Master’s degree
Applied research and development in the engineering sciences

• Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)
• Study model: Full-time
• Start: Summer and winter semester
• Costs: Student union fee only
• Duration: 3 semesters
• ECTS points: 90
• Application period:
  15.11 - 15.12. for start of summer semester
  01.05 - 15.06 for start of winter semester
• Language: mixed German English
• Preliminary experience: none
• Application & admission: Applicants must have completed a first degree in engineering (Bachelor/Diplom) and passed an aptitude test.
  All information on application.

Germany's comparatively high level of international prosperity is largely dependent on the ability of natural scientists, engineers and computer scientists to develop, produce and market technically and qualitatively leading products. The products must have unique properties for which customers worldwide are willing to pay an appropriate price. This is the only way to achieve economically viable solutions for companies and their employees in the long term, despite the very high international wage levels in Germany. People who professionally drive new developments of technologically leading products should have the following qualities in particular:

• Very high technical expertise
• Ability to analyse complex interrelationships in an interdisciplinary and future-oriented manner
• High degree of independence and creativity
• Ability to work in a team

The Master's programme in Applied Research and Development is specially designed for students who want to play a significant role in the development of technically demanding and complex products in the field of engineering. It is therefore primarily aimed at students who see their future professional focus in the area of practice-oriented basic development and application-oriented research and development. It also offers the opportunity to prepare for a possible doctorate and creates the basis for later management responsibility in the area of technologically sophisticated products.

Building on your knowledge from the Bachelor's programme, use a Master's programme to

• Broaden your knowledge
  For various reasons, the focus of one's work changes several times in almost every professional life. It is therefore very helpful to acquire knowledge in subject areas that are required across the board as an engineer at an early stage and to familiarise yourself with interdisciplinary working methods.
• Deepening your knowledge
  Find an engineering field that interests you and go into it in depth during your studies. In this way, you will gain experience in addition to in-depth knowledge in your chosen special field of work, which you can use later to quickly familiarise yourself with a new field. This ability is also required for your project work and Master's thesis.

You don't have to make an either/or decision (breadth versus depth) for your degree. Nor is it advisable at such an early stage in your professional life.

The university is a service provider for acquiring knowledge that you build on in your professional life. The professors and staff are happy to support those who are eager to learn. Take advantage of this opportunity to acquire knowledge. As a student, you decide to a large extent to what extent, based on the wide range of subjects and the flexibility of the Master's programme.

The commitment and dedication in an engineering degree programme pays off in the medium and long term, as from today's perspective you will earn a comparatively high income in the academic field with this degree programme and will not have to spend your entire professional life with poorly paid fixed-term employment contracts. As long as you can work creatively in the engineering profession in research, development, production or sales, experience shows that you will also be very satisfied with your job in the long term. With a Master's degree, you can lay the foundations for this.

An essential part of the degree programme is working on research topics in the field of engineering in the research laboratories of the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences. The research topics are defined by professors at the TH Rosenheim who are active in research and often cover partial aspects of publicly or industrially funded research projects. The aim is for students to acquire the knowledge required for the respective research topic largely independently, develop solution concepts, then test them in practice and solve problems that arise in the process. They are guided and supported by professors and/or research assistants. After a familiarisation phase, the two project papers and the Master's thesis focus on independent and creative engineering problem solving. Therefore, this study programme is suitable for students who have already achieved a high degree of independence and are confident in proving this to themselves and others in an educational environment.

In the Faculty of Engineering, essential fields of engineering sciences are brought together under one roof. This creates an interdisciplinary working environment that is very important in academic research and product development in industry. Students from other engineering disciplines with the orientation described above are also welcome in the degree programme. The research areas covered in the Applied Research and Development degree programme are:

• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical and Information Engineering
• Energy and Building Technology
• Wood Technology
• Computer Science
• Plastics Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics
• Medical Technology
• Industrial Engineering

The range of lectures in the Applied Research and Development programme is largely identical to the Master's programme in Engineering at the TH Rosenheim. The lectures and examinations are held almost exclusively in English. This is another outstanding feature for both Master's programmes of the Faculty of Engineering. English-language knowledge can be deepened or expanded. This applies in particular to English technical terms. As a result, during the Master's programme, in addition to technical knowledge, students acquire important competencies that are particularly important for

• internationally active companies,
• management tasks in companies with globally distributed locations and internationally and culturally mixed teams, as well as for the
• research exchange in the high-tech sector, which is based on English-language communication,

are essential. The Applied Research and Development degree programme has close links with the Master's degree programme in Engineering. Due to the very high proportion of international students in the Master's degree programme in Engineering Sciences, there is also the opportunity to gain intercultural experience during the Master's degree programme at the TH Rosenheim.

Study organisation

The core of the degree programme is independent research and development projects within the framework of 2 project papers and the Master's thesis totalling 54 credit points (CP). Courses totalling 8 CP are compulsory. In addition, each student selects courses from modules totalling 28 CP. The following table shows an example of the structure of the degree programme.

The engineering faculty of the TH Rosenheim has contacts with leading companies and government research funding. Students of the Master's programme thus have the opportunity to work on projects within the framework of ongoing research assignments at the university. They receive personal supervision from a professor or research assistant who acts as a mentor. The faculty provides a list of project topics each semester. Frequently, topics for project work are defined together directly with a research-active professor.

The following tables show an overview of the subject-specific elective modules available in the Master's programme "Applied Research & Development in Engineering Sciences" for the module groups "Specific Subject Knowledge" and "Methodological Competence" from the Master's programme "Engineering Sciences". These are divided into four areas:

• Mathematical-scientific basic modules (MG module)
• Advanced modules (MV module)
• Application-oriented in-depth modules (MA module)
• Subject-specific compulsory elective modules (MF module)

Selectable modules from the Master's programme "Engineering Sciences
(Status: winter semester 2021/2022)

Course of studies

Further information on the organisation of studies and the modules can be found in the respective valid areas:

Study and Examination Regulations (SPO)

Study plan and module handbook

The complete application instructions and admission requirements for the Master's programme Applied Research and Development in engineering (pdf).

Prerequisite for admission to the Master's programme is a university degree as Bachelor in an
engineering discipline or a related subject area, or a degree acquired in Germany or abroad that is
or a degree acquired in Germany or abroad that is equivalent to such a degree.
You will be invited to the aptitude tests if you meet the other admission requirements.
invited. The test lasts 120 minutes. It tests the particular aptitude in the approach to
approach to engineering issues and in systematic problem solving.

Qualification procedure

An essential point of the aptitude procedure is the aptitude test. Applicants who fulfil the requirements are invited to the aptitude test at the Technische Hochschule Rosenheim. This written test takes place once every semester. The date of the test is announced at least two weeks in advance by written invitation.
In the aptitude test, basic competences in engineering are tested, as they are typically acquired in an engineering degree course. The aptitude test contains, for example, tasks on:

• Basics of electrical engineering
• Drive technology
• Construction/design
• Physics (also fluid mechanics, thermodynamics)
• Materials technology
• Mathematics
• Engineering mechanics
• Measurement and control technology
• Computer science

Usually, examination candidates will have already successfully passed examinations in these subject areas during their Bachelor's studies. The trick is actually to be able to recall this competence a few years later. This may be easier for those who have internalised the subject content and procedures at the time. Some applicants will not have become acquainted with individual subject areas during their studies. On the other hand, it is not necessary to solve all tasks to pass the exam. In previous examinations, applicants were deemed suitable if they achieved a good half of the maximum achievable points. In this respect, it is tactically better to work thoroughly on the tasks that can be mastered than to get stuck on the tasks from unknown subject areas.
The result of the entrance test is the assessment "suitable" or "not suitable" for the respective applicant. In the case of an assessment as "suitable", the applicant is free to enrol in the degree programme if the other requirements according to the respective valid study and examination regulations are fulfilled. The examination result "suitable" does not oblige the applicant to enrol in the degree programme immediately. Rather, the successful examination participant can also apply for the degree programme at a later point in time, as long as the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences offers this degree programme at all. Such a later application should be accompanied by a reference to an earlier successful passing of the aptitude test.

The statutes for the aptitude test (pdf).

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