Master's programme Business and Engineering
Degree: Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
Entrance Requirements: General admission requirements; N. C. (see below)
Language of Instruction: German
Duration: 3 semesters (start: Summer and Winter Semester)
THWS Location: Schweinfurt
Diploma Supplement: yes
Semester fees: none
Graduates of the Master’s programme Business and Engineering are qualified to, on a high level, cover the interface between technology and business which is gaining more and more importance today. Intensifying the scientific, methodical, and professional knowledge in substantial disciplines of business engineering is the basis for a broad range of possible occupational fields; jobs can be found where technical and economical integration into and interaction between business areas need a interdisciplinary solution, such as in the areas of marketing/sales, logistics, materials management/purchasing, production, development, accounting, or organisation and IT. The programme aims at intensifying the students’ technical/economic professional and methodical expertise, but also their social competence; graduates are thus capable to apply methods independently and to act responsibly in the occupational fields technical sales and distribution, or production and logistics.
Programme Structure
Systems Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Corporate IT Systems for Manufacturing Businesses, Business Analytics, Technology Law and Advanced Finance, as well as one project in the 1st and one in the 2nd semester are obligatory. The projects should be based on a research topic or a scientific problem.
For specialisation, there are different lectures; when specialising in Technical Sales and Distribution there are specialist lectures on Service Engineering, Sales Management, and Product Life Cycle Management; for a specialisation in Logistics and Production, there are courses on Advanced Manufacturing, Automation Systems and Virtual Systems. Following this theoretical and project part, there is the master's thesis to be written and the related colloquium.
Career Perspectives
The programme broadens the possible occupational field and equips to master even demanding engineering tasks. Specialisation in Technical Sales/Distribution, System Engineering, or Logistics Engineering not only teaches professional expertise, but also methodical competence. Graduates are qualified to take over management tasks in industry and entitled to German senior civil service (Höherer Dienst). Zudem wird mit dem Masterabschluss die Additionally, the master’s degree is a precondition to apply successfully for doctoral studies at technical universities.
Additional Information
On the following websites you can find out more about general and progamme specific admission requirements:
- Persons with German university entrance certificates: Department of Student Affairs (HSST)
- Persons with other university entrance certificates: International Office.
Contact person
Prof. Dr. Kurt Schwindl-Braun
Room 9.2.07
Konrad-Geiger-Str. 2, Schweinfurt
Phone +49 9721 940-8782
E-Mail kurt.schwindl-braun[at]thws.de
Office hours: Please see the faculty’s website!
Link to programme page Business and Engineering