Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor)

Do you want to shape the future? Do you believe you can make a valuable contribution to a resource-efficient future? Then study for a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and create products for the challenges of tomorrow!

On the Mechanical Engineering course, innovation meets experience. You will learn how to solve the challenges of the future in a sustainable and resource-efficient way. You will recognize and apply engineering solutions in sustainable production facilities and products. With your creativity and technical understanding, you will have the opportunity to develop modern products using additive manufacturing technology or energy-efficient drive technologies and sustainable materials. You will be able to contribute to resource-conserving and energy-efficient solutions by learning methods such as lightweight construction and digitalization and thus promote environmentally friendly technologies.

Our common goal is to transform our economy into a circular economy where existing materials and products are shared, reused, repaired or recycled. Become a problem solver with us and help shape the society of tomorrow!

Mechanical engineers work in a wide range of fields. Whether in aircraft or vehicle construction, in the development of machine tools, production technology or precision engineering, microtechnology and medical technology, the creative and analytical expertise of mechanical engineers is needed everywhere for design, production and operation.

Three typical occupational fields

• Test engineer - you develop and improve processes and products. This can be done by testing prototypes under real operating conditions or using computer simulations. Areas of application can be found, for example, in the automotive industry, the toy industry or the pharmaceutical industry, i.e. where products and services have to be tested as part of research and development.

• Project engineer - You combine two areas of work: Technical engineering knowledge and experience must be combined with knowledge of project management and personnel management. In this way, the desired and required goals can be achieved. As a rule, comprehensive project management is undertaken and a project is accompanied from the idea to completion.

• Development engineer - They are problem solvers and are also known as development engineers in an international environment. Their tasks include optimizing existing products and technical processes, developing them further or designing new ones. Areas of application are in vehicle, automation and production technology, building technology, leisure electronics or two-wheeler technology.

The Mechanical Engineering degree program receives very good ratings in rankings, particularly in the categories "Support at the start of studies" and "Career guidance services". This means that you are optimally supported both in the sensitive transition phase from school to university and in the transition to professional life.

According to our students, they also feel very comfortable studying mechanical engineering at TU Clausthal during the rest of their studies. The close contact with lecturers and the university's proximity to industry enable you to study in a very practice-oriented way with a personal teaching-learning atmosphere. You will have the opportunity to gain insights into current research topics at an early stage. If you want to get involved beyond your studies, there is also an easy option to get a student assistant job.

The Bachelor's degree course in Mechanical Engineering focuses on training in basic scientific subjects in combination with basic and subject-specific engineering knowledge.
The course is designed to provide you with specialist knowledge and skills that ensure problem-oriented work and enable you to gain lifelong qualifications. This will enable you to perform tasks in mechanical and plant engineering largely independently of a specific industry and to find your way around as a generalist with the necessary overview knowledge.

In addition to the compulsory modules for all mechanical engineering students, the course offers you the opportunity to specialize according to your personal inclinations.

General mechanical engineering

The "General Mechanical Engineering" course enables you to deepen your knowledge through certain elective subjects and courses in the areas of operational stability, development methodology and energy conversion machines.

On the one hand, you will gain a practical insight into the fundamentals of modern product development and, on the other, you will be able to take an in-depth look at the design and operation of different types of machines (e.g. reciprocating machines, reciprocating and rotary piston machines).

Mechatronics

By choosing the "Mechatronics" field of study, you will have the opportunity to specialize in electronics, automation technology and mechatronic systems in addition to certain elective subjects.

This field of study not only gives you a differentiated insight into the analysis of electronic circuits or the functioning of selected electronic components, but also offers you the opportunity to try your hand at simulation or the modeling and analysis of mechatronic systems.

Biomechanics

The "Biomechanics" course offers you the opportunity to take a closer look at the topics of biomechanics, movement science fundamentals, anatomy and physiology.

In addition to the opportunity to study the anatomical and physiological building blocks of the human body, this course also gives you an insight into human-machine interaction.

You should complete the industrial placement, the first 8 weeks, before the start of your studies, but you must provide evidence of this by the start of your Bachelor's thesis at the latest. The second part of the internship (12 weeks), the specialist internship, is usually completed during the lecture-free period and should be related to the course content.

You can also study the Bachelor's degree course in Mechanical Engineering part-time. Further details on the requirements, structure and legal consequences of part-time study are set out in the "Regulations governing part-time study (TzO)" of Clausthal University of Technology.

Before applying for and taking up part-time study, you must have a mandatory consultation with the responsible part-time study coordinator. During this consultation, the part-time study coordinator will agree on an individual study plan (learning agreement) for the part-time study program in consultation with you.

Part-time study coordinator:

Dr.-Ing. Günter Schäfer
Phone: +49 5323 72-3894
Email: schaefer@imw.tu-clausthal.de
Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Robert-Koch-Straße 32
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

You can find the form for applying for part-time study (incl. Learning Agreement) here

Further videos on the Mechanical Engineering degree program

You have the option of a shortened Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering if you already have a degree from a technical college. You can find out more in the documents for the Techniker2Bachelor program.