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Prof. Dr. Schwindl-Braun
Prof. Dr. Kurt Schwindl-Braun

Programe director and advice

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kurt.schwindl-braun@thws.de

Master Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen

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Why do a Master's in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen at THWS?

The Master's program in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen offers you the opportunity to deepen and further develop your theoretical and scientific knowledge, as well as your methodological skills. The program focuses on developing professional, methodological, and social leadership competencies that you can apply in the exciting fields of Technical Sales, Production, and Logistics.

Earning a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) opens up a wide range of career opportunities for you. You will be well-prepared to take on specialist and leadership positions in the industry. Additionally, the master's degree qualifies you for higher-level positions in public institutions. If you aspire to an academic career, this degree also provides a pathway to pursue a doctorate.

Contents and structure

The master’s programme is a modularised three-semester full-time programme based on a bachelor’s degree or a German Diplom degree in (business and) engineering, natural/economic/business sciences, or logistics. The language of instruction is German.

In each of the first two semesters, five lectures and a project must be completed. The two-semester theory and project section is followed by the preparation of a master's thesis, which must be completed within five months.

Profession and career

Occupational fields

The course of study expands the professional profile and enables graduates to successfully master challenging engineering tasks.

Especially in the field of technical sales, industrial engineers are indispensable as an interface between engineers and management experts. At this interface, customer requirements are taken up and translated into technical specifications.

The Logistics Engineering specialisation teaches the ability to analytically plan logistics systems with appropriate methodological competence and to optimize them according to logistical aspects.

Admission

University entrance qualification

To be admitted to study at THWS, a university entrance qualification is required. This requires proof by one of the following qualifications:

  • general higher education qualification (Abitur)
  • subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (fachgebundene Hochschulreife)
  • advanced technical college certificate (Fachhochschulreife)
  • master craftsman’s qualification or equivalent (including a mandatory consultation meeting)
  • qualified professionals (completed professional training & three years of professional experience) undergoing a consultation meeting and an aptitude test in accordance with the Bavarian University and College Act (BayHSchG)

To arrange consultation meetings, please contact the Academic Advisory Service.

More information about admission requirements and procedures is available from the THWS website: Information about admission of qualified professionals.

Application

Please apply online. Information about and links to the online application portal are available from the pages of the Department of Student Affairs.

Please absolutely stick to the general application deadlines of THWS, even if you cannot submit all required documents yet. Applications received after the deadline will unfortunately not be considered!

Fees

For information about fees, please visit the pages of the Department of Student Affairs.

Applicants from abroad

For international students, the conditions vary widely from country to country. The most important stipulation for accreditation in Germany is that the level of education after completing the school-leaving qualification must be approximately comparable to the German general higher education qualification (Abitur). Please note that it might be necessary to complete further studies in your home country after obtaining your school-leaving qualification to be eligible to study in Germany.

On the website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) you can check the admission requirements depending on your country of origin. Information is also available in the database of the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder (Kultusministerkonferenz, KMK) available at www.anabin.kmk.org. Please note, however, that this database is currently only available in German. For some countries, Uni-assist.de offers information on the specific requirements for admission to higher education in Germany.Opens internal link in current window.

Language requirements

In addition to possessing a university entrance qualification you will have to prove certain language skills in order to be enrolled. If you intend to study in German, prove of German language proficiency of the level B2 is necessary. Which certificates/exams are recognised is listed in the overview "Language requirements" or can be found on the webpage of the Department of Student Affairs.

Master’s Projects

During the three semesters of the master’s programme Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, students are given the opportunity to work together with their supervising professors on a joint research topic and develop new scientific results. For this, the students prepare two research projects during the programme and a master’s thesis at the end. Ideally, the results of the research projects complement each other and then lead to the final master’s thesis by which the programme will also be successfully completed.

Master’s projects should be based on a research topic or a scientific problem. Students can suggest project topics themselves and ideally bring them along already at the start of the programme. Master’s projects can have a purely theoretical research topic or be developed in cooperation with a company. Possible cooperation should be intitiated and coordinated in advance on the students own initiative.

The project topic should have a thematic scope of at least two semesters and, if the problem is suitable, should be completed in the third semester with the master’s thesis.

Master’s Thesis

The master’s thesis is scheduled for the 3rd semester. It can either be written within the University or outside it, such as within a company.

For detailed information, please refer to §10 of the study and examination regulations (SPO) currently valid for your degree programme.

 
E-Learning

In the section “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten/Scientific papers” within the E-Learning course "Studien- und Prüfungsangelegenheiten/study and examination matters", you will find more information about your final thesis, e.g. necessary documents or answers to frequently asked questions.

Points of contact

Programme advice

 
Programme director

Responsibilities: organisation, coordination and implementation of the teaching programme within a degree programme, first point of contact for companies and foreign higher education institutions

Please contact: Prof. Dr. Kurt Schwindl-Braun

 
Department of Student Affairs

Responsibilities: enrolment, re-enrolment, leaves of absence, examination regulations, confirmations (periods of study, student cards, etc.), but also for internship matters

Please contact: 
Irmtrud Wagner at Department of Student Affairs (HSST).

 

 

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