Power Engineering and Renewable Energies (EB)

In our daily lives we expect sufficient electric energy to be available at all times. We take it for granted that our household appliances, lighting and heating work.

Reliable energy is also crucial for the economy, but at the same time we still need to keep the environment in mind. Energy production, transmission and distribution should be conducted in a resource-efficient manner.

Our students can expect a diverse degree programme that equips them with knowledge and skills in:

• handling energy economically through efficient energy management,
• the area of renewable energies, and
• classical energy engineering fields such as high voltage technology and electrical machinery. 

Key future areas of work in electrical power engineering will be expanding electromobility and researching options for energy storage.

Our graduates can look forward to exciting, forward-looking professions; excellent career prospects await those with bachelor's or both bachelor's and master's degrees.

Our graduates find work at:

• energy producers (in power plants)
• suppliers of renewable energy systems
• network operators
• developers of drives, particularly for electro vehicles

The Technische Hochschule Mannheim bachelor's degree programme features a high level of practical relevance and offers contact to industry at an early stage. Practically-oriented teaching is guaranteed by:

• a high percentage of laboratory exercises in the foundation and main part of the degree course,
• an integrated internship semester,
• a study project,
• writing a bachelor's thesis, often directly in a local company.

Alongside individual practical experience, engineers need knowledge of systematics, logical thought and abstraction skills for their work. These theoretical capabilities are also taught in our degree programme. 

All the individual subjects can be found at: Standard study plan.

This degree programme is also offered with an English language foundation course. The bilingual start to the course is aimed at both foreign and German mother tongue students. In an increasingly globalised world, intercultural skills are a key additional qualification.
All the students are taught together in German during the main part of the course.

Additional key skills such as project management and communication techniques can be gained in block courses accompanying the programme. Besides expert knowledge, these skills play an important role in the daily work of an engineer.

Students can launch their careers immediately after gaining their bachelor's degree or continue studying with our three-semester master's degree programme in "Automation and Energy Systems". 

A university of applied sciences course is very different to a university one. It features:

• relevant practical knowledge and skills,
• small class sizes, and
• applied research.

Our graduates gain individual practical experience early in their course, and can therefore launch their careers in industry directly after completing their bachelor. Contacts can be forged with potential employers by two internships in industry - the practical internship semester and the bachelor's thesis 
Small semester intakes help foster personal contact between fellow students, professors and university staff. Students often thus form study groups that make studying easier. They can also contact professors directly with questions at any time.