / 2
If there are more applicants than places, 90% of the places will be allocated through the selection procedure (best overall grade) and 10% of the places will be allocated according to the waiting period.
Improvement of the overall grade
This overall grade can be improved if one or more of the following qualifications are proven:
- Completed vocational training in metal construction, mechanical and automotive engineering, mechatronics, energy and electrical professions as well as other professional groups in accordance with the Admission and selection regulations: 0,3
- Professional experience in the training occupation of at least 1 year: 0.1. This bonus is limited to 0.3 for 3 years of professional experience.
Extracurricular achievements, pract. Activities and recognized previous experience: 0.2 (max. 0.2)
- Federal Voluntary Service
- Relevant internships of more than 6 weeks duration
- Trial studies at the RWU → Talent scanner of the RWU
SUCCESSION PROCEDURE
Prospective students often apply to several universities and degree programs. As a result, study places regularly become available again because an applicant decides to apply for a different course. These places that become available again are awarded in a succession procedure to those who did not get in first. Places are again allocated according to the ranking list, i.e. first to those with the best overall grade.
Further information on the application and allocation of places can be found at the Admissions Office.
SEMESTER FEE
Every semester, all students are required to pay a semester fee upon enrolment or re-registration. All universities in Germany charge a similar amount.
Composition and amount of the fee
FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FOR A SECOND DEGREE COURSE
Since the winter semester 2017/2018, Baden-Württemberg has had a tuition fee for international students (non-EU citizens) and a second degree course fee. This means that in some cases a tuition fee must be paid in addition to the semester fee.
Before enrolling, applicants from non-EU countries or applicants for a second degree course will receive a form to assess whether they are actually required to pay tuition fees.
The amounts and detailed information can be found at Finances
Labs
CAD and FEM
- Building C
- Room C011
Electric drives and controls
- Building H (main building)
- Room H 062
Energy and fluid mechanics
- Building H (main building)
- Room H 059
Production measurement and testing technology
- Building D
- Room D 033
Measurement and control technology
- Building D
- Room D 007
Forming technology
- Building D
- Room D 032
Materials testing
- Building L
- Room L 005 - L 018
Machining Technology
- Building D
- Room D 032
News
News of this degree program
Press release
One course, two degrees
RWU offers a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering that combines studying with an apprenticeship. The first graduates of this new model are now entering the world of work. How has the idea of a two-track education worked out?
Award ceremony
Paul Hecht receives TOX Applied Engineering Award 2023
For the eleventh time, TOX® PRESSOTECHNIK is honoring an outstanding student achievement at RWU. The TOX-Applied-Engineering-Award 2023 goes to mechanical engineering graduate Paul Hecht.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Heating oil store becomes laboratory
RWU's former heating oil storage facility has been converted into a laboratory. Where there used to be space for 80,000 liters of oil, RWU's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is now working on additive manufacturing.
Press release
Mechanical Engineering international at RWU
RWU now also offers an international, English-language study option in the field of Mechanical Egineering with "International Project Engineering".
Organic farming
Proven concept further developed
Two mechanical engineering students have applied the tried and tested concept of the star wheel turner to today's requirements of organic farming.
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