Maschinenbau/Mechanical Engineering

Green hydrogen is the key to storing and transporting renewable energy. As an engineer, you can play an active role in transforming our energy system. After all, the energy transition can only succeed with professionals and leaders who have a solid foundation of knowledge. And even if your path takes you in a different direction later on, a broad foundation will always open doors for you.

In the Automotive track, you’ll bring topics like lightweight construction and battery-electric powertrains directly to the road. Through projects like the Schluckspecht or the Black Forest Formula Team, you’ll contribute to the development of highly efficient vehicles. Specializations in topics such as technical acoustics or the Lattice Boltzmann method will sharpen your expertise in the vehicle engineering of the future.

How do we improve prosthetics, orthotics, and sports equipment? In Biomechanik, you’ll develop and test systems that facilitate interaction between people and technology. In our in-house Biomechanik lab, you’ll learn about state-of-the-art 3D motion analysis to precisely evaluate innovative products and answer specific research questions.

In mechatronics, you combine electrical engineering, Maschinenbau, and Informatik into a cohesive whole. This interdisciplinary approach is in greater demand than ever on the job market. You’ll learn everything about industrial digitalization and modern mobility. And you’ll apply your knowledge directly in student projects such as the Black Forest Formula Team, Schluckspecht, and Sweaty.

Innovation is a structured process. We’ll show you how to systematically solve technical problems using best-practice methods such as TRIZ or the Advanced Innovation Design Approach, including AI-Inventive-Design. This will enable you to create forward-looking products with real market potential. Become an expert in innovation management and learn how to drive real breakthroughs in industry.

Before machines or processes are ready for the market, they must pass simulation tests. Here, you will learn the necessary tools: computational fluid dynamics, modeling and simulation, finite element methods, multibody dynamics, and even Lagrangian neural networks. Building on your foundational knowledge of advanced mathematics and Engineering Mechanics IV, you will create digital models that are indispensable in modern development.

Components must withstand increasingly complex stresses while remaining energy-efficient. In materials engineering, you will explore how materials behave during manufacturing and in operation. In elective courses such as high-temperature materials mechanics and materials-based FEM, you will combine theoretical models with practical application in our computer labs.

Hochschule Offenburg charges an administrative fee of 80.00 euros per semester and a social contribution of 65.00 euros for the Studierendenwerk Freiburg. In addition, the University’s student body charges all enrolled students a student body fee of 25.00 euros per semester to fulfill its responsibilities. Students on leave of absence from their studies are also required to pay these fees; however, foreign students enrolled on a temporary basis are exempt pursuant to Section 60(1), sentence 2, of the Higher Education Act (LHG).

= 170 euros per semester

Additional costs for PLUS Education degree programs (degree programs with a teaching certification option)

For students in the following bachelor's programs 

• Elektrotechnik/Informationstechnik PLUS Pädagogik

• Mechatronik PLUS Pädagogik

• Media Technology/Business PLUS Education 

• Wirtschaftsinformatik PLUS Pädagogik

an additional fee of 28.00 euros for local public transportation (semester ticket) applies, in accordance with the fees regulations of the Freiburg Studierendenwerk.

Note: You pay the semester fee to Hochschule Offenburg; however, you are enrolled at both Hochschule Offenburg and Freiburg University of Education. 

Additional Costs for International Master's Programs

Students in international master's programs must also pay a flat-rate service fee of 150.00 euros per semester.

Since the 2017/18 winter semester, universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg have been charging international students tuition fees of 1,500.00 euros per semester and students pursuing a second degree 650.00 euros per semester.

You can find more information about these fees here:

https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-HSchulGebGBWrahmen

https://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/universities-studies/studying-in-bw/studying-financing/fees-for international students and second studies/faqs?highlight=Studying-fees

http://www.bw-studyguide.de/en/studying/finance-and-funding.html

Exceptions to Tuition Fees for International Students:

According to Section 3 of the LHGebG, international students who are not citizens of an EU/EEA country and do not hold a German university entrance qualification are required to pay tuition fees. However, the law provides for a few exceptions.

To determine whether you are required to pay tuition fees, you can use the following information form and send it, completed and accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, to studiengebuehren@hs-offenburg.de:

Tuition Fee Information Form (PDF)

To apply for an exemption from tuition fees, please use the corresponding application form:

Application for Tuition Fee Exemption for International Students (PDF)

Application for Tuition Fee Exemption for a Second Degree Program (PDF)

Pursuant to Section 6, Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the LHGebG, Hochschule Offenburg may fully or partially exempt a limited number of international students from tuition fees if it deems them to be particularly gifted. The requirements, etc., are set forth in the bylaws governing tuition fee exemptions for international students based on exceptional talent. Students at the University can find more detailed information in the relevant announcement on the intranet.

Information about BAföG is available on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. If you have any questions about BAföG, the Freiburg-Schwarzwald Studierendenwerk—which is responsible for Hochschule Offenburg—will also be happy to assist you under the “Money” section. You can submit applications for financial aid at the Studierendenwerk’s branch office on the Offenburg campus.

Studierendenwerk Branch Office

Badstraße 24, 77652 Offenburg

Phone: 0781 205-328

Office hours:
Mon and Wed from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.,
as well as by telephone appointment

Here you’ll find a PDF in which we’ve summarized the criteria for what are known as “standard achievements”—the requirements you must demonstrate to continue receiving funding after two years of BAföG support.

A scholarship takes the financial pressure off you. Find the right support in our overview of scholarship programs.