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Master's Programme Mechatronics

Joint Study Programme of the University of Innsbruck and the UMIT TIROL

Faculty	Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Duration / ECTS-Credits	4 semesters / 120 ECTS-Credits
Academic Degree	Diplom-Ingenieurin/Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing. or DI)
Qualification Level	Master (Second Cycle) ISCED-11: Level 7, EQF/NQF: Level 7
ISCED-F	0788 Inter-disc.progr. involv. Engin., Manuf. and Construction
Mode of Study	Full-Time
Study Code	UC 066 481
Curriculum	Information on the Curriculum (2013W)*
Language of Instruction	German
Admission Requirements	Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent and Language Certificates
Application	The first admission takes place at the UMIT TIROL and the second admission takes place at the LFUI. Tuition fees are to be paid at the UMIT TIROL. Apply ONLINE UMIT TIROL Apply ONLINE LFUI

* Information on the Curriculum (2013W)

The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.

In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
  available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
  Section: Current Curriculum version.

University of Innsbruck Bulletins » (Click to open all University of Innsbruck Bulletins)

Requirements

Relevant bachelor's degrees at the University of Innsbruck:

• Bachelor's Programme Mechatronics
• Bachelor's Programme Mechatronics (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz)

Proof of general university entrance qualification:

The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the second semester of the master's programme.

The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.

In the course of the proof of the general university entrance qualification, the completion of the following core areas within the framework of the completed bachelor's degree programme shall be examined in any case:

•   6 ECTS-Credits Core Area: Fundamentals of Natural Sciences
• 45 ECTS-Credits Core Area: Mathematics and Informatics
• 45 ECTS-Credits Core Area: Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
• 35 ECTS-Credits Core Area: Electrical Engineering and Control Engineering
• 10 ECTS-Credits Core Area: Industrial Mechatronics and Material Science or Biomedical Engineering

Recommended Course Sequence

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

Area of specialisation Industrial Mechatronics and Material Science

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Area of specialisation Biomedical Engineering

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Qualification Profile and Skills

A central element of the Master’s Degree Programme of Mechatronics is its focus on sustainability and relevance of knowledge and skills. This is why the imparting of knowledge and competences of scientific methods is given priority to specialist user knowledge. Graduates have the competence to further develop their knowledge and understanding in the field of mechatronics autonomously, also for new and unfamiliar problems or within the scope of research contexts resp. They are especially qualified for demanding tasks in industry and business enterprises in the different fields of mechatronics and the related fields of mechanical engineering, material science, electronic science, medical engineering etc. after brief training periods. There, the advantages of the university education’s focus on basic and methodological competence take effect.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Future Prospects: Occupational Profiles and Career Opportunities

The research-oriented university education of the Master’s Degree Programme of Mechatronics is the basis for access to a vast occupational field in the area of mechatronics, from planning, developing and construction, to production, manufacturing, quality management and consulting. The occupational fields open to the graduates are correspondingly manifold. Typical occupational fields are: (i) employment with an industrial business in the area of machine, vehicle or plant engineering, with producers of electronic, medical-technical, data processing or process control devices and employment with engineering offices, (ii) self-employed work as enterprisers or engineering consultants and (iii) working for educational and research institutions.

Postgraduate and further Studies at the University of Innsbruck

• Doctoral Programme in Engineering Sciences

Supplementary Programme

Within the scope of the Study Programme, a Supplementary Programme corresponding to 45 ECTS-Credits or 60 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Supplementary Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information:

• https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-entrepreneurship/
  
• https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-informatik/
  
• https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-scientific-computing/
  

Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading

Examination regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.

Description of the applied grading system (including the grade distribution table) »

Information on the Programme (in German only)

• Information about the Master‘s Programme
• Guideline about the Master's Programme 
• Examination Dates 
• Deadlines
• Equivalence List
• Data Sheet
• Guidelines for electronic submission and publication of academic theses and Instruction 
• Formal Structure of a Thesis (Information of the Dean of Studies)

Forms (in German only)

• Examination Records
• Application for the Master's Thesis
• Submission of the Master's Thesis
• Choice of Specialisation
• To block a thesis
• Recognition of exams AND Supplementary Sheet
• Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Standort Technikerstraße 17

Associate Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Petar Grbović
(Recognitions)

Contact at the University of Innsbruck  
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Manfred Kleidorfer

Contact at the UMIT TIROL
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Woittennek
Phone: +43 050 8648-3817| E-Mail: lehre@umit-tirol.at

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