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Engineering

Diplom Maschinenbau at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Diplom programme in mechanical engineering preparing students for the wide range of fields in which machines and technical systems are developed and used.

Faculty: Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering  |  Duration: 10 semesters (5 years) full-time; 20 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); German-taught; Diplom  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

The first four semesters teach mathematics, science and engineering fundamentals: mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, design theory, machine elements and manufacturing technology.

Career pathways

Research, design and product development, factory and plant planning, production, maintenance, quality assurance, work design and industrial research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Abitur (general higher-education entrance qualification) or an equivalent entrance qualification. German language proficiency is required; international applicants and German applicants with foreign qualifications must meet the university's language requirements. Applicants whose foreign qualification does not give direct access to German higher education must first attend a Studienkolleg. Numerus clausus: no (open admission). Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Application period: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July (without proof of German for study); 1 April – 15 September (with proof of German for study). Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 10 semesters (5 years) full-time; 20 semesters part-time

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