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International Engineering

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Three building blocks for your career

Our interdisciplinary International Engineering programme covers several fields of expertise that will give you excellent career prospects. Besides gaining engineering and business know-how, you will also be trained in intercultural competence and languages! Our International Engineering graduates are modern, practical and globally minded engineers – who can achieve their career goals anywhere in the world.

  • ECTS: 210 ECTS
  • Programme duration: 7 semesters
  • Campus: Schwenningen
  • Faculty: Faculty II: Engineering & Technology, Faculty IV: Business, Design & Media
  • Programme begins: winter semester (October)
  • Application deadline: 15 July (winter semester)
  • Entry requirements: university entrance qualification
  • Teaching language: English
  • Accreditation: yes
  • Ideal learning environment Our lecturers have a high level of expertise and international experience, which they're happy to pass on to you. The small learning groups of students from all over the world receive personal and intensive support.
  • Choose your own focus From the 3rd semester onwards, you are in the main study programme and have two options - you can complete the technical part of your studies specialising in either Mechanical Engineering (in English) or Medical Engineering (bilingual).
  • Gain experience During a semester abroad, you can perfect your language skills and gain important intercultural experience - in Shanghai, France, Spain or South America!
  • More than just theory We've planned an internship semester so that you can put your theoretical knowledge into practice straight away. You can spend this at home or abroad with a company of your choice and gain groundbreaking experience!

Details of the programme

Programme content and structure

The internationally oriented International Engineering degree programme offers you a unique combination of technology (specialising in mechanical engineering or medical technology), languages and business. We want you to gain as much practical and international experience as possible - giving you the best starting conditions for a successful international career!

Basics and languages

In your first two semesters of IEB, you will learn the basics of engineering, intercultural competence and business. We supplement this knowledge with intensive language lessons in another foreign language (either Chinese, French, Spanish or German).

 

Discover your preferences

From the third semester onwards, you will be taking your advanced level courses and can choose between specialising in mechanical engineering or medical technology. And then there is the exciting decision of where you'd like to spend your semester abroad! Studying at one of our numerous partner universities worldwide is free of charge for you.

Practical conclusion

After the semester abroad, numerous interesting internship and thesis options await you. You choose a company in which you would like to work for a semester – and often the topic for your bachelor's thesis is found there (as well as many contacts!). With the IEB degree, you have excellent opportunities on the national and international job market.

Entry requirements
  • German higher education entrance qualification:
    • (general higher education entrance qualification, entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences, subject-specific higher education entrance qualification)
    • or a foreign university entrance qualification equivalent to the German one.
       
  • English language skills:
     
    • International applicants: CEF B2, TOEFL iBT 72 points plus, IELTS 6.0, TOEIC 785, PTE 59, Cambridge English Scale minimum 160 points
      The level is also deemed to have been achieved if proof of an English-language school-leaving qualification or an English-language course of study is provided.
       
    • German applicants: The German university entrance qualification (Abitur / Fachhochschulreifezeugnis) is considered proof of your language skills.
       
  • German language skills:
    No previous knowledge required
     
  • Only for the Medical Engineering specialisation in the 3rd semester:
    GER B2, DSH Level I, TestDaF Level 3, telc/Goethe/ÖSD B2, DSD II
     
  • Language skills in your regional focus of choice:
    • Francophone world: 2 school years /A2
    • Hispanic world: 2 school years /A2
    • China: no previous knowledge necessary
What's covered
Semester fees

Note: Enrolment is not possible unless semester fees have been paid!

All students at Furtwangen University pay semester fees every semester in the amount of €176.00.

Your career prospects

In demand globally

If you have studied International Engineering with us, you will be ideally trained to work as an engineer in an international environment. There is a shortage of at least 15,000 engineers in Germany alone, and the trend is rising. So you can be sure that after graduation you will have the best job prospects – both in Germany and abroad.

Career prospects in medical technology:

  • Research
  • Development
  • Medical technology in the clinic
  • Cardiotechnology and surgical engineering
  • Product management and sales

Career prospects in mechanical engineering:

  • Production engineering
  • Design/development
  • Robotics/handling technology
  • Assembly processes
  • Quality assurance
  • Sensors, automation
  • Research and development
  • Software and hardware development
  • Customer support and sales

A taste of campus life

International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4647)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4648)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4649)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4650)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4651)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4652)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4653)
International Engineering - bilingual study programme (I4654)

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Faculty II: Engineering & Technology

With us, you’ll immerse yourself in a world where ideas become groundbreaking technologies! As part of our renowned engineering forge, the degree programmes in this field will prepare you for a career in which you’ll not only develop machines and technologies, but also help shape the future of medicine and industry. From mechanical engineering to medical engineering and industrial technologies – with us you’ll learn how engineering knowledge is used in practical, often life-changing, applications.

Internal link opens in the same window:More about the Faculty II

This interfaculty degree programme is also offered in Internal link opens in the same window:Faculty IV.

The faculties are active in a wide range of research projects. Students can test their knowledge on real problems right from the start in excellently equipped laboratories. Students can even work on their theses at the Rottweil Research Center. And of course, the entire academic path up to a doctorate is open to you at the faculty!

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Dates and events

Further dates and events

Your key contacts

You want engineering, business and languages? Then find out more about IEB!

Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Schneider
Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Schneider Dean of Studies International Engineering (BSc) (IEB)
Professor of Production Economics and Production Logistics
Gaby Kienast
Gaby Kienast Programme Coordinator International Engineering (BSc)
+49 7720 307-4318 Mail gaby.kienast@hs-furtwangen.de

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