Electronic Engineering Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences

In the age of digitisation, with current application areas such as networked and autonomous driving or industry 4.0, the discipline of electronics is essential. The tight integration with computer science, which is the only way to develop complex, highly interactive systems, nowadays provides a breeding ground for more than 80% of innovations in applications such as transport, medicine, telecommunication, automation, and smart homes.

A major goal of the study programme "Electronic Engineering" is to prepare students for their professional work as electronics engineers for current and future challenges. In order to achieve this goal, the programme promotes a close fusion of the topics of electronics with computer science and establishes a holistic understanding of system development. The students will learn how to do the following:

• develop hardware/software prototypes up to the production of printed circuit boards
• design simple control engineering systems to distributed technical systems / cyber-physical systems
• model complex system behaviour from requirements to system design and implement these models prototypically
• engage and interact with human interaction systems both technically and creatively

In order to facilitate a direct entry into your career, the study programme "Electronic Engineering" ensures a high practical reference. The course of study also enables students to proceed to a Master's degree programme, which can help you gain scientific qualifications for your career.

The fundamentals of the subject areas (electronics, mathematics and natural sciences, technical computer science, and prototyping) are taught in the first three semesters. A knowledge dissemination is achieved by opening up new areas of interest. On the basis of this knowledge, deepening specialist lectures are offered in the following semesters, which also ensure a specific training in accordance with the selected subject. Soft skills are taught in parallel with the professional units.
In the deepening phase from the fourth semester onwards, comprehensive lectures are offered to all students in the programme. Compared to the basic phase, the modules usually consist of a larger practical part as well as interdisciplinary content. The formation of further professional qualifications takes place through the "internship / exchange semester", which is to be independently arranged by the students in the fifth semester. Within the elective modules (special emphasis) in the sixth and seventh semester, the students can study one of the following subject areas: "Autonomous Systems" and "Embedded Electronic Engineering". The seventh semester is followed by the Bachelor's thesis and project work, enabling students to combine their work on their thesis with project work. Through the independent creation of the Bachelor's thesis and project work, the students learn to collect, evaluate, interpret, and implement the relevant information to solve a problem.

The application for a study programme in Germany requires a so-called Hochschulzugangsberechtigung (HZB - university entrance qualification or higher education entrance qualification). As a rule, this is a school-leaving qualification equivalent to the standard of the German "Abitur" or "Fachabitur". As a basic requirement, the certificate has to be a higher education entrance qualification in the country of origin. Sometimes this is your secondary school leaving certificate. For details please visit the programme's website and our online registration website.

A semester fee is due upon enrolment and every semester upon re-registration. The amount might change from semester to semester. For the winter semester 2025/26, the semester fee was 334.30 EUR at the HSHL.

The Career Service of Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences offers a job portal and support.

The university offers a variety of scholarships for all students, for example the "Deutschlandstipendium". In the past, Electronic Engineering students have applied successfully for this scholarship.

Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences strongly urges you to arrange your accommodation before arrival. See our website for details.

As a new university in Hamm and Lippstadt with plenty of design potential, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences has a modern campus, market- and practice-oriented courses of study, openness, tolerance, team spirit, and high demands from the start. The newly constructed and barrier-free campuses in Hamm and Lippstadt provide ideal conditions for the future-oriented education of engineers. A total area of 32,250 square meters provides laboratories with enough space for state-of-the-art equipment, such as a scanning electron microscope, an industrial CT scanner, 3D projection surfaces, embedded systems, and crane tracks, as well as plenty of space for student work, communication, teaching, and research. Learn more about HSHL in this video.

Lippstadt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia with approximately 67,000 inhabitants. It is home to many big and medium-sized companies, known as the "German Mittelstand". Hella, a globally active automotive supplier, is based in the direct vicinity of the university's campus. With about 6,000 employees, this high-tech corporation is not just the largest employer in the city; it also offers you excellent career prospects during your studies, like the CARTEC Technology Centre, where many successful companies have been founded in the past. The railway station is only a ten-minute walk from campus. Via the B55 road, the motorway is within easy reach. And those who want to travel can reach many national and international destinations at cheap rates from the Paderborn-Lippstadt airport.