Transportation Industrial Engineering, B.Sc.
Transport is a dynamic growth market. Freight traffic alone will double in the coming decades. Technical developments such as intelligent roads or wind-powered container ships are also influencing traffic. The mobility of the future needs creatively thinking traffic management engineers who develop technical solutions without losing sight of the economic aspects.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €336.80 per semester |
| Campus | Campus Haspel |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
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 →About the programme
With the Bachelor of Science in Transport Management Engineering (Vwing) course, you can obtain a first professionally qualifying, internationally recognized degree at a university (“first cycle degree”) in six semesters. The Bachelor of Science Vwing offers you a combination of transport engineering and economics. You will acquire interdisciplinary knowledge in the dynamic growth market of "transport". If you consider, for example, the expected doubling of freight traffic in the coming decades, it is understandable that innovative thinking engineers who develop and implement new solutions are in demand - without neglecting economic methods.
The Bachelor of Science Vwing should enable you to plan your professional career in this future-oriented industry. The course opens up a continuous education from the bachelor to the master with the possibility of a subsequent doctorate. But even without a master's or doctorate, there are good career opportunities in operational areas after successfully completing the bachelor's degree, e.g. in the local public transport sector or in transport logistics. In the past and present, graduates of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal with a specialization in "Transport" have consistently found an immediate and good transition into the job market, e.g. in the public transport sector, in local and state administrations or in engineering offices.
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The university bachelor's degree also imparts methodological knowledge and specialist knowledge for future managers, e.g. in small/medium-sized transport companies, in traffic administrations or in engineering offices.
What you study
The bachelor's degree comprises 6 semesters of standard study time and is structured in modules (see module semester plan). In each semester, proof of performance with an average of 30 credit points in various modules must be acquired. The course is successfully completed when the candidate has acquired a total of 180 credit points in the modules required by the examination regulations. Knowledge is imparted in more than 20 individual modules.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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- Verkehrsgesellschaften und -unternehmen,
- Aufgabenträgern des Öffentlichen Verkehrs,
- Straßenbau- und Verkehrsverwaltungen,
- Transport- und Logistikunternehmen und
- Aufsichtsbehörden.
Des Weiteren erschließen sich mögliche Tätigkeiten in den Bereichen
- Controlling,
- Consulting,
- Projektmanagement für betriebliche Verkehrsanlagen,
- Umweltmanagement sowie in der Industrie,
- in Ingenieurbüros,
- Bauunternehmen und
- Forschungseinrichtungen im Verkehrswesen (Master).
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €336.80 |
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 | Via uni-assist, 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.
- 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 via uni-assist until 15.01uni-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.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
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.
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Don't postpone the application
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.