Engineering in Germany

Germany is almost synonymous with engineering and it is one of the few countries in the world to earn the reputation of having produced some of the best engineers in the world. German engineering is a brand in its own and infact many Indian engineering students wish to have their resumes with a German internship background. German engineers are in great demand in the world over because of their intensive practical training that they receive in colleges as compared to the US and other European countries. Technical universities and the more recent Universities of Applied Sciences lay stress on practical and job oriented programs rather than theory based knowledge.

Two types of higher education institutions teach engineering – Universitaeten, or research universities and the more recent Fachhochschulen, or universities of applied sciences. However, Fachhochschulen, or universities of applied sciences offer Diploma program but no doctoral program and teach specific applications of engineering. Universitaeten, or research universities, also award a Diploma program as well as doctorates, and have a more theoretical approach to engineering. Earning a degree from an universitaeten takes six to seven years while earning a diploma in Fachhochschulen takes four or five years.

Additionally, there are automation technology institutes which are more or less like trade schools and can be found in Bremen, Bochum, Berlin, Cologne, Chemnitz, Dresden, Darmstadt, Freiberg, Magdeburg, Stttgart, Rostock, Ilmenau, Merseburg, Halle, Wernigerode, Mittweida, Flensburg, Karlsruhe, Siegen, and Braunschweig.
The top engineering fields in Germany are in IT, automation, and mechanical engineering. However, the most popular engineering program in Germany is mechatronics which combines computer science, electrical and mechanical-engineering disciplines.

Germany has become a highly attractive place to study Electrical and Computer Engineering and related majors, for Bachelor, Master, or PhD degrees. However, at the Bachelor’s level you are expected to be fluent in German with the only exception being International University Bremen where the language of instruction is English.

Structure of engineering education in Germany

Universitat	Fachhochschule
Name of the Program: Diplom. /Bachelors/Masters	Name of the Program: Diplom. Ingenieur (FH)
Duration: 10 semesters	Duration: 8 semesters incl. 2 semesters in industry
3 months for the Diplom-Arbeit (special project)	3 months for the Diplom-Arbeit (special project)

Top Engineering disciplines in Germany

• Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Computer Science
• Microsystems Engineering
• Automotive and transport engineering
• Material technology / material science

DAAD approved Engineering Institutions and Programs

• UROP International - Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  RWTH Aachen University
  
  
• RWTH Summer School
  RWTH Aachen University
  
  
• Designing for a Berlin Waterfront
  Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin - University of Applied Sciences
  
  
• International Engineering Summer School
  Berlin University of Technology
  
  
• SENSE – Science and Engineering Summer Experience in Braunschweig
  Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
  
  
• Dortmund International Summer Program
  Technische Universitaet Dortmund
  
  
• International Summer Program for Automotive Engineering Technologies
  University of Duisburg-Essen
  
  
• Internships in Engineering in Hannover and Clausthal
  Leibniz Universitaet Hannover and Clausthal University of Technology
  
  
• Designing E-Commerce with Microsoft.NET
  Hof University of Applied Sciences
  
  
• International Program in Sustainable Infrastructure - Problems, Approaches and Solutions
  University of Kaiserslautern
  
  
• Munich Summer School of Applied Sciences
  Munich University of Applied Science
  
  
• Finding Nano - Discovering Nanotechnology and Culture in Germany
  Technical University of Munich
  
  
• Sustainable Energy and the Environment
  Trier University of Applied Sciences
  
  
• International Winter University Kassel – Environmental Engineering
  University of Kassel
  
  
• Hessen ISU: Adaption Strategies to Climate Change
  University of Kassel
  
  

Programs	Degree Awarded	Name of the Institution
Aeronautical Management	Master of Engineering [M.Eng.]	Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Automotive Engineering Design & Manufacturing, Mechatronics	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Automotive Engineering Automotive and transport engineering	Master of Science in Automotive Engineering [M.Sc.]	Zwickau H University of Applied Sciences
Intelligent Transportation System Automotive and transport engineering, Transport studies,	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	The degree course is offered by the GIST (German Institue of Science and Technology) in cooperation with the Technical University Munich and the Nayang Technological University of Singapore (NTU) and is held in Singapore.
International Automotive Engineering Automotive manufacturing, Electrical engineering	Master of Engineering [M.Eng.]	Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences
IT-Automotive Electrical engineering, Computer science, Automotive and transport engineering	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Hochschule Bochum - Bochum University of Applied Sciences
Mechanical Engineering Automotive and Drive Engineering,Energy Engineering,Engine Technology,Lightweight Construction,Virtual Production	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Brandenburg University of Technology
Mechanical Engineering (MME) Automotive manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, general	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Offenburg H University of Applied Science
Transportation System Automotive and transport engineering, Transport studies, Transport studies	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Technischen Universität München
Materials technology / Materials science	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Material Science	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	University of Kaiserslautern
Polymer Science (Chemistry, Organic, Plastics Engineering)	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	University of Postsdam
Advanced Materials Biomaterials, Nanomaterials	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Ulm University
Advanced Materials Science	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Munich Technical University, University of Munich, Technische Universität München
Applied Polymer Science	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Halle-Wittenberg University
Joint European Masters in Materials Science	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Material Science	Master of Science [M.Sc.]	Osnabrück University