HOCHSCHULE REUTLINGEN

Mechanical engineering – BEng

Holistic concept for optimal engineering knowledge

In this degree programme, you will acquire the scientific and technical fundamentals as well as general mechanical engineering knowledge. 

Studierende im Labor.

  • Individual and effective                                 
    Small semester groups and modern teaching methods with varied projects

  • Industry-oriented and practical
    Close partnerships with industry and the transfer of theoretical and practical knowledge

  • Innovative and future-oriented
    Networked hardware and software labs and modern industrial machinery

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 program to network students
  • Tutoring offered by higher-semester students

  • Experienced professors and lecturers from industry

  • Project and final theses in cooperation with industry. and final theses in cooperation with industry

  • Excursions

  • Internationally recognized degrees

  • Numerous partner universities in Germany and abroad

  • Funding opportunities for a semester abroad at partner universities

  • Practical semester abroad in a non-German-speaking country

  • Excellent career opportunities thanks to practical and interdisciplinary training

  • Opportunities to specialize in a Master's degree, for example within engineering, natural sciences and engineering. including within engineering, natural sciences or business studies

  • Outstanding placements in various university rankings

  • Opportunity to participate in the  Reutlinger Model - the combination of skilled worker training and studies.

     

     

 

We look forward to your application! 

Application deadlines: 31 August or 28/29 February

Application

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

German
Partly in English

Start of studies

Summer semester: mid-March
Winter semester: beginning of 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

Professor zeigt den Studierenden das Projekt.

Practice-oriented engineering education

The course places great emphasis on broad basic knowledge and teaches important soft skills for later professional activity. Some of the lectures can also be completed at foreign partner universities as part of an exchange program.

 

Structure and content

In the first and second semesters, there is a joint foundation course in the bachelor's degree programmes in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Industrial Engineering - International Project Engineering. You can decide which degree programme you would like to continue with by the end of the second semester. All credits earned up to that point will be fully recognised in the new programme.  
The programme offers lectures and laboratory practicals covering the following topics, among others:

  • Scientific and technical fundamentals
  • Design, manufacturing, drives
  • Foreign languages
  • Business administration
  • Soft skills
     
Studienverlauf Bachelor Maschinenbau

Curriculum

Your application

1.

Carefully read the admission requirements.

2.

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

3.

Accept your place of study.

Admission Requirements

  • 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

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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.

 

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This is how the 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

 

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And after graduation?

Mechanical engineers are in demand in the automotive industry, with plant manufacturers, in product development, energy technology, medical companies and even shipbuilding companies. In Reutlingen you will find excellent potential employers both regionally and nationally. Or you can do your Master's degree with us!

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