Automotive Engineering M.Eng.

The Master's degree course in Automotive Engineering at htw saar is a three-semester full-time course with a very broad thematic focus. Students can individually select their specialized elective modules from the Master's degree courses in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Engineering and Management, Mechatronics, Communication Informatics, Mechanical Engineering, Safety Management and Bionics. The htw saar also offers individual compulsory elective modules in English.

Within the first two semesters, students build up a solid, extended basic understanding of the overall driver-vehicle-environment system and specialize in the respective sub-areas. The first semester consists of four compulsory modules and one compulsory elective module. In the second semester, students take two compulsory modules with basic components as well as compulsory modules in the form of seminars. Students also write a practice-oriented thesis.

The htw saar enables students to gain specialist knowledge in individual areas and thus prepares them for the Master's thesis in the third semester. Successful completion is accompanied by the "Master of Engineering" (M. Eng.).

As the Master's degree course in Automotive Engineering builds on the seven-semester Bachelor's degree course, the regular start of studies is the summer semester. However, lateral entry in the winter semester is also possible, as the modules and seminars take place independently of each other.

Prospective students can find a detailed course of study in the course schedule or the current "Annex to the study and examination regulations".

The tasks facing the automotive industry remain extremely difficult and therefore challenging. For example, when it comes to how cars will get from A to B in the future - apart from using fuel. A look into the future: the car of tomorrow will be fully automated, electric, powered by hydrogen or biogenic, sustainable fuels (eFuels). To ensure that this does not remain wishful thinking, the automotive industry is constantly driving change. When developing and producing new vehicles, individual customer requirements must be kept in mind while at the same time taking ecological, economic and safety aspects into account. To meet these challenges, it needs excellently trained automotive engineers who think and act in a global, innovative and forward-looking way.

The automotive industry is very important worldwide and will become even more so in the future. And what is true in the world is also true in Saarland, where the automotive industry is the largest employer. The htw saar and its professors have been maintaining contacts and cooperations with regional, national and international companies and industrial partners for a very long time. As a result, many projects, such as crash tests, have been carried out externally together with the students.

The htw saar has responded to this development and integrated the independent Master's degree course in Automotive Engineering into its range of courses. Its focus is on the automotive sector and related topics such as communication technology, aerodynamics, driving dynamics, lightweight construction and vehicle safety.

With the consecutive Master's degree course, htw saar is consistently expanding its interdisciplinary range of courses in the field of automotive engineering. Students benefit from the intensive practice-oriented training and close networking with local, national and international industry and business. This cooperation enables us as a university to offer a wide range of different company and research projects in Germany and abroad. Accordingly, students can expect a wide range of courses to deepen and expand their scientific and engineering fundamentals in theory and practice.

The Master's degree course in Automotive Engineering deals with many questions relating to intelligent mobility:

• What factors influence the design and improve the function and use of a vehicle in the most sustainable way?
• What impact does drive, chassis and communication technology have on driving dynamics?
• How can the safety factor in driving be further increased through smart communication?
• What impact does a vehicle have on its surroundings and the environment, both in operation and in the event of an accident?

The automobile is now a very complex technical product that requires a high level of expertise and know-how across a broad scientific spectrum - and this is exactly what we teach "Automotive Engineers" on this Master's degree course. Our graduates make a significant contribution to advancing the development and production of vehicles and components in the mechanical engineering and vehicle industry. Those who do not see their future primarily in practice can become active in research. The job prospects for graduates of the Master's degree course in Automotive Engineering are therefore excellent, not least because they are incredibly versatile.

The areas of employment are varied and can start with project or software development and simulation and end in technical sales or customer support. Tasks in project management, quality assurance and marketing can also be carried out. Both automotive manufacturers and suppliers of systems and components are desperately looking for engineers for specialist and management roles. Our graduates can work in international development departments and, for example, in the areas of emission reduction through electric and hybrid vehicles, lightweight construction, active and passive safety and vehicle-environment communication. The Master's degree also qualifies graduates for a doctorate. As you can see, a Master's degree in Automotive Engineering at htw saar opens up many career paths for you - and we provide you with the theoretical and practical tools you need.