Master's in Industrial Informatics University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer

English is the compulsory language of all modules and courses.

We are witnessing rapid changes in the industrial environment, mainly driven by business and societal needs towards production customisation and the digitalisation of the economy. In 2006, the term Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) was coined to refer to the integration of computation with physical processes. CPS can be described as smart systems that encompass hardware and software as well as computational and physical components. These are seamlessly integrated, closely interacting to sense and to control the changing state of the real world in real time. These systems involve a high degree of complexity at numerous spatial and temporal scales, and highly networked communications integrating their computational and physical components. As such, CPS refers to Information-Communication-Control-Mechatronics Systems (sensing, actuating, computing, communicating, etc.) embedded in physical objects, interconnected through several networks including the internet, and providing citizens and businesses with a wide range of innovative applications based on digitalised data, information, and services.
Ontologically, the term Cyber-Physical Systems means hardware-software systems that tightly couple the physical world and the digitalised (virtual) world. In a CPS ecosystem, on the one hand every real physical object (things/assets) has one or more cyber representations, and on the other hand a cyber component or system can be linked to a physical representation, i.e. an object in the three-dimensional human-tangible world. Moreover, these things are increasingly interconnected in real-operational time, either permanently networked or communicating in an asynchronous manner from time to time, using the Internet (Internet-of-Things, IoT). Digitalised data and information associated to functions of these things are then exposed as services in the Internet (Internet-of-Service, IoS) and they can be consumed by any other CPS for performing business.
Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) forge the core of real-world networked industrial infrastructures that have a cyber representation through digitalisation of data and information across the enterprise, along the product and process engineering life cycle, and from suppliers to customers along the supply chain. As such, the competitive performance of an ICPS mainly depends on the ability to effectively collect, analyse, and use large-scale digitalised data and information from many different and often heterogeneous sources in order to sustainably and efficiently manage, supervise, and operate in the industrial environments. This effective information-driven interaction of ICPS with other real-time critical CPS like IT-enterprise systems, extending to all business processes, is viewed as vital to modern industries.
There are many challenges ahead in the convergence of computing, control, mechatronics, communications and software programming for CPS ecosystems. There is a need for investigating and learning a wide spectrum of foundations, research, and technological fields. In this context, the Master's in Industrial Informatics with a specialisation in ICPS addresses the penetration and proliferation of such ecosystems in the industrial environments, taking into account that the same trend is also evident in other domains such as energy, healthcare, manufacturing, military, transportation, consumer, enterprise, robotics, and smart cities, among others.

Non-EU applicants, winter semester (semester starts in September): 30 May
Non-EU applicants, summer semester (semester starts in March): 30 November
German & EU applicants, winter semester (semester starts in September): 15 July
German & EU applicants, summer semester (semester starts in March): 15 January

There is an obligation to submit a health insurance declaration: since 1 December 2021, the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer has been using the electronic student notification procedure (SMV). Notifications from the health insurance companies can only be accepted electronically. In addition to the application, all applicants must apply for a confirmation of insurance from a statutory health insurance company, quoting our sender number, H0002194.

Summer semester (March – August):
Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: 5 CP
Digitalisation Engineering: 5 CP
Industrial Internet of Things: 5 CP
Group Project: 10 CP
Optative One: 5 CP: e.g. Innovation Engineering, etc.

Winter semester (September – February):
Robotic Systems: 5 CP
Mathematical Modelling of ICPS: 5 CP
Data Science and Analytics: 5 CP
Peer Project: 10 CP
Optative Two: 5 CP: e.g. Human Factors and Augmented Reality, etc.

Third semester:
Master's thesis: 30 CP

The courses are organised in lectures, projects, and laboratory work.

For more details about the rationale as well as organisation of the course, please refer to the following video.

For students enrolled in this Master’s course, there is the possibility to earn a double Master's degree from an Argentinian university (Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Santa Fe [UTN-FRSF]) with financial support from the "Deutsch-Argentinisches Hochschulzentrum" (CUAA-DAHZ). For more information, please check https://www.cuaa-dahz.org/de/binationale-studiengaenge/.

Students may engage in voluntary internships and projects. This gives them a practical approach to their Master's theses, which will be written in cooperation with industry and other academic institutions in Germany, Europe, and other countries worldwide.

No tuition fees

Students will pay a semester contribution of approx. 398 EUR per semester. This covers the cost of the student union contribution and includes the "Semesterticket", a subscription-based public transport ticket for all local public transport, valid in all of Germany.

Compared to other cities in Germany, the living expenses in Emden are rather low. An accommodation costs approximately 200 to 400 EUR per month.
https://www.hs-emden-leer.de/en/institutions/international-office/international-students/living-expenses/

Requirements for admission to the Master's programme in Industrial Informatics are:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA) of a university belonging to one of the Bologna Signatory States (210 ECTS):
  • BA Electrical Engineering
  • BA Computer Science
  • BA Mechatronic Engineering

• Or an equivalent degree at a German or foreign university in a technically appropriate study programme (the equivalence is set according to the requirements of the assessment proposals of the Corporate Centre for Foreign Education at the permanent registry of the Conference of German Culture Ministers [http://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html])

Remark: Basic knowledge about real-time-critical systems and software engineering (including programming of industrial software systems) are essential requirements to successfully participate in this Master's programme.

Additionally, applicants originating from China, India or Vietnam have to hand in the original certificate of the academic assessment office issued by their German embassy (“Akademische Prüfstelle”). Your application cannot be processed without this certificate. You may find further information here:

• Akademische Prüfstelle des Kulturreferates der Deutschen Botschaft Peking (APS)/academic assessment office at the German Embassy Peking/Beijing: https://www.aps.org.cn/
• Academic Evaluation Center Science Section of the German Embassy New Delhi: https://aps-india.de/
• Akademische Prüfstelle des Kulturreferates der Deutschen Botschaft Hanoi (APS)/academic assessment office at the German Embassy Hanoi: http://www.hanoi.diplo.de/

Proficiency in English:
TOEFL-CBT > 220
TOEFL-iBT > 83
TOEFL-PBT > 500
IELTS >= 6
ELSA > 100
EPt > 500

Non-EU applicants, winter semester (semester starts in September): 30 May
Non-EU applicants, summer semester (semester starts in March): 30 November
German & EU applicants, winter semester (semester starts in September): 15 July
German & EU applicants, summer semester (semester starts in March): 15 January

Application and enrolment for scholarships are allowed upon arrival at the campus. The scholarships are limited and only available during a certain period of the year. The following scholarships are provided upon application: "Deutschlandstipendium", "Niedersachsenstipendium".

Graduation scholarships offered by the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer can be reviewed here.

Female students can also apply for a fem:talent scholarship.

Research and innovative work for the Master's projects and Master's thesis is usually performed in cooperation with local industries, e.g. VW, Honeywell, InproElectric, Thyssen Krupp, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Krone, Claas, ORGADATA, Meyer Shipyard, Rosen, Continental, Schneider Electric or Enercon, among others.

Remark: Foreign students with a residence permit according to § 16 AufenthG in accordance with § 16 (3) may work 120 whole days or 240 half days per calendar year and have the possibility to pursue student jobs.

If you study at our University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, you can apply for accommodation at the local residence hall before your arrival in Emden. There is one fully-furnished student dormitory, called“Steinweg 20”. Residence halls in Emden are not managed by the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. Rather, they are managed by an independent organisation, the "Studentenwerk". Therefore, we are not in a position to guarantee an accommodation in such dorms.

Please note that move-in times are limited due to semester dates.

Find more information here: Studierendenwerk Oldenburg

There are several student dormitories in Emden:

• Dukegat
• Haus Gödens
• Steinweg
• Douwestraße

Additionally, the International Office has various contacts for students who seek private accommodations.

https://www.hs-emden-leer.de/en/institutions/international-office/international-students/housing/

We work in close collaboration with our Career Service and "MyCampus". Thus, we support students in their professional orientation and career entry.

Studying in Emden or Leer means studying at a modern university with a personal atmosphere. Besides the mere facilitation of technical know-how, our educational goals additionally entail fostering creativity and the capacity for teamwork as well as equipping our students with key qualifications. Our highly motivated academic staff enhances the appeal of our study programmes with efficient learning methods and the commitment to ensuring individual support for each and every student.

The course of study takes place in the town of Emden (population 50,000), which is one of the locations of the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. Today 3,777 students study at the various faculties. Because of their coastal location, the region of East Frisia and the city of Emden are popular holiday destinations and offers numerous cultural and recreational facilities.
We invite you to visit the beautiful landscape in which Emden resides (the Wadden Sea, registered on UNESCO's World Heritage List).
The cost of living is fairly low. Cities such as Hamburg or Amsterdam are within 300 km of Emden.

For more information, please visit the official website of the town: http://www.emden.de.