Intelligent Manufacturing, M.Sc.
Processes and systems of modern product creation are highly integrated and supported by digital tools described by terms like Industry 4.0 and Intelligent Manufacturing. To provide customized solutions, flexible production, and realize a resource-saving circular economy, sound knowledge about product design, production technologies and data acquisition is required. The master program Intelligent Manufacturing educates future engineers with distinctive problem solving capabilities and core professional competencies in the fields of product, production, and automation engineering as well as data management and informatics.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €198 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The master program is organized in four semesters and includes two fields of study. Within the first three semesters the students complete advanced courses in production engineering and basics of information technologies. In addition interdisciplinary and methodical skills to deal with problem solving and research questions in the field of Intelligent Manufacturing will be conveyed within project-based courses. From the second semester one of two fields of study has to be selected providing a number of elective courses for advanced studies in product and process design as well as manufacturing analytics and optimization. The master thesis is part of the fourth semester and can be written in cooperation with a company.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Engineers in the field of Intelligent Manufacturing shape future products and processes to produce products with high value and low impact on environment. Facing the current transformation of industry and the existing strength of manufacturing companies in Germany and internationally, opens up challenging and future-proof fields of work. Graduates of the master's program are prepared to take on specialist and managerial tasks in different industry branches. Therefore, the master program aims at an interdisciplinary and research-oriented education to provide insights into current research. The project-based teaching concept will prepare students for hands-on problem solving and fosters self and methodical skills required to cope with challenges in the field of Intelligent Manufacturing in industrial practice and research. Two fields of study allow for specialization on flexible and intelligent product and processes as well as manufacturing analytics and optimization.
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Fields to work in as a graduate are for example:
- automotive industry and engineering industry with focus on product engineering and manufacturing
- consulting with focus on implementation of new production technologies and engineering tools
- research and development within companies and at university
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €198 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The master's degree program in Intelligent Manufacturing is aimed at applicants with a bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree in the degree programs − Mechanical engineering/mechatronics − Electrical engineering/information technology − Applied Computer Science as well as in closely related engineering courses. |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application directly to the university until 15.01Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
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The deadline is 15.01.2027 (93 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.