Master's in Industrial Informatics University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer

We are witnessing rapid changes in the industrial environment, mainly driven by business and societal needs towards production customisation and digitalisation of the economy. In 2006, the term Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) was coined to refer to the integration of computation with physical processes. CPS can be described as smart systems that encompass hardware and software as well as computational and physical components, seamlessly integrated to sense and control the changing state of the real world in real time. These systems involve a high degree of complexity at numerous spatial and temporal scales and highly networked communications integrating their computational and physical components.

As such, CPS refers to Information-Communication-Control-Mechatronics Systems embedded in physical objects, interconnected through networks including the internet, and providing citizens and businesses with innovative applications based on digitalised data, information, and services. Ontologically, CPS are hardware-software systems that tightly couple the physical and digital (virtual) world. In a CPS ecosystem, every physical object (thing/asset) has one or more cyber representations, and a cyber component can be linked to a physical object in the three-dimensional world.

Moreover, these objects are increasingly interconnected in real operational time, either permanently networked or communicating asynchronously via the Internet (Internet of Things, IoT). Digitalised data and information are exposed as services (Internet of Services, IoS) and can be consumed by other CPS for business processes.

Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) form the core of networked industrial infrastructures, with cyber representations through digitalisation across the enterprise, along product and process life cycles, and across the supply chain. Their competitive performance depends on the ability to effectively collect, analyse, and use large-scale digitalised data from heterogeneous sources to manage, supervise, and operate industrial environments efficiently. This information-driven interaction of ICPS with other real-time critical CPS, such as IT enterprise systems, is vital for modern industries.

However, significant challenges remain in the convergence of computing, control, mechatronics, communications, and software engineering for CPS ecosystems. There is a need to investigate a broad spectrum of foundations and technologies. The Master’s in Industrial Informatics with a specialisation in ICPS addresses the growing importance of such ecosystems in industrial environments, as well as in domains like energy, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, robotics, and smart cities.

Summer semester (March – August):
Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: 5 CP
Digitalisation Engineering: 5 CP
Industrial Internet of Things: 5 CP
Group Project: 10 CP
Optative One: 5 CP: e.g. Innovation Engineering, etc.

Winter semester (September – February):
Robotic Systems: 5 CP
Mathematical Modelling of ICPS: 5 CP
Data Science and Analytics: 5 CP
Peer Project: 10 CP
Optative Two: 5 CP: e.g. Human Factors and Augmented Reality, etc.

Third semester:
Master's thesis: 30 CP

The courses are organised in lectures, projects, and laboratory work.

For more details about the rationale as well as organisation of the course, please refer to the following video.

Students may engage in voluntary internships and projects. This gives them a practical approach to their Master's theses, which will be written in cooperation with industry and other academic institutions in Germany, Europe, and other countries worldwide.

Requirements for admission to the Master's programme in Industrial Informatics are:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA) of a university belonging to one of the Bologna Signatory States (210 ECTS):
  • BA Electrical Engineering
  • BA Computer Science
  • BA Mechatronic Engineering

• Or an equivalent degree at a German or foreign university in a technically appropriate study programme (the equivalence is set according to the requirements of the assessment proposals of the Corporate Centre for Foreign Education at the permanent registry of the Conference of German Culture Ministers [http://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html])

Remark: Basic knowledge about real-time-critical systems and software engineering (including programming of industrial software systems) are essential requirements to successfully participate in this Master's programme.

Additionally, applicants originating from China, India or Vietnam have to hand in the original certificate of the academic assessment office issued by their German embassy (“Akademische Prüfstelle”). Your application cannot be processed without this certificate. You may find further information here:

• Akademische Prüfstelle des Kulturreferates der Deutschen Botschaft Peking (APS)/academic assessment office at the German Embassy Peking/Beijing: https://www.aps.org.cn/
• Academic Evaluation Center Science Section of the German Embassy New Delhi: https://aps-india.de/
• Akademische Prüfstelle des Kulturreferates der Deutschen Botschaft Hanoi (APS)/academic assessment office at the German Embassy Hanoi: http://www.hanoi.diplo.de/

Students will pay a semester contribution of approx. 400 EUR per semester. This covers the cost of the student union contribution and includes the "Semesterticket", a subscription-based public transport ticket for all local public transport, valid in all of Germany.

Compared to other cities in Germany, the living expenses in Emden are rather low. An accommodation costs approximately 300 to 450 EUR per month.
https://www.hs-emden-leer.de/en/institutions/international-office/international-students/living-expenses/

Research and innovative work for the Master's projects and Master's thesis is usually performed in cooperation with local industries, e.g. VW, Honeywell, InproElectric, Thyssen Krupp, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Krone, Claas, ORGADATA, Meyer Shipyard, Rosen, Continental, Schneider Electric or Enercon, among others.

Remark: Foreign students with a residence permit according to § 16 AufenthG in accordance with § 16 (3) may work 120 whole days or 240 half days per calendar year and have the possibility to pursue student jobs.

The University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer offers scholarships aimed at all students who are already enrolled. Application for scholarships is limited and available during a certain period of the year only.

An overview can be found here: https://www.hs-emden-leer.de/en/university-of-applied-sciences/organization/departments-a-z/international-office/international-students/scholarships.

The University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer awards scholarships to female students to promote young female academics: fem:talent-Stipendium – Hochschule Emden/Leer (hs-emden-leer.de).

We work in close collaboration with our Career Service and "MyCampus". Thus, we support students in their professional orientation and career entry.

If you study at our University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, you can apply for accommodation at the local residence hall before your arrival in Emden. There is one fully-furnished student dormitory, called “Steinweg 20”. Residence halls in Emden are not managed by the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. Rather, they are managed by an independent organisation, the "Studentenwerk". Therefore, we are not in a position to guarantee an accommodation in such dorms.

Please note that move-in times are restricted due to semester dates.

Find more information here: Studierendenwerk Oldenburg

There are several student dormitories in Emden:

• Dukegat
• Haus Gödens
• Steinweg
• Douwestraße

Additionally, the International Office has various contacts for students who seek private accommodations.

https://www.hs-emden-leer.de/en/institutions/international-office/international-students/housing/

Studying in Emden or Leer means studying at a modern university with a personal atmosphere. Besides the mere facilitation of technical know-how, our educational goals additionally entail fostering creativity and the capacity for teamwork as well as equipping our students with key qualifications. Our highly motivated academic staff enhances the appeal of our study programmes with efficient learning methods and the commitment to ensuring individual support for each and every student.

The course of study takes place in the town of Emden (population 50,000), which is one of the locations of the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. Today 3,563 students study at the various faculties. Because of their coastal location, the region of East Frisia and the city of Emden are popular holiday destinations and offers numerous cultural and recreational facilities.
We invite you to visit the beautiful landscape in which Emden resides (the Wadden Sea, registered on UNESCO's World Heritage List).
The cost of living is fairly low. Cities such as Hamburg or Amsterdam are within 300 km of Emden.

For more information, please visit the official website of the town: http://www.emden.de.