Industrial Engineering

This degree course is the product of a collaboration among three of Hamburg’s higher education institutions which has enabled the combination, unique in Germany, of application-centred training in engineering skills with a research-oriented education in business and economics. HAW Hamburg and the Helmut Schmidt University of the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) (HSU) contribute the scientific and engineering side, while Universität Hamburg takes care of economics and business modules.

On graduation, industrial engineers find themselves able to choose from a broad spectrum of potential careers at points of intersection between business and engineering. They make excellent all-rounders in roles which secure smooth cooperation among various technical and business-based areas of an organisation, and are ideal candidates for leadership positions in companies across various specialisms.

This degree course is tailored to graduates of the inter-institutional B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering run by Universität Hamburg and HAW Hamburg, and is also ideally suited to those who hold a comparable degree from another institution. It is a good next step forward for industrial engineers who want to expand their potential career base and advance their prospects of higher management positions.

This inter-institutional, modular degree course is four semesters in duration and has a winter semester intake only. It takes place at HAW Hamburg, at Helmut-Schmidt-Universität der Bundeswehr (HSU) and at Universität Hamburg, in accordance with the content of the modules concerned (science and engineering, business/economics and research).

The engineering side of the course offers a range of focal areas as follows:

• Energy engineering
• Logistics
• Biomedical engineering
• Product development (focusing on dimensioning)
• Product development (focusing on design)
• Production engineering
• Process engineering

The business part of the degree is covered by Universität Hamburg, which makes its entire range of Master’s-level courses in business available to students, enabling them to specialise in areas such as supply chain management, leadership, financing and marketing.

A broad-based integrative curriculum brings together engineering and business-based perspectives. Students conclude the course with a Master's thesis, completed over a period of six months.

The application process takes place through the Universität Hamburg:
https://www.hwi.uni-hamburg.de/master/bewerbung/zulassungsvoraussetzungen.html

The degree course accepts new students in the winter semester. Application deadline: 1 June–15 July (for the subsequent winter semester). 

Please note that the number of places is restricted and the admissions process is selective.

Applications and admissions
Service for Students (SfS) 
Applications and Admissions Team
Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg
www.uni-hamburg.de/studierendenzentrum

For general questions about studying and degree courses
Universität Hamburg Student Counselling Team (ZSPB)
Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg
Tel.: + 49.40.428 38-7181
studienberatung(@)uni-hamburg.de
In-person office hours (third floor): Mon, Tues, Wed: 10:00 am–1:00 pm; Thurs: 2:00–6:00 pm
Telephone office hours: Mon, Tues, Wed: 10:00 am–12:00 pm; Thurs: 2:00–4:00 pm

For general queries about degree courses:
HAW Student Counselling Team (Studienberatung)
Stiftstrasse 69, 20099 Hamburg (Berliner Tor Campus)
Tel.: + 49.40.428 75-9110
studienberatung(@)haw-hamburg.de

Office hours

Subject-specific inquiries
Universität Hamburg
Faculty of Business Administration
Moorweiderstraße 18
20148 Hamburg
Tel.: +49.40.42838-9026
knut.haase (at) uni-hamburg (dot) de

HWI Administration
Frau Albers
Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg
Tel.: + 49.40.428 75 - 6051
heidi.albers (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de​​​​​​​