HOCHSCHULE REUTLINGEN

Industrial Engineering – International Project Engineering – BEng

Best placed for a future full of projects

Become an industrial engineer 2.0. The programme combines technology with business administration and offers a practice-oriented introduction to the most important methods and tools of project management.

  • International orientation
    English and another foreign language, intercultural skills

  • Contact with professional practice
    Close partnerships with industry and teaching of theoretically sound and practical knowledge

  • Engineering science
    From maths to CAD to technical mechanics, you will learn the latest learning methods in small semester groups and apply them immediately in real projects

  • Top positions in the CHE university ranking
    Germany's best industrial engineer twice in a row

Further advantages

  • Flexible thanks to a joint foundation course in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and mechatronics.
  • Final decision on the course of study only at the end of the second semester.
  • Team and project work to develop soft skills
  • Media-supported and practice-oriented teaching and learning

  • Personal support and a mentoring programme for networking among students

  • Tutoring services provided by senior students

  • Experienced professors and lecturers from industry

  • Project work and final theses in cooperation with industry

  • Excursions

  • Internationally recognised degrees

  • Numerous partner universities in Germany and abroad

  • Practical semesters in non-German-speaking countries

  • Excellent career opportunities thanks to practical and interdisciplinary training

  • Option to pursue a Master's degree in engineering, natural sciences or business administration, among other fields

  • Top position in the CHE ranking – one of the leading degree programmes in Germany for industrial engineers

Learn about the project in which students build an aeroplane.

IP Plane Projekt 

We look forward to your application! 

Application deadlines: 31 August or 28/29 February

Key facts

All facts and figures for your degree programme at a glance

Admission requirements

Advanced technical college entrance qualification or German high school certificate (Abitur) 

Language of instruction

English at least 50%

Start of studies

Summer semester: Mid-March
Winter semester: Early October

Duration of study

7 semesters

Degree

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

Costs

Student Union fee and contribution to administrative costs, dues to student representative organizations

Three reasons for IPE

  1. You will learn everything you need for your career in our projects: you will plan and organise the biggest semester parties on campus from A to Z.
  2. The mix of numbers and economic trends guarantees high-flying achievements even during your studies. You will help design ‘moving’ projects and build an aeroplane in the IP Plane Project.
  3. International orientation – you will have numerous opportunities to spend time abroad

 

Structure and content

In the first and second semesters, there is a joint foundation course in the Bachelor's degree programs Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering-International Project Engineering. By the end of the second semester, you can decide which course you would like to continue your studies on. All credits earned up to that point will be fully recognized in the new degree course.

Study plan

Your application

1.

Carefully read the admission requirements

2.

Apply to Reutlingen University by February 28/29 or August 31

3.

Accept your place at the university.

Admission requirements

Hochschulzugangsberechtigung

  • General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur)
  • Subject-related higher education entrance qualification
  • Advanced technical college entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife)
  • Vocational qualification (e.g. master craftsman, business administrator, vocational training and corresponding work experience as well as aptitude test)
  • Foreign educational certificates
  • Other equivalent qualification

 FURTHER INFORMATION

This is how the online application works

Step 1: Register at hochschulstart.de, retrieve your applicant ID (BID) and applicant authentication number (BAN) there and select your desired degree programme at Reutlingen University.

Step 2: Register on the application portal of Reutlingen University and apply for your desired degree programme.

Apply now

Please switch to the English version on the following (after pressing apply now) page (Campus-PoRTal) if necessary. The button is located on the next page in the lower right corner.

Application deadlines: February 28/29 for the summer semester / August 31 for the winter semester.

Up to twelve applications are possible, three at Reutlingen University. If you activate the e-mail notification, you will be informed about the current status of your application.

Step 3: Decide which of your desired degree programmes you would most like to study and prioritise on hochschulstart.de. After an offer of admission, your applications with lower priority may be eliminated from the process. Therefore, be sure to prioritize your study programme at Reutlingen University if this corresponds to your preference.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

This is how enrolment works

Step 1: If the application was successful, you will be accepted on hochschulstart.de for your place at Reutlingen University.

Step 2: Register for your course of study on the application portal of Reutlingen University and transfer the semester fees

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

And after graduation?

As a graduate of the course, you will have sound specialist knowledge and a high level of language and social skills. In short: everything you need for challenging tasks in a global working environment.

CAREER SERVICE

IPE Alumni

Am Flugzeug.

Your qualification profile

Graduates of the programme have a solid foundation in engineering as well as expertise in natural sciences, project management and economics.

Studierende im Hangar.

Possible fields of work

With the expertise you gain, you will find a wide range of areas in which to apply your skills, for example in production, project and information management, business process and quality management, marketing, supply chain management and sales. Whether in mechanical and plant engineering, the automotive industry or management consulting, your knowledge and skills are in demand everywhere.

Studierende beim Planen.

Master's degree

After graduating, you will have 210 ECTS credits and thus meet the admission requirements for many further Master's degree courses.

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