Degree

Master of Science in Metallurgy and Metal Forming (M.Sc. MMF)

Programme Commencement

winter and summer semester

Standard Duration

4 semesters (2 years)

Place of Studies

Campus Duisburg 

Accreditation

Accredited by ASIIN

The master degree course “Metallurgy and Metal Forming“ is a consecutive master program of the disciplinary bachelor program “Metallurgy and Metal Forming“. The graduates of the bachelor degree course will be deeply introduced into the metallurgic and metal-physical fundamentals of metallic material production as well their processing, heat treatment and refinement. In so doing, they will be put in the position where they are able to develop, implement and optimize processes, as well as independently plan and realize materials and procedures.

The graduates will in particular be able to occupy functions as leaders or executives in the corresponding companies as well as being able to communicate with customers and authorities. Besides the deepening lectures from the metallurgy, plasto-mechanics, and thermodynamics areas, areas of process simulation, data processing and project management questions will be handled in special lectures.

For the graduates, excellent career perspectives as leaders or executives in the iron- and steel industry as well as in the metal-processing industry are possible, and there is also the possibility to do a PhD at German or even foreign universities.

The sphere of activities of the graduates particularly lies in the area of metal-processing with the focus point on iron and steel industry and further-processing as well as in companies which use metallic materials in manufacturing, production and processing.

This ranges from particular consulting in constructive mechanical engineering for metallic materials up to heat treatment companies involved in the processing for volume or flat oriented materials and the metal-processing industry involved in, for example, the manufacturing of components or the car body manufacturing in the automotive and vehicle sector.

Here, potential employers are in particular large and international concerns, but also executive positions in small and middle-sized companies are of great interest, not leaving out corresponding freelance work as consulting engineer or even in particular consultancy firms involved in the technology sector.

Independent of all other materials, steel is a worldwide outstanding construction material, in such a way that specialists in this field are highly demanded in many domains of industrial engineering, so that it represents excellent career opportunities for the graduates.

ECTS Credits

The M.Sc. programme has been completed when the following 120 ECTS credits have been acquired:

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

• 70 ECTS credits in the technical compulsory modules
• 12 ECTS credits in the technical elective module
• 8 ECTS credits in the non-technical module

- 27 ECTS credits for the M.Sc. dissertation and
- 3 ECTS credits for the M.Sc. dissertation colloquium.

Study Plan

Study Plan Master Metallurgy and Metal Forming

Schedule

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