Admission requirements
The access to this Master's programme in Reliability Engineering requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field. In addition, a minimum of one year relevant work experience post-graduation is expected.
Individuals with professional qualifications can be admitted through the special entry programme "Technician/ Master to Master". The prerequisite is the completion of a relevant advancement training and passing an admission test.
Details
The Master's programme in Reliability Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt is designed for graduates of a related undergraduate programme who wish to expand their knowledge in the field of reliability engineering and functional safety. The programme is based on the VDI guideline 4002 and combines solid technical and interdisciplinary content with practical projects.
The programme starts in both the winter and summer semesters, with the curriculum encompassing the acquisition of a total of 120 ECTS credits. Students deepen their expertise in a variety of modules, ranging from communication and quality management to system development, business administration, and law:
Communication: Presentation techniques, staff management
Quality management: Methods for process and product requirements
Business administration: Basic concepts of business administration
Law: Labour law, liability law
System development: Software engineering, embedded systems
Fundamentals of reliability engineering: Materials science, stochastic
Reliability engineering
Functional safety
Human factors
Project management and team projects
The curriculum is supplemented by elective courses that allow for a specialization in individual interests, with topics such as IT security, robotics, or energy storage. The programme concludes with a master's thesis, in which students apply and deepen their acquired skills and expertise.
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