Mechatronics is all about the intelligence under the hood: How do I make modern machines "smart"? How can their efficiency be improved and their CO2 emissions reduced? What can we learn from nature? And how do man and machine work together best?
These and other exciting questions concerning the development, production and marketing of complex technical products are the focus of your studies in mechatronics, a highly interdisciplinary engineering science between electrical engineering, computer science and mechanical engineering. It forms the backbone of many technical systems - from smartphones to electric cars and biomedical devices. Mechatronics is modern mechanical engineering.
In your studies, you will learn to design precisely these technical systems, to design electronic circuits, to develop software for microcomputers and to regulate mechatronic systems, making them safer and better. Special fields of application and focus in Ilmenau are microsystems technology and biomechatronics, which combines mechatronics with biology and medicine.
In this way, you will develop methodological knowledge and interdisciplinary skills that you, as a mechatronics technician, can use, for example, to ensure that engine and transmission are perfectly matched and environmental pollution is minimized, or you contribute to progress in medicine or resource-saving production with robotics and sensor technology.
Whether as a team leader in international development teams or in course research, in the automotive industry, aerospace technology, IT and electronics industry or biomedical technology: As a mechatronics engineer, you are guaranteed to be a sought-after engineer who anticipates trends and helps shape the future.
