High-tech products make a crucial contribution to economic success. The function of the surface (for example, protection, dirt absorption, cleanability, haptics, sliding properties, sensors) and its appearance are important success factors in product design. With your Master’s degree, you will develop innovative surface solutions in future-proof areas such as mobility, energy, construction, communication and environmental and climate protection.
Campus
City Centre
Aalen
Period in semester3 Semester
Languages of instructionGerman
Application PeriodsWinter semester: 2 May to 15 September
Admission RequirementsBachelor’s or Diploma degree in the fields of chemical engineering, chemistry, surface technology or materials science (or similar).
The Master’s programme combines the fields of knowledge of materials and their properties as well as interfacial and surface technology.
In addition to specialist knowledge, you will acquire interdisciplinary working methods, scientific thinking and an understanding of complex interrelationships.
Future products require answers to complex requirements of parts and components. Surface and material science plays a key role here. The Master’s degree qualifies you for tasks in research or development in this future-proof field. As a sought-after expert, you provide innovative solutions for a wide range of industrial issues.
Knowledge of Product and Innovation Management as well as company leadership will prepare your for management positions.
The course content also qualifies you as a link in interdisciplinary cooperation. Your broad knowledge of interdisciplinary methods also opens up very good career opportunities in marketing, analytics or quality assurance.
Alternatively, you can also complete a doctoral programme.
There are no admission restrictions for this degree programme.
You enrol and secure your place on the degree programme for the upcoming semester.
The full application documents include theadmission application for the Master's degree in Applied Surface and Material Sciences.
Check the requirements
Do you have a university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur/Fachhochschulreife), a school leaving qualification from a country other than Germany, or a vocational qualification? If you do, you have already fulfilled the first requirement.
Register on HEonline and choose a degree programme
Use your personal details to register on the HEonline Campus Management System and choose the degree programme you want to take.
Upload your documents
Upload your documents and certificates onto the HEonline Campus Management System. We must have your documents by the enrolment deadline at the latest.
Receive your confirmation of admission and accept the university place you are offered
When you have submitted all the necessary information, you will receive an email with the pro forma letter of admission with the offer of a place at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. You can now accept the offer of a place in your HEonline account.
Apply to enrol
When you have uploaded all your documents and certificates by the deadline specified and paid the mandatory fees and subscriptions, you must confirm your details and submit them to us. This automatically submits your enrolment application. You are then enrolled for the upcoming semester at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. You will receive an email welcoming you to Esslingen and providing you with some initial information.
Please refer to the Admission and Enrolment Regulations as well as the special selection criteria for Master programmes for further information about the admission requirements for this degree programme.
Yes. You can also apply even though you have not yet received your final certificate. To admit you, we need only a summary of grades received with a provisional overall grade.
You can apply if you have written confirmation of the current provisional overall grade for your Bachelor/Diplom degree.
You must provide proof of your final grade when you enrol, however.
Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree or a Diplom in chemical engineering, chemistry, surface engineering or material sciences (or a related field).
Yes, in the summer semester, the teaching takes place at Aalen University, in the winter semester at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences.
You can continue with your Master as soon as you have completed your Bachelor. But the programme is also open to graduates with practical experience who wish to obtain a higher qualification.
You will experience Germany’s world-renowned standards of excellence in education. You will acquire networked competences in surface and material sciences and thereby create significant added value for yourself. You will be taught by experienced professors. You will benefit from specialised know-how in the relevant fields of expertise. The high proportion of practical studies (approx. 30%) takes place in excellently equipped laboratories.
“My Master’s degree at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences was the ideal ticket for my doctorate and for my first permanent job. I like to think back on the group work. Each of us brought his or her professional diversity with us through the previous Bachelor’s degree.
Working as a student trainee alongside your studies helps you to find the right field of work and makes it easier to get your career started.”
“My first thoughts about the degree? The good reputation of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in industry. Graduates from Esslingen really are in demand with companies. I can implement the technical content of the degree programme almost one-to-one in my job. In fact, I always take a look at my old documents now. The teaching was really practice-oriented.”
Timo Wetzel, Alumnus of the Master's degree in Applied Surface and Material Science
The course content is oriented towards the current and future challenges of surface and materials science.
You can become part of a research group during your studies. After completing your degree, you can aim for a doctorate.
In addition to deepening your knowledge of the basics, you will study current research results and trends.
You will deepen your theoretical knowledge in perfectly equipped laboratories. <
You can rely on your professors to support you in every phase of the Master’s programme.
Research projects and final theses on relevant study topics are part of your everyday study routine.
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