New: €500 bonus for each successfully completed semester in the additional certificate
Engineer for processing machines and plant technology
The additional certificate opens the doors to many of the more than 3,200 member companies of the VDMA (German Engineering Federation). The German mechanical and plant engineering industry is the largest industrial employer in Germany and employs 1.35 million people. Together with the VDMA, a training profile was defined for which there is particularly high demand.
As part of the Bachelor's, Master's and Diploma programmes in Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, students can
- complete the compulsory elective or specialisation in "Processing and Extraction Machinery"
- take a number of additional modules
in addition to the "Master of Science" or "Diplomingenieur" degree. ""Engineer for processing machines and plant technology" can be obtained.
The training programme was created in consultation with the VDMA, which organises around 3,200 companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
The following modules must be taken:
| Module | Credit points | Semester | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Mechanical Process Engineering | 4 | Winter semester | |
| Classical- and Mischmaschinen | 5 | Wintersemester | |
| Grobzerkleinerungsmaschinen | 6 | Sommersemester | |
| Feinzerkleinerungsmaschinen | 6 | Sommersemester | |
| Sortiermaschinen | 5 | Wintersemester | |
| Agglomeratoren | 4 | Wintersemester | |
| Fördertechnik | 4 | Wintersemester | |
| Entstaubungsanlagen | 4 | Sommersemester | |
| Aufbereitungsanlagen for mineral materials | 4 | Summer term | |
| Design of extraction and construction machinery | 5 | Winter term | |
Mechanical properties of solid rocks or Mechanical properties of loose rocks | 3 | Winter term/Summer term | |
| Project work on the subject area | 11 | winter semester/summer semester | |
| Master's thesis on the subject area with colloquium | 30 | winter semester/summer semester |
Recommendation for enrolment in the specialisations and compulsory electives:
- Specialisation: Processing and Extraction Machinery (31 CP)
- Conveying Technology as a module for specialisation in engineering (4 CP)
In total, only modules totalling 11 CP must be completed in addition to the standard curriculum.
