How will we move around in the future in a resource- and environmentally-friendly way? Which concepts support flexibility and are also sustainable? You too can shape the mobility concepts of tomorrow’s world! Learn to develop and design advanced vehicle parts and components. At the same time, can you imagine passing on knowledge to young people? Then the study programme in Automotive Engineering and Mechanical Engineering offers you the best prerequisites to do so.
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Period in semester7 Semester
Languages of instructionGerman/English
Application PeriodsWinter semester: 30 April to 15 July
Summer semester: 31 October to 15 January
The study contents are based on essential content of the study programme Automotive Engineering (approx. 85%).... The study programme is supplemented with content from Education (approx. 15%).
Whether you choose to pass on your knowledge to young people or pursue a career in traditional engineering. Both paths are open to you.
As a vehicle technology engineer, you will work at the interface to Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Management after your graduation. As a specialist in the key disciplines of Automotive Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, you find yourself in demand on the labour market, and all sectors are open to you.
The Bachelor’s degree certifies that you are able to teach technical content. Among other things, a career in commercial education and knowledge management is open to you.
A subsequent Master’s degree at the PH Ludwigsburg qualifies you as a higher education academic lecturer (“Lehrkraft im Höheren Dienst”) with teaching qualifications FZ (Automotive Engineering) and FT (Production Engineering).
After registering on the national application portal www.hochschulstart.de, you can apply via the Campusmanagement-System HEonline at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences.
For admission to the engineering education degree programme, you need proof of a 12-week preliminary internship.
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 for a successful application.
Register on hochschulstart.de
Please register on the national application portal hochschulstart.de to receive your Applicant ID.
Register and apply on HEonline
The next step is to register on Esslingen’s HEonline Campus Management System and apply for one or more degree programmes. When you have submitted your application on HEonline, you can also see it on hochschulstart and prioritise your choices.
Upload your documents
We need your documents and certificates so that we can process your application. Please upload them on the HEonline Campus Management System. We must have your documents by the application deadline at the latest.
All done!
You can check the status of your application at any time via HEonline. You should keep your login details in a safe place. Shortly after the application deadline, you will be able to see whether you have received an admission offer on HEonline and hochschulstart.
The video tutorial shows you the most important application steps and the importance of prioritization.
Detailed information about the application procedure
Orientation programme: Getting to know Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Student life (student finance, food & accommodation, leisure activities)
There are usually more applications than places available. This means that not all applications for degree programmes will be successful. The places available will be awarded in accordance with the result of the university’s own selection procedure.
We are unable to give details of any admission restrictions (numerus clausus, NC) in advance. The NC states the selection threshold and the waiting time in semesters (periods of 6 months) for the last student in the ranking who is admitted to the degree programme. This means the NC varies depending on the number of applicants, their selection thresholds/waiting times and the number of places available. Since this is different for each application phase, we are unfortunately unable to provide any information about the admission restrictions (NC).
For some of the Bachelor degree programmes at Esslingen, the admission procedure for applications for the first regular semester is via the national application portal Hochschulstart and the “dialog-oriented service procedure - DoSV”, where you can apply for a maximum of 12 university places.
To process your application, the “Application/Admission” team needs all the documents required for the admission procedure at Esslingen. You can upload these online via Esslingen’s HEonline campus management system.
Yes. You can also apply even though you have not yet received your final certificate.
You can upload your university entrance qualification in Esslingen’s HEonline campus management system until the application deadline at the latest.
Students wishing to take this programme must have pre-degree practical technical experience in a relevant industrial field or have gained experience of a similar nature while at school or during their vocational training. It is also possible to gain this practical technical experience during the semester break once you have commenced your programme. The deadline for completion is the end of the 3rd semester of study (28 Feb. or 31 Aug.).
Do you love technical and digital challenges? Do you enjoy passing on knowledge and can you imagine working in training and further education? Do you like working with young people and would you like to teach later? Then this degree programme will be an interesting option for you. After graduation, you decide whether you want to work as an engineer or in education and training or apprenticeship.
I chose Hochschule Esslingen – University of Applied Sciences primarily because we have a super practical focus. We have a lab – the CAST – where we can work on vehicles during lecture time. For example, we also have a laboratory with an engine test bench. It’s a lot of fun to apply the theoretical content directly in practice.
Tamara Cirillo, student in Engineering Education Automotive Engineering – Mechanical Engineering
Both paths are open to you: A career in training, further education, apprenticeship or the classic route as an engineer.
You will link your theoretical knowledge in numerous laboratories, project and group work with practice.
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences is one of only five universities in Baden-Württemberg to offer you this unique programme.
In the heart of the high-performance economic region of Stuttgart, you have the best career prospects after graduation.
Partnerships with the University of Tübingen and PH Ludwigsburg ensure the high standard of the educational content.
The course contents are based on essential content from the innovative Automotive Engineering study programme.
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