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Global Production Engineering, M.Sc.

Program overview

The continuing education master’s program Global Production Engineering is taught in English and teaches you specialist knowledge in the areas of production, engineering, management, and intercultural communication. This internationally oriented program focusing on research as well as professionally relevant issues equips students with transdisciplinary production engineering skills, problem-solving skills in the fields of international engineering and management and renewable energy technologies, as well as the soft skills of intercultural communication and team work. You select your own areas of focus at an early stage in the program, thus developing your own individual specialization. The program provides you with modern facilities of the highest quality, such as adaptable seminar rooms, mobile labs for solar and wind technology, special labs for simulation of production systems and technologies, additive manufacturing, 3D printers, a maker space, and a learning factory.

DegreeMaster of Science
Standard period of study 4 semesters
Credit points120
Program start Winter semester
Admission Restricted admission
Language of instruction English

Admission requirements

The formal admission requirement for the Global Production Engineering master’s program is a first university degree (bachelor’s) in engineering qualifying you for professional work. A further admission requirement is a minimum of one year’s relevant work experience in a professional field. Further information is available on the program’s website.

The program is taught in English and proof of a sufficient level of English is a condition of admission. Further information is available on the program’s website.

Knowledge of German is preferred but no proof of level is required.

Applications must include a letter of motivation. Additional qualifications such as professional experience, commitment to social issues, publications, participation in extracurricular events, language skills, and IT skills can be included in the letter of motivation.

Program structure

The standard period of study for this program is four semesters. Students are required to achieve a total of 120 credit points. 90 credit points are to be achieved in the first three semesters in lectures, exercises, and practical seminars as well as in projects focusing on research and professionally relevant issues undertaken in small intercultural groups. The fourth semester is reserved for the completion of an internship and the writing of your master’s thesis.

Content and modules

The master’s program comprises the following five module groups: Production, Engineering, Management, Intercultural Communication, Special Profile.

The modules within the module groups are updated on a continuous basis to reflect current topics and trends in industry and research. Further information is available on the program’s website.


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Internships

You are required to complete a nine-week internship during the master’s program. The internship is to be completed in a country with a different cultural background to your own, thus allowing you to strengthen your intercultural experience.

You can choose to do your internship in small, medium-sized, or larger companies operating at national or international level, or in research institutes as well as start-ups.


Stays abroad

A stay abroad can be incorporated into the compulsory internship (see Internship).

Acquired skills

The planning and design of flexible and adaptable factories, factory operations, and project management are essential for production companies to compete in an ever-changing global context requiring an effective approach to sustainability in economic, ecological, and social terms. The syllabus addresses these issues with courses taught by highly experienced researchers and practitioners providing you with the technical and business skills to achieve global value creation. These include the development of manufacturing processes and tools, factory planning, production planning and control, logistics, global supply chain management, management, production engineering, and sustainability.

Students also acquire technical knowledge of IT tools for the planning and design of products, processes and issues relating to Industry 4.0. The focus on renewable energy technology provides an understanding of energy generation using photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, and wind power. Other issues addressed in the program include computer-aided design, discrete-event simulation for the planning and design of factories and the production of renewable energy and energy components, and related aspects of management, financing, law, and marketing.

After your studies

As a graduate you will be able to solve theoretical and practical problems in technology businesses and start-ups. The program prepares you thoroughly for a career in technology-based management in companies and organizations operating at a national and international level. Typically careers are available in service and industry sectors such as car production, machine and plant manufacturing, renewable energies, factory planning, production planning and control, or the food industry, as well as in NGOs and research and development.

Further information & downloads

Guidance and choosing the right degree program: Academic Advising Service

General questions: Student Info Services

Questions about the degree program: Official website of the study program

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