Robotics, B.Eng.
Robots are already screwing devices together, taking on complex thinking and caring for people: robots have become an integral part of today's world. Most of the robots do their work in factories. Nevertheless, there are a variety of other devices that are also considered robots: For example, autonomous, mobile robots that can carry out explorations or walking robots. There are also household and service robots that function as vacuum cleaners, window cleaners or lawn mowers. Or robots that resemble humans or animals. They should adapt to and interact with people, for example to give them information. Areas of application for these are the care of older and disabled people or the care of children. Artificial intelligence is not only playing an increasingly important role in these social robots, as they are supposed to respond flexibly to human needs. The latest developments therefore focus on the generation and collection of well-founded knowledge and data at the machine level. The machine can learn from its human operators and then improve performance. Almost half of the newly deployed industrial robots should be equipped with at least one intelligent function such as predictive analytics or autonomous perception within the next two years. AI-based collaborative robots (cobots) will become increasingly important in the future to create healthy and safe living and working conditions that are less harmful to the environment and achieve more sustainable working conditions in factories. It is predicted that the market for consumer robots will double. The next generation of AI-based robots will focus less on physical tasks and more on teaching and interacting with family members.
* Planned start: WS 2020/21 - subject to approval by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) |
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| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €42 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
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 aim of the bachelor's program in robotics is the practice-based imparting of interdisciplinary specialist knowledge and methods based on scientific knowledge and methods for the design, construction, operation and use of robots as well as of electrical and information systems for their control, sensory feedback and Information processing. In addition to professional competence, social and methodological skills are imparted to promote personal development and leadership skills. The social skills acquired through internships, seminars or projects enable students to work as part of a team or to lead a project group. Together, this leads to independent work in the area of development and deployment of autonomous, mechatronic systems for automation, digitization and networking in industrial production, but also for other socially relevant areas such as medical technology or personal, robotic assistance.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCost of study
| Semester contribution | €42 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
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.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, 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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If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 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.