Insights into the Technical Engineering degree programme

The Running Snail Racing Team is a project of the OTH Amberg-Weiden, in which students from all disciplines work together to develop and build a Formula Student racing car that is powered purely by electricity.

The team not only independently designs and manufactures the competitive speedster, but also regularly takes part in national and international competitions and races. The ideas of each team member find practical application in this project. The racing car is a typical mechatronic system that combines expertise from the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and information technology.

For more information about the university's racing car team, please visit:
www.running-snail.de

In the Technical Engineering degree programme, the combination of theory and practice is given top priority. For this reason, we enable you to participate in current and interesting research projects right from the start.
For example, students work in teams to develop a self-balancing electric vehicle in the mechatronics laboratory that is modelled on the commercial Segway. In projects in the fields of industry 4.0 and automotive engineering, you can gain further practical insights into mechatronics and digital automation.

A variety of disciplines such as thermal, mechanical, chemical and biological process engineering make up the field of process engineering. Their practical knowledge ranges from the production of active ingredients in cell cultures to the combustion of engines in these laboratories. The close interconnection of these fields creates optimal conditions for innovation at the interfaces between the disciplines. Complex problems can be solved by combining different technical methods. In the context of current research, you will also have the opportunity to deepen your project work in your final theses.

In the course of your studies, you will carry out a lot of practical work and research in our more than 30 high-tech laboratories, which are specially tailored to the course. Thanks to small study groups, you can contribute independently and individually. We are particularly proud of the award in the CHE university ranking: we have achieved the top position in the category ‘Laboratory Equipment’.

Our laboratories in the field of technical engineering

• mechanical engineering (e.g. materials engineering, engine test stands, technical mechanics, machine tools)
• digital automation (e.g. automation technology and robotics, measurement technology, control engineering)
• mechatronics laboratory
• IT (e.g. computer rooms, CAD laboratories)
• Process engineering (e.g. rectification, power-to-gas, fuel cell)
• Bioprocess engineering (bioreactors, enzyme membrane reactors, photobioreactors)
• Water laboratory (biogas fermenters, dynamic crossflow filtration, membrane contactors)
• Analytics laboratory (e.g. GC-MS, IC, FITR)