Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)

Study Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology

Environmental protection - Industry 4.0 - Robotics
Would you like to actively promote climate and environmental protection or are you enthusiastic about the technology of the future? In the Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology degree programme, you will learn the foundational principles for developing technical solutions to the pressing issues of our time.

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Content

What is the Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology degree about?

The degree is practice-oriented and comprises seven semesters. - The first semesters focus on the fundamentals of mathematics, physics and chemistry, which form the foundation of your degree.
In the course of your degree, we will teach you a broad spectrum of foundational knowledge and the applications of physical, biochemical and chemical sensor principles within the fields of environmental analytics and sensor technology, industrial sensor technology, chemistry and biochemistry analytics. This also includes a sound knowledge and understanding of material sciences.
Building on your knowledge and skills in electrotechnical circuitry, data collection and programming, the processing of complex sensor data, sensor integration and the use of modern IT technologies will form an important part of your curriculum.

Practical relevance: laboratory work, internship & Co
Part of your degree will take place in our physics and chemistry laboratories, in the atomic laboratory and in the clean room laboratory, which is unparalleled anywhere in Bavaria. The centrepiece of our research facilitities is 'SappZ' - the Sensor Application Centre, where we work on new projects in cooperation with industry. This offers you immense advantages: the opportunity to work on real projects, complete an internship or thesis and benefit from contacts within industry.
You can find out more about SappZ here: www.sappz.de

What else will you learn with us?
We will also prepare you comprehensively for your future professional life. This includes modules in the areas of key skills, soft skills or foreign languages. The elective module (AW) programme at the OTH Regensburg offers you one of the largest ranges of general elective modules in Bavaria. Three elective modules are a compulsory part of the Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology degree programme and you can voluntarily take additional modules, depending on your personal interests. This include modules such as presentation techniques, rhetoric, foreign languages or additional certificate courses for technical degree programmes.

Umweltsensorik Experiment mit Handschuhen

Strengths of the degree programme

Small but select

Enjoy the advantages of a small faculty: a family atmosphere, personal support and intensive supervision. Here you are not a number, but a person with a name. You will benefit from practice-oriented teaching in small groups.

Lab work, internship and co

You will always be given the opportuntiy to test your knowledge in practice. Part of your course takes place in our physics and chemistry laboratories, in the atomic laboratory and in the clean room laboratory, which is unrivalled anywhere in Bavaria.

Sensor Application Centre (SappZ)

The centrepiece of our research facilitities is 'SappZ' - the Sensor Application Centre, where we work on new projects in cooperation with industry. This offers our students immense advantages: the opportunity to work on real projects, complete an internship or thesis and benefit from contacts within industry.

A degree with a future

Through our research cooperation with industry, we have excellent contact to local companies and to regional world market leaders, but also to businesses abroad. You can benefit from this - whether for exciting internships during your studies or finding your future employer.

Career opportunties

What career prospects do I have as an environmental and industrial sensor technology engineer?

Your Bachelor's degree is complete - and now what?
Do you want to start your professional life or perhaps do a Master's degree first?
Information on the various options for continuing your studies is summarised here:

    • Environmental protection and environmental analysis
    • Climate protection, emission and air pollution monitoring
    • Process and plant monitoring in industrial manufacturing
    • Fault analysis and material analysis (laboratory technology)
    • Environmental sensor technology
    • Health and food analysis and sensor technology
    • Positioning technologies, surveying
    • Technical optics and image processing
    • Medical engineering
    • Sensor technology for construction and buildings (surveying, building physics, construction materials, building climate control, monitoring and control for energy efficiency)
    • Building and plant energy efficiency, emission control
    • Automotive technology (exhaust gas monitoring, engine control)
    • Smart home and comfort functions
    • Communication technologies (smartphones, tablets, cameras)
    • Industry 4.0 / Internet of Things

  • Our Master's programme "Master of Electrical and Microsystems Engineering" is open to you. The Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Cultural Studies offers this course, which directly builds on the Bachelor's in Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology. 
    Find other master's degree programmes at OTH Regensburg in our study programme overview.


Structure and modules

How is the degree programme structured?

The Bachelor's in Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology is a full-time course lasting seven semesters.

  • Modules:

    • Data Processing for Sensors
    • Mathematics 1 + 2
    • Engineering Physics 1
    • Technical English
    • Technology Assessment and Ethics
    • General and Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory Exercises
    • Electronic Circuits for Sensors

    In addition to the modules mentioned above, three Mandatory General Studies Elective Modules (so-called AW modules) must be completed in the first and second semesters. Students can choose from a wide range of courses according to their personal interests:

    •  Foreign languages
    • International programmes
    • Orientational knowledge (e.g. cultural studies, natural sciences, economics)
    • Social and methodological competence (soft skills)
    • Technology and engineering sciences

    More details and a catalogue of AW modules and additional courses can be found on the AW programme webpages.

    For more information, see the study and examination regulations, course handbook and module handbook on the right.


  • Modules -  semesters 3 and 4:

    •  Engineering Physics 2 with Laboratory Exercises
    • Statistical Methods
    • Chemical Analytics with Laboratory Exercises
    • Mechanical Component Design
    • Programming 1 and 2
    • Engineering Physics 3
    • Physical Sensor Principles
    • Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
    • Functional Material Sciences
    • Engineering Metrology and Test Engineering with Laboratory Exercises
    • Mandatory Subject-specific Elective Modules

    Practical semester
    In their fifth semester, our students complete an industrial internship. Detailed information can be found below under the heading "practical semester".


    Modules - semesters 6 and 7:

    •  Methods of Nuclear Physics
    • Environmental Analytics and Instrumental Analytics with Laboratory Exercises
    • Signal Processing with Laboratory Exercises
    • Student Research Project
    • Mandatory Subject-specific Elective Module
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Norms and Standards
    • Sensor Applications for Environment and Industry

    Bachelor's thesis

    The programme concludes with the Bachelor's thesis, dealing with a concrete research question.


  • The internship is scheduled for the fifth semester of your degree. It comprises 18 weeks and offers you the opportunity to apply what you have learned in a company, organisation or institution and to gain initial professional experience.


  • The module handbook contains all the modules and subjects in the degree programme with the following information: 

     

    • Standard number of semesters
    • Number of hours
    • Form of teaching
    • Content
    • Lecturers
    • Teaching material
    • Forms of assessment
    • Permitted aids
    • Learning objectives
    • Number of credits achieved with each module

Dual study programmes

What dual study models are available for the Bachelor's Degree?

The Bachelor's degree course in Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology can also be studied as a combined degree course or as a degree course with in-depth practical experience, whereby the special practical relevance is achieved through intensive content-related, organizational and contractual integration of the study programme with the practical partners.

You can find general information on the dual study programme here (only in German).

Alternative module descriptions apply for some modules for students completing a dual study programme. For details, please refer to the study plan for dual students and the module handbook.

Studierende untersuchen Modell-Hubschrauber

Study Ambassadors

Students know best what is particularly important and interesting before or during their studies. And they know both the faculty and the university and know what else is important about studying. That's why our student ambassadors for the Bachelor of Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology are available to answer questions and talk to students on an equal footing.

Studies and organisational matters

So that everything runs smoothly

When and where do the lectures take place? Which legal regulations have to be observed? And how can you combine studying and childcare?
Answers to these and other questions about studying Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology can be found here.

  • Lectures take place on the main campus of the OTH Regensburg in the buildings of the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Cultural Studies (ANK).

    Buildings T,G, I & K
    Seybothstraße 2
    93053 Regensburg


  • System accredited


  • Are you curious about other countries and cultures and would like to gain experience abroad as part of your degree? - Our partnerships with international universities, especially in Asia, offer you the perfect starting point. We are also happy to help you with your preparations and advise you on which preparatory courses make sense (languages, intercultural competence, etc.) and how an internship or semester abroad can be financed.

    The Internship Officer and the Internship Office provide support for all aspects of your internship: 

    • Internship Officer
    • Internship Office

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    SPO, course handbook and exam handbook - here we explain the documents containing regulations on studying and examinations. Please find the documents linked on the right side.

    The legal basis: The Study and Examination Regulations (SPO)
    The Study and Examination Regulations (the so-called SPO) form the legal basis for the Bachelor's programme in Environmental and Sensor Technology. Among other things, they contain information on:

    • Study objective, qualification requirements
    • Programme structure, standard period of study
    • Practical semester
    • Progression of studies
    • Bachelor's thesis
    • Interpreting examination results and the overall grade
    • Certificate and academic degree
    • Overview of modules, assessments and credits

    The overview: The course handbook (Studienverlaufsplan)
    This document contains an overview of all modules, the respective number of semester hours per week and ECTS credits. It serves as a guide for semester planning and subject allocation.

    Exams in focus: The exam handbook (Studienplan)
    This document provides information on the subject of examinations. Among other things, it contains information on:

    •  Type and duration of examinations
    • First and second examiners
    • Permitted aids

Application info

1. Please register in the  OTH Regensburg application portal. It is not necessary to register with “Hochschulstart” for this degree programme.

2. The application process is entirely online. Complete the online application and upload all required application materials. This includes as a minimum your university entrance qualification. If further documents are necessary, they will be requested in the application portal.

3. Make sure you regularly check your status in the application portal. Here you can also see whether any documents are still missing. You can upload missing documents by the end of the deadline. If you upload the required documents, your status will change.

4. You will automatically receive email notifications via the application portal when your application status changes.

 

5. If all application documents have been received within the application deadline and are valid, you will then receive an offer of a place of study online via the portal as well as an additional e-mail notification from the Admissions and Organisation Office of the OTH Regensburg. Please note that it is no longer possible to apply after the application deadline. 

6. So what comes next? You can find all the information you need in the section under "Admissions and enrolment".

 

For winter semesters:

Application period for first semesters: 1 May - 15 September
Application period for higher semesters: 1 May – 15 June

For summer semesters:

(no start of studies, therefore an application is only possible for a higher semester. This requires creditable achievements from a relevant programme of study).

Application period for higher semesters: 15 November - 15 January

 

1. Please register in the application portal of OTH Regensburg .

2. You can now select the programme you want to apply for. Please go through the steps of the application, read the information carefully and upload the required documents when prompted. If you are applying for a higher semester, the most important documents are your university entrance qualification (for details please also check the tab „International“), certificates of language proficiency, official transcripts of records showing the courses you already completed, as well as a completed and signed application for credit recognition. Additional documents will be pointed out in the application portal.

Important!
You should only apply for a higher semester if you have already completed at least one semester in a similar university degree in terms of academic level (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) and field of study. If you are currently enrolled in your first semester at university, you should not apply for a higher semester because you will most likely not receive your exam results before our application deadline (we do not accept any documents after the deadline).

To assess whether you have already completed creditable work, you should first read the study and examination regulations of the programme you wish to study, in particular which courses and modules are included in the curriculum. Further details of course content can be found in the programme’s module handbook. You can find these documents on the OTH Regensburg programme website. If you believe that you have already completed courses that are equivalent in terms of content and workload to courses from the programme’s curriculum at OTH Regensburg, you can make a proposal for recognition to the Admissions Board by listing these courses in the application for credit transfer. You also need to submit transcripts of records. Please combine these with course or module descriptions from your previous university. Instead of uploading the complete module handbooks, you should only upload the module descriptions of the courses you have completed. If the courses were taken at OTH Regensburg, module descriptions are not required. If you would be interested in studying the programme in the first semester as well, you should apply separately for the first semester (different deadlines or requirements may apply).

3. Please check the OTH Regensburg application portal regularly for updates on your status or missing documents. If necessary, you can upload any missing documents before the application deadline.

4. As soon as your application has been processed by the Admissions Office, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with additional information. Please note that receiving a confirmation e-mail does not imply that you will also receive admission.

 

5. If all application documents have been received within the application deadline and are valid, you will receive an e-mail with further information after the examination committee has checked the documents. Please note that it is no longer possible to apply after the application deadline. 

6. The examination committee decides on the crediting of academic achievements and whether a placement in a higher semester is possible. This placement is based on the creditable achievements and not on the semesters completed. Please note that there may also be admission restrictions in the admission procedure for higher semesters. 

7. So what comes next? You can find all the information you need in the section under "Admissions and enrolment".

 

For their application at the OTH Regensburg, international applicants need

  • a university entrance qualification
  • an adequate knowledge of German

 

UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE QUALIFICATION

For an application for a Bachelor’s degree programme at the OTH Regensburg (university of applied sciences) international certificates, transcripts of your educational records and diplomas must first be recognized by uni-assist. Please request a so-called “preliminary review documentation” (in German abbr. VPD). (Exceptions are applications from the PR China and Vietnam. The recognition lies in the responsibility of the particular Academic Evaluation Center. However, if the APS certificate does not show a grade, a VPD is also required. Applicants from India need a certificate of the Academic Evaluation Center of India in order to request the VPD from uni-assist.)

 

GERMAN LANGUAGE SKILLS

German language skills on level DSH 1 are required. You have to upload your German language certificate either when applying or when enrolling via the online portal.

These certificates are recognized as an alternative to the DSH 1 certificate:

  • TestDaF: TDN 3 in all sections of the exam
  • Studienkolleg: Feststellungsprüfung „Deutsch“
  • DSD: Level II with B2 in all sections of the exam
  • Goethe: C1
  • telc: telc Deutsch C1, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule
  • ÖSD: C1
  • UNIcert® Deutsch III

Please read all texts and, if available, linked documents directly under Application Info!

 

If you need a visa to study in Germany, you should look into the visa procedure and (if necessary) register on the waitlist as soon as possible. Depending on your country, receiving a visa appointment can take a long time. On the other hand, our admission letters are only valid for one semester and admission cannot be deferred.

You can find more information for prospective international students (on visas or other issues) on the web pages of the International Office.

For prospective students with a master craftsman's certificate

With a master craftsman's certificate or an equivalent equivalent qualification, you can apply without restriction and have no subject restrictions, as you have a general university entrance qualification. In the application portal, you will be asked for your higher education entrance qualification. Please enter "Beruflich Qualifizierte Meister" (vocationally qualified master craftsman).

When applying, in addition to your complete certificate including grade point average, you must also submit documentary proof of an interview with the departmental advisor for course guidance. Please make an appointment as early as possible. The name and contact details can be found in the "contact" section of each degree programme. Your course guidance advisor will also provide you with documentary proof that the interview took place. Documentary records of academic counselling from other universities in Bavaria are recognised for the same or similar degree programmes and must also be uploaded in the application portal. Other documents specific to your chosen study programme can be found in the application portal.

Attending a preparatory course (including mathematics) is particularly useful for taking up a technical or engineering degree programme. The OTH Regensburg offers suitable preparatory courses for those with vocational qualifications.

If you would like to study part-time - i.e. parallel to your job - rather than full-time, we recommend that you visit the pages of the Centre for Continuing Education and Knowledge Management (ZWW).

 

For prospective students with a vocational qualification certificate

If you have completed vocational training, it is possible to apply for a place at university with a specific subject in mind. Your vocational training and the degree programme you wish to pursue must have a subject-related connection. In the application portal, you will be asked for your higher education entrance qualification. Please enter "Beruflich Qualifizierte Gesellen" (vocationally qualified journeymen).

Please upload the following documents with your application:

1. Certificate of completion of vocational training including grade point average

2. Certificate of completion from a vocational school

3. Proof of subsequent full-time employment of at least three years relevant to the vocational training.

4. Other documents specific to your chosen study programme can be found in the application portal.

5. Documentary record of an interview with the departmental advisor for course guidance. Please make an appointment as early as possible. The name and contact details can be found in the "contact" section of each degree programme. Your course guidance advisor will also provide you with confirmation that the interview took place. Documentary records of academic counselling from other universities in Bavaria are recognised for the same or similar degree programmes and must also be uploaded in the application portal.

For full admission, applicants are still required to complete a two-semester probationary period, i.e. admission is tentative and subject to certain conditions.

Attending a preparatory course (including mathematics) is particularly useful for taking up a technical or engineering degree programme. The OTH Regensburg offers suitable preparatory courses for those with vocational qualifications.

If you would like to study part-time - i.e. parallel to your job - rather than full-time, we recommend that you visit the pages of the Centre for Continuing Education and Knowledge Management (ZWW).

Admission and enrolment

If your application has the status “Gültig” ("valid"), you can already be assured that you will be offered a place in a study programme at the OTH Regensburg. (This does not apply to Bachelor degrees in Architecture, Industrial Design and Midwifery). You can download the corresponding “Zulassungsbescheid” (admission letter) in the application portal. You can accept your offer of admission immediately in the application portal and enrol online.

Enrolment generally takes place in August for the winter semester and in February for the summer semester.
If you have also applied for a degree programme with restricted admission, please wait with your current enrolment until the allocation of places in study programmes has been decided. However, to be on the safe side, you should enrol by the end of the deadline at the latest.
If you cannot be admitted due to missing documents, you will receive a letter of rejection.

Documents

The following documents must normally be uploaded for online enrolment at the university:

  • “Antrag auf Immatrikulation” (Application for enrolment) along with other documents required, depending on the individual case. You will be able to download the application for enrolment after accepting the place of study online in the OTH Regensburg application portal.
  •     Signed “Einwilligungserklärung zum Datenschutz” (declaration of consent regarding data protection). You will receive this together with the application for enrolment.
  •     Copy of valid identity card/passport
  •     Digital notification of health insurance, see the following notes "I would like to enrol. What do I have to do?"

Semester fee

You will receive the transfer details for the semester fee with your application for enrolment.

I want to enrol as a student and have to provide proof of health insurance. What do I need to do?

  • If you have chosen public / statutory insurance, please contact your health insurance company and inform them that you are planning to enrol at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg. Your health insurance company will then send us a digital notification known as M10. Please note that we cannot accept any insurance membership certificates in PDF or paper form. Our institution number is H0000048 (please provide this to your insurance company if necessary).

    If you have questions about public vs. private insurance, please check the website of the DAAD.


  • If the insurance from your home country is not accepted in Germany and you are over 30 years old, you may have chosen a private health insurance for Germany. In this case, please contact any public health insurance company in Germany with your insurance documents. Please inform them that you would like to enrol at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg and remain privately insured. The health insurance company will then send us a digital notification of your exemption from public insurance. Please note that we cannot accept an insurance membership certificate from your private health insurance instead of the exemption. Our institution number is H0000048.

    If you have questions about public vs. private insurance, please check the website of the DAAD.


  • If you are already insured in another EU country, your insurance may be accepted in Germany. If that is the case, you need to apply from exemption from compulsory public insurance. To do that, please contact any public health insurance company in Germany, send them your insurance documents and inform them that you would like to enrol at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg. The health insurance company will then send us a digital notification of exemption. Please note that we cannot accept any insurance membership certificates in paper form. Our institution number is H0000048.

    If you are coming from a non-EU country and/or are over 30 years old, you need to take on public or private health insurance which is valid in Germany. The website of the DAAD should help you better understand your options and choose the type of insurance which is best for you. After you have chosen your insurance, please ask your insurance company to send us a digital confirmation message of your insurance, or (if you have chosen private insurance) apply for exemption as instructed above.