Reutlingen Model – BEng + Apprenticeship

Study with a vocational qualification

The Reutlingen Model is a study programme offered by Reutlingen University in mechanical engineering or mechatronics in cooperation with various companies in the region, the Ferdinand von Steinbeis School and the Reutlingen Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Two qualifications
Vocational training as a skilled worker and an internationally recognised bachelor's degree
Higher qualification
Training and study for practical experience
Training allowance
Financing your studies made easy

Further advantages

Team and project work to develop soft skills
Media-supported and practice-oriented teaching and learning
Personal support and a mentoring programme to help students network
Tutoring offered by students in higher semesters
Experienced professors and lecturers from industry
Excursions
Close contact with companies
Practical experience as a skilled worker
Practical semester can be completed in two blocks during the semester break
Support from companies with the bachelor's thesis
Only slightly longer duration of study compared to a normal degree programme
Completed vocational training even if you drop out of the degree programme

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Key facts

All facts and figures for your degree programme at a glance

Admission requirements

General higher education entrance qualification, subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences

Training contract/framework agreement with a company in the region.

Start of training and studies

Start of training: September

Start of studies: Following summer semester in mid-March

Apprenticeships

Industrial mechanic, toolmaker, technical product designer or mechatronics engineer

Duration of studies

9 semesters, including vocational training

Degree

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

Skilled worker training

Costs

Student union fee, administration fee, fee for the student union

Two degrees in four and a half years

In total, studying and training in the Reutlingen model takes only four and a half years. Once the IHK examination has been completed after the second year of training, students transfer fully to Reutlingen University.

Structure and content

Two-year training programme to become an industrial mechanic, tool mechanic, technical product designer or mechatronics engineer.

During the two years of training, the entire skilled worker training programme takes place at the respective training company. The accompanying vocational school lessons take place at the Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Schule in Reutlingen.

Study

During the first twelve months at the university, students attend the regular first semester courses. No courses are scheduled at the university for the following semester, which runs parallel to the final vocational training examinations (IHK examination). It is therefore recommended that students apply for a semester of leave at Reutlingen University during this semester.

The programme then continues with the second semester. The practical semester can be spread over two semester breaks.

Among other things, the programme offers lectures and laboratory practicals with the following content:

MEchanical Engineering

Scientific and technical fundamentals
Design, manufacturing, drives
Foreign languages
Business administration
Soft skills

Mechatronics

Computer science
Electronics
Automation
Mechanics

Study plan

The duration of study under the Reutlingen model is 4.5 years, broken down as follows:

Your application

1.

Carefully read the admission requirements.

2.

Apply to Reutlingen University by January 15

3.

Accept your place at the university.

Zulassungsvoraussetzungen

Training contract and framework study agreement

with a participating company, starting in September

Information Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Schule

University entrance qualification

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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And after graduation?

As a graduate of this programme, you will have in-depth specialist knowledge and two degrees. In short: everything you need for challenging tasks in a regional or global working environment.

CAREER SERVICE

Your qualification profile

Thanks to their dual qualifications, graduates of this programme are highly sought after in the business world, as their practical experience and theoretical university knowledge complement each other perfectly.

Possible fields of work

Whether in toolmaking or industrial mechanics, technical product design or mechatronics – your knowledge and skills are in demand! Thanks to the skills you have acquired and your double degree, you will find a wide range of areas of application, for example in mechanical and plant engineering, design, product development or software development for control and regulation systems. Ideally, you will already have secured a job with the company where you completed your training.