Structure

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Automation and Control Engineering (B.Sc. ACE)

Programme Commencement

winter semester

Standard Duration

6 semesters (3 years)

Place of Studies

Campus Duisburg 

Accreditation

Accredited by ASIIN

Description

The study program is characterised by the combination of comprehensive interdisciplinary fundamentals of mathematics, physics, electrical, mechanical and computer engineering. The graduates are imparted the competence to understand the context of complex technical systems. Hereby, the graduates become suitable for careers as engineers in several occupation areas. In a particularly high degree, the education satisfies the requirements of technical automation practices, e.g. in the following areas:

  • Development of automation systems and devices;
  • Engineering (conception, planning, project development) of automation in all branches of application (e.g. process control, manufacturing control, electrical power control, central building control, traffic control, control within cars or aeroplanes);
  • Maintenance in production.

The necessity for the qualification in this wide interdisciplinary educational field follows from the fact that control engineers should not only be acquainted with methods of control and their implementation in computer based systems, but also with the processes to be controlled, which are to be mathematically modelled and simulated. Furthermore, the production control systems have to be integrated into the information compound of the whole enterprise.

The bachelor study program also teaches the necessary knowledge for deepening skills on a higher and more scientific level within the master study program of the same name.

Content

ECTS Credits

The B.Sc. programme has been completed when the following 180 ECTS credits have been acquired:

- 159 ECTS credits from the tested modules comprising the compulsory and elective course units, consisting of

  • 60 ECTS credits in the technical compulsory and mostly identical first-year B.Sc. course units
  • 83 ECTS credits in the remaining technical compulsory second- and third-year course units
  • 3 ECTS credits in the technical elective module
  • 6 ECTS credits for a practical project
  • 7 ECTS credits in the non-technical module.

- 6 ECTS credits for the internship,
- 12 ECTS credits for the B.Sc. dissertation and
- 3 ECTS credits for the B.Sc. dissertation colloquium.

Study Plan

Study Plan Bachelor Automation and Control Engineering

Schedule

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