Faculty of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering

The IEF offers a clearly structured pathway from Bachelor to Master and beyond across its core disciplines.

Bachelor programmes (7 semesters) with consecutive Master's (3 semesters):
- Electrical Engineering
- Information Technology / Technical Computer Science
- Medical Information Technology (joint programme with Universitätsmedizin Rostock)
- Computer Science
- Business Informatics

Research-oriented Master's programmes (4 semesters) — 3 of 4 English-taught:
- Electrical Engineering (English)
- Computational Science and Engineering (English)
- Computer Science International (English)
- Visual Computing

Teacher education (Staatsexamen, 10 semesters):
- Computer Science as a subject for Gymnasium and Regional School teacher qualification

Additionally, the IEF contributes modules to Vocational Pedagogy (Berufspädagogik), Business Education (Wirtschaftspädagogik), Industrial Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen — with specialisations in Automation, Electrical Energy Technology, and Electronics Technology), and Mechatronics (21 Bachelor + 20 Master modules from the IEF).

Universität Rostock was the first classical German university to add a technical faculty — in 1950 — giving the IEF more than 70 years of unbroken engineering tradition.

• Three English-taught Master's programmes (Electrical Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Computer Science International) — no German language barrier for postgraduate study
• ~1,400 students from 56 countries create a genuinely international study environment
• 34 professorships across 8 institutes means direct access to active researchers, not just large-lecture anonymity
• State-of-the-art labs and teaching spaces across three renovated campus buildings in Rostock
• Interdisciplinary programmes — including the unique B.Sc./M.Sc. Medical Information Technology co-delivered with Universitätsmedizin Rostock — bridge engineering with healthcare
• Funded by the European Union, federal ministries, and state ministries, with active DFG Collaborative Research Centre and ERC Synergy project grants
• Regular presence at career and study fairs across northern Germany (vocatium Rostock, jobfactory Rostock, vocatium Berlin, and more) ensures strong regional industry links

The IEF's eight institutes span the full breadth of electrical engineering and computer science, with several externally funded flagship projects anchoring its research identity.

Key funded research projects:
- DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1270 ELAINE — electrostimulation and implant research, combining simulation and experiment; includes an Integrated Research Training Group
- ERC Synergy Project ADAM — European Research Council-funded collaborative project
- BMBF Centre for Innovation Competence — federal ministry-funded innovation hub
- Rostock Centre for Interdisciplinary Implant Research (ROCINI) — cross-disciplinary implant research
- ModularShipAssist — completed joint project on autonomous ship navigation, with successful sea trials in Rostock

Active research themes (named on faculty programme pages):
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Autonomous driving and autonomous maritime systems
- 6G communications
- Renewable energy systems
- Robotics
- Microelectronics and circuit technology
- Medical implants and electrostimulation

Institute structure:
- 6 Electrical Engineering institutes
- 2 Computer Science institutes

The faculty also supports spin-off formation, with a dedicated Ausgründungen (start-up) programme, participation in the MVpreneur Day, and the Ideenwettbewerb MV innovation competition.

With students from 56 countries and three fully English-taught Master's programmes, the IEF is structured to welcome non-German speakers at postgraduate level.

English-language Master's programmes (no German required for the programme itself):
- Electrical Engineering
- Computational Science and Engineering
- Computer Science International

Bachelor programmes and the Visual Computing Master are taught in German, so prospective Bachelor applicants should prepare for German-language instruction.

The faculty hosts a regular Internationaler Stammtisch (International Get-Together) for international students and prospective applicants — a concrete peer-integration opportunity beyond formal orientation.

The IEF Studienbüro (Student Advisory Office) offers personal study counselling for applicants. The faculty also participates in the Rostock's Ocean Technology Summer School (RoOT) and the JOINT UNIVERSITIES ACCELERATOR SCHOOL (JUAS), providing additional short-format academic programmes relevant to advanced international students.

The IEF operates across three main campus locations in Rostock, a Baltic Sea port city in northeastern Germany. All buildings are either new or fully renovated, housing state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching rooms suited for hands-on engineering and computer science work.

Rostock is served by Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG), approximately 25 km south of the city centre, with connections to Frankfurt and Munich for onward international flights. The city's central railway station connects directly to Hamburg (under 2 hours) and Berlin (around 2.5 hours by ICE).

On-campus facilities include modern engineering labs (electronics, circuits, medical technology, computer science), access to the Universität Rostock library network, and the IT and Media Centre. The compact city size means all three IEF sites are reachable without long commutes.

IEF graduates enter industries where demand for qualified engineers remains structurally high across Germany and Europe.

Industries and roles typical for IEF programme graduates:
- Electrical energy and renewable energy — power systems engineers, grid automation specialists (aligned with the Electrical Energy Technology specialisation in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen)
- Automation and industrial control — automation engineers, embedded systems developers
- Medical technology — biomedical engineers, medical device developers (Medical Information Technology graduates; sector employers include Germany's Medizintechnik industry)
- IT and software — software developers, IT architects, data scientists (Computer Science and Business Informatics graduates)
- Maritime and autonomous systems — systems engineers for autonomous vehicles and vessels (linked to ModularShipAssist and robotics research)
- Electronics and microelectronics — circuit and hardware engineers, semiconductor industry roles
- 6G / telecommunications — communications engineers, network architects
- Research and academia — PhD pathways supported by the IEF's Integrated Research Training Group (SFB 1270), Graduiertenakademie, and dedicated PhD funding programmes

Business Informatics graduates are additionally positioned for roles in IT consulting, enterprise systems, and digital transformation across industry sectors.