Sustainable Engineering of Products and Processes Technische Universität Braunschweig

The study course combines the field of mechanical engineering with sustainability aspects. It is motivated by tremendous global changes, which are driven by the limited availability of resources, the challenges arising with man-made climate change, and the increasing complexity of interacting systems. Accordingly, technological change and a sustainable future are inseparably linked.

Our study programme offers fundamentals of engineering science and equally addresses sustainability topics in the fields of mobility and production as well as processes and energy. These are represented as specialisation areas in the curriculum. The study programme is internationally oriented, and it targets students from Germany and from abroad.

The study programme consists of the following elements: compulsory modules, specialisation modules, integrated modules and project work, an internship and the Bachelor's thesis.

The first two semesters focus on fundamentals of mechanical engineering and mathematics as well as economic, environmental and social sustainability.

In the third semester, students choose between the three specialisation areas. Each specialisation area consists of compulsory modules and a laboratory as well as a catalogue of various elective modules. The proportion of specialisation modules in comparison to fundamentals increases continuously until the end of the studies. Most of the lectures are accompanied by tutorials. The study programme ends with the completion of the Bachelor's thesis.

Across all semesters, certain credit points are reserved for courses that address topics beyond the technical field of sustainable engineering. These courses can be particularly used to improve foreign language skills.

An internship of 10 weeks is part of the study programme, preferably in companies that combine engineering technologies with sustainability.

1. University entrance qualification

2. Internship
Admission requires the completion of an eight-week internship during which the students obtain basic mechanics skills (if the internship can't be completed before the start of the programme, it can be deferred until the end of the fourth semester). 

3. Language requirements
Applicants need to fulfil the following language requirements in German and English:

German:
Applicants who do not hold a German higher education entrance certificate (Abitur or equivalent) or who have not completed at least two years of their school education in German (language of instruction) need to have completed at least eight years of German as a school subject during their last eight years in school or need to have passed an internationally recognised German test.

Students can be admitted if they prove at least a basic level of German A2 at the time of their enrolment. In that case, they will take German language classes as part of their studies and need to fulfil the requirement by the end of the third semester.

English:
Applicants who do not hold an English higher education entrance certificate or who have not completed at least two years of their school education in English (language of instruction) need to have completed eight years of English as a school subject during their last eight years in school or need to have passed an internationally recognised English test.

In order to enrol at TU Braunschweig or to re-register for the coming semester, you have to pay your semester contribution (currently approx. 440 EUR).

The semester contribution covers, for example, your semester ticket for public transport.

By German standards, Braunschweig is not an expensive place to study. Nevertheless, you need a minimum of about 1,000 EUR per month to be able to study here successfully.

More information about financing your studies can be found here.

Most institutes offer student researcher jobs with variable hours.

TU Braunschweig has a scholarship programme for excellent students ("Deutschlandstipendium"). The stipend rate is 300 EUR per month.

Information on funding can be found here.

The International Career Service at TU Braunschweig guides international students on their journey from the university to the German job market. It offers workshops, advisory sessions, company visits and more. Find out more at:
https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/international-career-service/students

The Student Services OstNiedersachsen ("Studierendenwerk") offer several dormitories:
https://www.stw-on.de/en/braunschweig/housing/.

More information about finding housing is available here: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/freshmen-hub/important-informations/housing-search.

275 years of experience in teaching and research

A very warm welcome! We are happy that you are interested in studying in Braunschweig. TU Braunschweig is a university with a long tradition of excellent research and teaching. We are part of the TU9 network, the alliance of the leading Universities of Technology in Germany.

TU Braunschweig has about 15,000 students and about 3,200 of them are international students. Six departments and 120 institutes offer 94 degree programmes and excellent facilities for interdisciplinary research work in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

TU Braunschweig is situated in one of Europe's most research-intensive regions. The large number of major companies and leading national research institutes in the Braunschweig region create an enormous scientific potential. Students benefit greatly from the many active partnerships between university and industry. 

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Braunschweig is a lively student city situated in northern Germany. With a population of around 250,000 it is big enough to feel cosmopolitan and yet small enough not to be overwhelming. Founded in the Middle Ages, the city bears the imprint of every era, from the medieval castle and the Gothic cathedral to modern shopping streets and leisure facilities. It's also a city where a young cultural and pub scene meets serene courtyards hosting cozy cafés and leafy residential quarters.

Our campus is centrally located right in the middle of it all – with its lecture halls, student union, cafeteria and the botanical garden just around the corner.

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