Our Study Programs

Electrical engineering and information technology is a key discipline in our highly industrialised and export-oriented economy. Graduates of our Bachelor's degree programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and the subsequent Master's degree programme in IT and Automation have access to promising fields of work in areas such as automation technology, information and communication technology, energy technology and electromobility. Individual inclinations determine future employment in research and development or in project planning and production, in testing and quality assurance, in technical sales or in management. The Master's degree opens up career prospects at management level and the opportunity to do a doctorate.

Teaching and learning are increasingly characterised by the use of digital media. This degree programme is aimed at prospective students who want to work in digital teaching, teaching development and counselling in Germany and abroad now or in the future. The new central digital teaching/learning studio at OTH Amberg-Weiden is also linked to the degree programme and is intended to offer lecturers and students the opportunity to further develop teaching and teaching materials digitally. The spectrum ranges from interactive explanatory video production to video production with green screen for inverted classroom scenarios.

Geoinformation plays a crucial role in most economic and political projects. It forms the basis for the design of our cities and landscapes or the development of innovative technologies such as autonomous driving. Geoinformatics specialists create, collect, analyse and visualise this data. The Geoinformatics and Land Management degree programme provides in-depth knowledge in all relevant disciplines: surveying/geodesy, geographic information systems, computer science or natural and engineering sciences. Students also deal with land management, i.e. the sustainable development of rural and urban areas. The curriculum includes spatial planning and planning law. Typical employers are the public sector, the property industry or logistics companies. However, there are also many career opportunities in the GIS (Geographic Information Systems), IT or aerospace industries with a Bachelor's degree.

Computer science and software are penetrating ever more areas of industry and technology, and the degree of integration of software and ‘physics’ is constantly increasing. The Industry 4.0 Informatics degree programme prepares prospective computer scientists for precisely this situation. Graduates combine programming skills with solid engineering knowledge and modern IT methodological expertise. They understand the language of their clients from the various engineering disciplines and design clear software structures as IT architects; as programmers, they implement these using modern software technology; as system integrators, they combine software and hardware to create robust overall systems. With these skills, they are sought-after specialists, for example in industrial automation and the automotive industry, in production control and logistics, in communications and Internet technology. On the Master's degree programme in IT and Automation, particularly qualified graduates in Industry 4.0 Informatics can gain further qualifications for future management roles or a subsequent doctorate.

Germany needs teachers. There is an urgent need for teachers, especially at vocational schools. These are the best career opportunities for engineering teachers. After completing the Bachelor's degree programme in Engineering Education with a vocational specialisation in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, graduates can go on to study for a Master's degree in Teaching at Vocational Schools in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bayreuth (UBT). Alternatively, they can go straight into the field of vocational education and training. Another advantage of the Engineering Education degree programme is that the basic training in the technical field also opens the door to a career in the engineering sector of companies.

Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has gradually become part of our everyday lives and is now indispensable: Intelligent traffic control, automatic parking aids or voice commands and voice assistants are just some of the applications that are made possible by AI. As a result, AI has also evolved from a sub-area of computer science into an independent field of teaching, research and work. In the Bachelor's degree programme ‘Artificial Intelligence’, students learn what is important in the development of AI-supported applications and receive a multi-layered introduction to the topic of AI. The programme focuses on machine learning and AI-supported image, speech and sensor signal processing. The career opportunities are correspondingly diverse: AI specialists are in high demand both in science and in almost all (industrial) sectors. The consecutive Master's degree programme in Artificial Intelligence offers students with a relevant Bachelor's degree in engineering or natural sciences the opportunity to (further) deepen their knowledge. In addition to research and development work, graduates also have the opportunity to pursue an academic career, for example with a subsequent doctorate.

For a good decade now, digital media have characterised our everyday lives, in information and communication, in education and entertainment, in the ‘virtual enrichment’ of reality. Even traditional media (magazines, radio, television) are now produced and distributed digitally. With this change, media informatics has emerged as a new branch of computer science. It focuses on the conception and realisation of interactive and multimedia systems. Graduates of the Media Informatics degree programme are specialised computer scientists for the production of digital media and the development of interactive computer applications. Their design skills enable them to design and realise software for media technology products, devices and applications, while their IT skills enable them to contribute to the increasing integration of digital media. They are also in demand as specialists for human-computer interaction. Typical areas of application are the development of web and e-commerce applications, interactive computer graphics (e.g. in the games industry), innovative human-machine interfaces and mobile applications.

More and more (especially medium-sized) companies need ‘media generalists’ who are just as skilled in the design of information and advertising material as they are in the development and maintenance of company websites, in technical editing as well as in the professional design of trade fair stands, in the production of video clips as well as in internal and external corporate communications. The training of such generalists is the aim of our Bachelor's degree programme in Media Production and Media Technology and the consecutive Master's degree programme in Media Technology and Media Production. Both degree programmes teach technical, IT and creative skills in equal measure. This broad basis creates a wide range of career opportunities: as a media ‘all-rounder’ in medium-sized companies, in corporate communications and marketing, in agencies or as a freelance web designer, in media companies or at private and public broadcasters. The Master's degree also qualifies you for future management positions or a doctorate.