General description of the degree program
Name Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation
Qualification awarded: Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation
Level of qualification first-cycle Qualification requirements and
regulations
n/a
Key learning outcomes Graduates have the knowledge and understanding that enables them to carry out work as an industrial automation engineer in an independent manner, and can solve problems in an innovative manner. They are able to gather and interpret relevant data to form judgement and to familiarize themselves with so far unknown areas of work. They can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non- specialist audiences.
Profile of the program The focal point of this degree program is a basis of electrical engineering followed by intensive education in the area of automation technology in production processes, e.g. in automotive engineering, food production, or pharmaceuticals.
Studies are divided into two semesters of foundation courses, which provide solid understanding in the areas of mathematics, electrical engineering, information systems, electronic systems, and basics of industrial automation, and five semesters of advanced and specialized courses. In addition, the students are taught key qualifications such as social skills, the ability to work in a team, and academic research and writing. Many laboratory courses serve to consolidate the knowledge.
As is the case with all Bachelor’s programs at HsKA, the program has a strong labor market orientation. As a compulsory component of the program a one-semester work placement in the 5th semester allows students to apply in industry what they have learned up to this stage.
Occupational profiles of graduates Industrial Automation is required for the automation of production and test processes, e.g. in automotive production. Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation graduates can choose from a wide variety of jobs.
They usually work designing, developing and realizing technical facilities for the automation of production processes, or produce sensors for engine control units. Graduates work in the areas of mechanical engineering, automotive industry, power supply industry, aerospace industry, medical engineering, microsystems technology, in multimedia companies or in mobile telecommunications companies. They also work as free-lance engineers, consultants, editors of professional journals or academic assistants in higher education or research institutions.
Program duration: 7 semesters or 7x30 = 210 ECTS
Pre-study work experience: 2 months to get familiar with machining procedures of materials used in electrical engineering as well as the basics on technical documentation.
Students who have no pre-study work experience at the time of application must do this until the end of the second semester.
Specific admission requirements General or subject specific university entrance qualification or comparable entrance qualification; two-month pre-study work experience. For students from abroad: proof of satisfactory knowledge of German.
Ranking is created using weighted grades for the university entrance qualification (factor 2) and individual subjects of mathematics (factor 2), German or corresponding language for a foreign entrance qualification (factor 1), English (factor 1), Physics / Electrical Engineering (factor 2). A
bonus point is given for a vocational qualification in a related profession.
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Vocational training at “Meister” level or acquired at a school for further vocational training, together with an interview at HsKA, will be
recognized as equivalent to university entrance qualification.
2-year vocational training followed by 3-year occupation in a related job, together with an interview at HsKA and an eligibility exam at Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, will be recognized as equivalent to university entrance qualification.
Results achieved in theory or practical courses of an academic degree program at a recognized higher education institution can be transferred to HsKA according to ECTS recognition procedures upon express request, if the Board of Examiners acknowledges these results to be comparable in terms of level, subject content and extent.
Prior learning must be in a similar or related subject.
Traineeship semester: 5th semester is internship semester Start of program: in summer and winter semester Application deadline: 15 January (summer semester)
15 July (winter semester)
Language of instruction: German
Mode of study Full-time
The applicant should: What assets should you bring to the table in order to be accepted into the degree program Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation?
First of all, you should of course be interested in technology. Secondly, you should have a good GPA (grade point average) for the subjects Mathematics, German, English, Physics or Electrical Engineering, as the grades for these subjects in particular are taken into account.
Access to further studies: Master’s Examination regulations,
assessment and grading
For information about the courses as well as the study and examination credits required for successful completion of studies, see annex (pages 5-10). The annex also shows the weight of the various examinations towards the final grade. All parts which count towards a subject examination must be concluded successfully with a mark no less than 4.0 each.
Final examination: Bachelor’s thesis and colloquium
Graduation requirements The student must have attained the pre-examination credits as laid down in the table below.
Program director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gentner ECTS Departmental Coordinator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz Quint
Course structure diagram with credits:
Foundation courses:
Advanced courses:
Annex
Tables for the degree program
Explanation of the content of the columns and the abbreviations in the tables 1 and 3:
Column no.
1 Course code (EDV-Bez.) 2 Course title (course)
3 Semester in which the course is offered (sem.) 4 Credits (CP) and contact hours per week (CHW) 5 Course type (type)
V = Lecture S = Seminar
Ue = Exercise
La = Lab PA = Project work
(V+V)* = examination covering 2 lectures (V+V+V)* = examination covering 3 lectures
* these can be supplemented by exercises, labs, and project work.
6 Prerequisites for admission to the exam procedure (Voraus.) 7 Type of study credits/pre-examination credits (SL/PV / Dur)
8 Type of examination credits specifying duration in minutes, if no other unit is specified (PL/
Dur)
For 7 and 8 The following can be designated as study or examination credits:
MP
= Oral exam
Re = Presentation Kl
=
Written exam
La = Lab work (pass/fail) St= Study assignment
En = Concept
Ue
= Exercises
PA = Project work Ha = Written assignment
BT= Bachelor's thesis The following applies for the duration
S = Semester W = Week(s) T = Day(s) 9 Weight for subject grade (GFN)
10 Assigning examination credits to subject examination (FP)
11
Note
For 6 to 11 The following abbreviations are used:
Block
= Block course
≤ 4 = This examination must be completed with a minimum grade of “satisfactory”
(4.0)
Tf
= Subject scheduled for a specific semester FP
= Subject examination
üPL
= Cross-course examination credits bPL
= Study-related examination credits PS
= Practical study semester
LV
= Course
BV
= Bachelor preliminary examination WPf
= Elective course
Explanation for tables 1 and 2:
The column "Weight for overall grade" indicates the weighting of the individual subject examinations for calculation of the Preliminary Bachelor's examination grade and the final grade.
WPf listed in table 3, in the Note column, stands for elective module.
Degree program: Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation Degree awarded: Bachelor Table 1 Foundation courses
1 2 3 4 a 4 b 5 6 7 a 7 b 8 a 8 b 9 10 11
EDV- Bez.
Course sem CP CHW type Voraus. SL/PV Dur. PL Dur. GFN FP Note
EATB110 Higher Mathematics 1 1 6 6 V Kl 120 1
EATB120 Electrical Engineering 1 6
EATB121 Direct Current Technology 1 3 3 V Kl 90 1 2 ≤ 4
EATB122 Fields 1 3 3 V Kl 90 1 2 ≤ 4
EATB150 Physics 1 4 4 V+L La 1S Kl 90 3
EATB160 Information Technology 1 1 6 4 V+Ue Ue 1 S Kl 90 4 EATB170 Introduction Industrial
Automation 1
8
EATB171 Digital Technology 1 4 4 V Kl 120 5
EATB172 Laboratory Digital Technology 1 4 2 La La 1S 5
Total 30 CP 26 CHW
EATB210 Higher Mathematics 2 2 6 6 V Kl 120 6
EATB220 Electrical Engineering 2 6
EATB221 Alternating Current
Technology 2 4 4 V Kl 120 7
EATB222 Laboratory Alternating Current Technology
2 2 2 La La 1S
EATB260 System Theory 2 4 4 V Kl 120 8
EATB240 Information Technology 2 2 6 4 V+Ue Ue 1 S Kl 90 9 EATB230 Introduction Industrial
Automation 2
8
EATB231 Microcontroller Systems 2 4 4 V Kl 120 10 EATB232 Laboratory Microcontroller
Systems
2 4 2 La La 1 S 10
Total 30 CP 26 CHW
Total Foundation courses 60 CP 52 CHW 5 PV 11 bPL
Degree program: Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation Degree awarded: Bachelor Table 2
Bachelor preliminary examination
EDV-Bez. Name of examination Code Related courses sem Weight for subject grade
Weight for overall grade of Bachelor preliminary examination
Note
Subject examination
EATBF01 Higher Mathematics 1 FP1 Higher Mathematics 1 1 1 1
EATBF02 Electrical Engineering 1 FP2 Electrical Engineering 1 1 1 1
EATBF03 Physics FP3 Physics 1 1 1
EATBF04 Information Technology 1 FP4 Information Technology 1 1 1 1 EATBF05 Introduction Industrial Automation 1 FP5 Introduction Industrial Automation 1 1 1 1
EATBF06 Higher Mathematics 2 FP6 Higher Mathematics 2 2 1 1
EATBF07 Electrical Engineering 2 FP7 Electrical Engineering 2 2 1 1
EATBF08 System Theory FP8 System Theory 2 1 1
EATBF09 Information Technology 2 FP9 Information Technology 2 2 1 1 EATBF10 Introduction Industrial Automation 2 FP10 Introduction Industrial Automation 2 2 1 1
Degree program: Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation Degree awarded: Bachelor Table 3 Advanced courses
1 2 3 4 a 4 b 5 6 7 a 7 b 8 a 8 b 9 10 11
EDV-Bez. Course sem CP CHW type Voraus SL/PV Dur. PL Dur. GFN FP Note
EATB310 Higher Mathematics 3 6 1+1
EATB311 Higher Mathematics 3 3 4 4 V Kl 90 11
EATB312 Numerical Analysis 3 2 2 V La 1S Kl 90 11
EATB330 Electronics 8
EATB331 Electronics 3 4 4 V Kl 120 12
EATB332 Laboratory Electronics 3 4 2 La La 1S 12
EATB320 Measurement Technology 6
EATB321 Measurement Technology 3 4 4 V Kl 120 13
EATB322 Laboratory Measurement Tech 3 2 2 La La 1S 13
EATB360 Foreign Language 3 4 4 V Kl 90 14
EATB370 Digital Signal Processing 6
EATB371 Modeling and Simulation 3 2 2 V Kl 60 15
EATB372 Theory of Digital Systems 3 2 2 V Kl 90 15
EATB373 Laboratory DSP 3 2 2 La La 15
Total 30 CP 26 CHW
EATB440 Industrial Automation 1 6
EATB441 Control Technology 4 4 4 V Kl 120 16
EATB442 Laboratory Control Technology 4 2 2 La La 1S 16
EATB450 Control Engineering 1 6
EATB451 Control Engineering 4 4 4 V Kl 120 17 EATB452 Laboratory Control Eng. 4 2 2 La La 1 S 17
EATB460 Electrical Machines 1 4 6 4 V Kl 90 18
EATB470 Sensors and Actors 4 6 4 V Kl 120 19
EATB480 Electrical Facilities 6
EATB481 Electrical Facilities 4 2 2 V Kl 90 1 20 ≤ 4
EATB482 Power Electronics 4 4 4 V Kl 90 1 20 ≤ 4 Total 30 CP 26 CHW
EATB502 Internship 5 24 PA PA 95 T 21
Internship preparation and follow-up
6
EATB501 Internship preparation 5 2 S Ue 1W 21 Block
EATB503 Internship follow-up 5 2 S Re 20 21 Block
Total 30 CP 4 CHW
Degree program: Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation Degree awarded: Bachelor Table 3 Advanced courses
1 2 3 4 a 4 b 5 6 7 a 7 b 8 a 8 b 9 10 11
EDV-Bez. Course sem CP CHW type Voraus SL/PV Dur. PL Dur. GFN FP Note
EATB640 Industrial Automation 2 6 8
EATB641 Industrial Automation 4 4 V Kl 120 22
EATB642 Laboratory Industrial Automation
2 2 La La 1S 22
EATB643 Seminar Industrial Automation 2 2 S Ue 1S 22
EATB660 Process Automation 6 8 8 V+La La 1S Kl 90 23
EATB670 Social Skills 6 6
EATB671 Personnel Management 3 2 V Kl 90 1 24
EATB672 Business Studies 3 2 V Kl 90 1 24
EATB680 Elective module 6 8 8 25 WPf§43 (6)
Total 30 CP 28 CHW
EATB730 Industrial Automation 3 8
EATB731 Process Control Engineering 7 5 2 V Kl 90 1 26 Block
EATB732 Image Processing 7 3 2 V Kl 90 1 26 Block
EATB740 Academic Research & Writing 7 7 4 PA PA 1S 27 Block
EATB760 Bachelor Thesis 7 12 BT 4M 1 28
EATB750 Final colloquium 7 3 MP+Re 20+20 1+1 28
Total 30 CP 8 CHW
Total Advanced courses 150 CP 92 CHW 12 PV 20 bPL Total Bachelor's degree program 210 CP 144 CHW 17 PV 1PV 31 bPL
Degree program: Electrical Engineering – Industrial Automation Degree awarded: Bachelor Table 4
Bachelor’s examination
EDV-Bez. Name of examination Code Related courses sem Weight for subject grade
Weight for overall grade
Note
Subject examination
EATBF11 Higher Mathematics 3 FP11 Higher Mathematics 3 3 3 3
EATBF12 Electronics FP12 Electronics 3 3 3
EATBF13 Measurement Technology FP13 Measurement Technology 3 3 3
EATBF14 Foreign Language FP14 Foreign Language 3 3 3
EATBF15 Digital Signal Processing FP15 Digital Signal Processing 3 3 3 EATBF16 Industrial Automation 1 FP16 Industrial Automation 1 4 3 3 EATBF17 Control Engineering 1 FP17 Control Engineering 1 4 3 3 EATBF18 Electrical Machines 1 FP18 Electrical Machines 1 4 3 3
EATBF19 Sensors and Actors FP19 Sensors and Actors 4 3 3
EATBF20 Electrical Facilities FP20 Electrical Facilities 4 3 3 EATBF21 Industrial Automation 2 FP22 Industrial Automation 2 6 3 3
EATBF22 Process Automation FP23 Process Automation 6 3 3
EATBF23 Social Skills FP24 Social Skills 6 3 3
EATBF24 Elective module FP25 6 3 3 WPf
EATBF25 Industrial Automation 3 FP26 Industrial Automation 3 7 3 3 EATBF26 Academic Research and Writing FP27 Academic Research and Writing 7 3 3 EATBF27 Final Exam FP28 Bachelor’s Thesis
Final Colloquium 7 4
2
6
