The Bachelor's programme in Industrial Engineering provides a broad education in the fields of economics and engineering, including their overlapping areas, as well as in-depth specialised knowledge in one field of application each (in the technical field in mechanical engineering, energy technology or information technology).

The aim of the study programme is to train students who can be employed in many technical and economic fields of work, but especially where commercial and technical competences are required simultaneously. In addition to the technical competences, the students also acquire the ability to move in the socialisation worlds of the sometimes different subject cultures of economics and engineering.

The success of the programme, which has been offered since 2003, is also evident in the fact that the graduates have very good job prospects and are already in demand by companies as interns or working students during their studies, even if (as is often the case) a Master's degree is also added.

Study plan

Study plan

You can find the examination regulations for your study program here: Examination regulations according to study programs

Study plans as well as information about the modules in the study program can be found in the module database VDB:

Information material

Prospective students will find an overview of the study program and other relevant topics here.

Further information on the Bachelor of Industrial Engineering as well as FAQs can be found at: Bachelor Programme Industrial Engineering.

Study plan as well as information about the modules in the study program can be found in the module database VDB:

• Industrial Engineering (Electrical Power Technology and Management)
• Industrial Engineering (Information Technology and Management)
• Industrial Engineering (Mechanical Engineering and Management)

Admission

Admission requirements

• General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or
• a relevant subject-linked higher education entrance qualification or
• a degree recognised as equivalent or
• proof of a special subject-related aptitude (choice of subjects, grades) and sufficient general education (e.g. Fachhochschulreife).
• Access to the degree programme is also open to those who have qualified in vocational education. Further details are regulated in § 11 of the admission regulations of the University of Duisburg-Essen: http://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/zentralverwaltung/bereinigte_sammlung/2_43.pdf

Admission

A local admission restriction applies. Registration takes place within the framework of the Dialog-Oriented Service Procedure (DoSV), initially via the Foundation for University Admission (hochschulstart.de). There you will receive your applicant identification number (BID) and your applicant authentication number (BAN). Please use these numbers to apply online within the application deadline at the student registrar’s office of the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Application deadline: 15. July

Prospective students from non-EU countries must submit their application for the winter semester to uni-assist by July 15th. This applies to all German-language Bachelor's programs and includes applications for direct admission, for DSH admission, and for the German preparatory language course.

Application deadline for applicants with proof of special subject-related aptitude (choice of subjects, grades) and sufficient general education (e.g. entrance qualification for studies at universities of applied sciences) = 15 June each year.

Eligibility assessment procedure

For the aptitude test, the previous school and extracurricular education and qualifications with details of the subjects completed and the grades achieved must be proven by copies of certificates. Before making its decision, the board of examiners may invite the applicant to an interview and/or a written and/or oral aptitude test.

• Study without Abitur
• WiIng forms

Industrial internships/stays abroad

none

Pre-courses

You can find a selection of for non-mandatory, but recommended preliminary courses at Mintroduce.

Language Skills

The language of instruction at the University of Duisburg-Essen is German (except in the English-language programs). Therefore, you must have good German language skills if you want to study successfully. The majority of foreign applicants must pass the "Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang" (DSH 2 level; with some exceptions) before beginning their studies.

• German nationals (persons who have acquired their higher education entrance qualification in Germany or at a German school abroad) do not require any special proof of German language skills.
• Citizens of an EU member state (and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) or German citizens with a foreign educational qualification, as well as
• Citizens of a country outside the EU with a foreign university entrance qualification must pass the "Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang" (DSH 2 level) or the TestDaF (TDN 4) before the begin of their studies.

Information on the German Language Test for University Entrance (DSH)

Additional language skills

English language skills are required, as English plays an important role as an international technical language in the international environment of industrial engineering. Therefore, it is also the aim of the programme to impart a familiarity with the English technical language through the use of the English language or English technical literature in some selected compulsory elective and elective courses.

Study accompanying internship

An independently organised compulsory technical industrial internship of at least 8 weeks is integrated into the curriculum (8 ECTS credits).

Practical work in the field

The Bachelor's degree programme in Industrial Engineering includes practical work experience in industry (compulsory technical industrial internship). 

Study-related stays abroad

Not compulsory