Aims of the master's degree programme in Systems Engineering
Systems engineering is an approach that integrates various disciplines. It enables interdisciplinary systems to be successfully understood, designed and implemented whilst balancing technical and economic requirements. Systems engineers master systems; they are not mastered by them. This applies to both technical and socio-economic systems.
The master's degree programme in Systems Engineering equips students with a wide range of methodological (e.g. systems design or project management) and social (e.g. intercultural communication or working methods) skills. The focus is on management and successful interdisciplinary collaboration, whilst subject-specific topics take a back seat.
Module Overview
The modules offered on the Master’s programme are either compulsory modules or compulsory elective modules. An overview of the module structure can be found in the study and examination regulations.
| No. | module | ECTS | semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fundamentals of Systems Engineering and Requirements Engineering | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | System analysis, system design and system testing | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Modelling and simulation | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Quality Management and Legal Affairs in systems engineering | 5 | 1 - 2 |
| 5 | Project Management | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | Applications of Systems Engineering with a focus on MBSE and PLM | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | SE Project | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Working Methodology, Social Skills and Business English | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | compulsory elective module | 10 | 1 - 3 |
| 10 | Master's thesis | 30 | 2 - 3 |
Courses are generally offered as “seminar-based teaching with integrated practical sessions” or as “internships”. In some cases, new teaching methods such as the “flipped classroom” are also used, which involve a high degree of independent learning as well as considerable individual flexibility in terms of time management.
The degree programme is successfully completed when a final mark of at least ‘satisfactory’ has been achieved in all modules and in the Master’s thesis. Most modules are concluded with a final examination at the end of the semester. These primarily take the form of module assignments, presentations, written or oral examinations – depending on what best suits the ‘nature’ of the module in question. The teaching language is English for the module ‘Working Methodology, Social Skills and Business English’ and for the compulsory elective module ‘Business English Advanced’. In other modules, German is predominantly spoken.
Within the range of compulsory elective modules, students must enrol in suitable modules totalling 10 ECTS credits. At least one of the modules to be selected from this range must be chosen from a so-called ‘List 1’, which is approved by the Faculty Council at the start of each new semester and published in the course timetable.
The additional ECTS credits required to pass the compulsory elective module may be selected from ‘List 1’ or ‘List 2’. ‘List 2’ comprises the modules offered on the master's degree programmes at the University of Applied Sciences München. The modules must not duplicate any course listed as a compulsory module on the master's degree programme with the same or lower study load (ECTS), and they must be at Master’s level.
Further information on List 2.
The choice of a module from these lists is therefore deemed to have been approved. Further modules from master's degree programmes at Hochschule München may be approved upon application to the examination board.
Elective modules may be taken in any semester.
Module handbooks