- Degree
- Master of Science in Process Engineering
- Course location
- Hamburg
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Classes are held in English.
No German is required to complete the course, but we recommend that you learn some basic German before starting the programme to help with integration into life in Germany.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 3 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- This course is taught in person only. There is no option to study online.
- Application deadline
- Application periods:
1 April to 15 May (programme start: October)
1 October to 15 November (programme start: April)
Please have your school and Bachelor's certificates checked first by uni-assist (www.uni-assist.de (http://www.uni-assist.de)) to get a VPD ("Vorprüfungsdokumentation") BEFORE applying to HAW Hamburg.
With your VPD, please apply using the HAW Hamburg online application portal. Here is the link: https://myhaw.haw-hamburg.de/qisserver/pages/cs/sys/portal/hisinoneStartPage.faces (https://myhaw.haw-hamburg.de/qisserver/pages/cs/sys/portal/hisinoneStartPage.faces).
The HAW Hamburg online application portal is open during the application period only.
You do not need to send your documents with the postal mail to complete your application.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Master’s degree (MSc) programme in Process Engineering at the HAW Hamburg provides participants with scientific and practical skills, which enable the students to conduct research and work in the field of research and development, maintenance and service, planning and design of plants, plant operation or management in the process-related industry or in academia. Graduates fulfil the formal and scientific requirements to start a PhD programme.
The Master's programme covers mathematical, scientific and engineering topics of the various phases of the process plant life cycle with a strong emphasis on digitalisation/industry 4.0.
The full-time study programme consists of three semesters (90 CPs). The first two semesters (60 CPs) encompass modules such as numerical mathematics, digital plant design, advanced instrumentation and automation, process optimisation and simulation, advanced thermodynamics and separation processes, advanced solids processing and reaction engineering, plant engineering, process and plant safety, multi-physics simulation, materials and corrosion, environmental technologies, bioenergy and plant operation. Non-technical skills focus on project management and asset management as well as project finance.
Most lectures and seminars are complemented by associated practical courses with state-of-the-art software tools and experiments in our on-site laboratories. Students can deepen their competences in a scientific project in small groups. Enhanced soft skills are acquired in the seminars and during the lectures through intense discussions and small projects as well as presentations, posters and papers.
The third semester is a research semester (30 CPs) with the completion of a Master's thesis. Students will participate in a research project conducted at the university or in the industry.
This course is taught in person only. There isn't an option to study online.