This program empowers students to create real-world impactβby developing solutions that enhance social equity, environmental protection, and long-term resilience.
ππ₯π·π¦π³π΅πͺπ΄πͺπ―π¨ β’ ππ’πͺπ₯ π±π’π³π΅π―π¦π³π΄π©πͺπ± πΈπͺπ΅π© π΅π©π¦ ππ―πͺπ·π¦π³π΄πͺπ΅πΊ
TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences – THM – M. Sc. Sustainability Transformation in Engineering and Management
π Subscribe, Like, and Share: Help others discover the world of German education by subscribing to our channel, liking the video, and sharing it with your network.
Join Our Community Today! π€π
#studyabroad #highereducation #careerprospects #germanuniversities #webinarrecording #studyinGermany #educationabroad #universitywebinar #academicjourney
Chapters:
Intro: 0:00-7:30
TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences – THM – M. Sc. Sustainability Transformation in Engineering and Management – 7:35-24:00
Q&A: 28:32-37:13
And today we talk about the study programs or we will hear presentations um in the subject area of energy engineering and environmental engineering in Germany. Here are our guest. We also have professor Ho present um and I will of course introduce all of them separately. First I want to mention about my German university which is Germany’s largest study program database. This means that if you are searching for study programs in German, it does not matter in which direction. I mean like in German or in English or in combination of languages or sometimes it’s also um frequently asked question about study programs that do require examine. You can find all of that in the study finder. You can combine the filters adjust them according to your needs. For example, you already have your IELTS score or TOEFL score and you are specifically searching for programs that are accepting this. So you can always narrow down your search and then also sort programs according to application deadline or some other things. Um we also have more than 200 comprehensive articles. What is important about these articles is that first of all they are written by internationals and why this important because uh we try to address the pain points that we also went through and those articles discuss them step by step especially we know that visa and scholarships are highly requested topics and therefore we have a whole series of articles on country specific information and it can be as narrow as visa waiting time in your home country. Of course, we also provide external links um like the government or official embassy links and you can find everything in one place. The articles are also translated into different languages. So, we believe this could be additional value in case you prefer reading it in your native language which can be uh may not even be English. Uh also feel free to join our webinars. Of course, you know about them since you’re attending one right now. Um but I also want to mention we also have general webinars when we discuss broader topics like visa only assist scholarships and so on and one of them is for example tomorrow about visa and my colleague Oliver will explain step by step in case you need visa or not and what are the further steps and about financial um points for example blocked account or guarantor and so on. So these uh kind of things are discussed there and we also have a live Q&A part there and during the subject webinars we are glad to have guest speakers and the guest speakers are there to introduce your study program so you have the chance to connect with your future program already now we this is our our team we are based in Hamburg Germany and we are counseling in different languages please don’t take this counseling as onetoone counseling or that we do application instead of you. No, we don’t do that. But we connect we try to connect you with your future program and provide the information that you need to apply for study program because the application documents uh requirements and everything are very nicely listed on the study finder. As I have already mentioned our study find a few times I want to make it kind of topic or subject related and in this regard I uh searched energy engineering and environmental engineering study programs in study finder and adjusted the language to English language or English and some German and at the end I got 131 degree u results there are 19 bachelors 112 masters and and you can of course and not pros you don’t have I I really don’t have that much time to browse all 131 degree programs and the first breakdown will be to bachelor’s and masters. Um but then you can also see if the program is consecutive or not with um admission restriction or not and then narrow down your search accordingly. If you don’t know if you want to study subject in Germany or not at all, you are welcome to check subject pages and those subject pages are very interactive. They provide general information about this subject, the description of it, um average tuition fees, application admission requirements and language requirements. With this two last points, I will highly recommend you to always check each program separately because uh it’s up to a program to set its own application and admission requirements. Define how they want to see your applications via UNI assist or direct application. So it’s always very different and to be on a safe side, it’s very advisable and also recommended to uh check each program’s recommendations individually. This is the slide also in the same regard. When selecting a program, please make sure that you familiarize yourself well enough. You can even um read the program curriculara syllabuses um and all the information on the page because this is a program that you will be spending uh quite a lot amount of time and you should be guided by the content uh the program and not only by fees or rankings and so on. Really briefly about the universities in Germany. In Germany, you will see universities, technical universities and universities of applied sciences. So, universities or technical universities usually have programs that are research and theory oriented and universities of applied sciences usually have programs that are application and practice oriented. But again going back to my previous slides, please again check all programs separately because there could be exceptions on both sides. And frequently asked question is are the diplomas accredited equally? Yes. Um and the another question is frequently asked also about the further employability you can find job with both diplomas. So this is not an issue. Um very important is to check before applying to a study program please check qualification requirements. I do webinars already for three years almost and I frequently get question like I have background in this um and English language this this this am I eligible. So you need to make sure that you need meet program requirements and only after that you are welcome to start collecting the application documents because in case a program has a set GPA or a set background um degree that you need to have and you don’t meet that uh qualification uh requirement then there is no point of select starting collecting all the other documents. So this is really important. All programs have this qualification requirement section. Please check that carefully and um yeah apply accordingly. So the next slide is already about our speaker that I will also follow up with him in a bit. But therefore before that let’s give the mic to uh middle Hessen University of Applied Sciences and Daniel Kamutski and Professor Holo are here. Um they will be talking about master sustainability transformation engineering and management program uh program has no tuition fees. the application deadline. We share the presentation Daniela and I and welcome again to our introduction about our new study program sustainability transformation in engineering and management which will start in the next winter term. So maybe rough um short shortly about the THM um um we just saw the the average university of applied science has 5,000 students. We are in the size of a typical German university. We are the largest uh uh universities of applied science in in uh Germany. We have two and a half thousand or 2,700 international students um and we have 12 departments, 79 study programs and have a huge amount of also international partner universities where of course there are some strategic partnerships inside. Where is our university located? It’s um in the Frankfurt Metropolitan region located um our university is around 20 minutes or the campus in Freedburg where I’m sitting for right now in Daniela and where the study program will take place mostly is located around 20 25 minutes from Frankfurt. Frankfurt is I would say in the middle of Germany, the center of Germany. It’s a rather international um area with the um big airport and big companies um there and we have around 4,000 students here. Fritback is a small town uh with 30,000 um inhabitants but but it’s as I said rather close to the Frankfurt region with more than two million people altogether. So some key facts about our new study program. It’s a master of science and it’s a four semester program including the master’s teases. We offer it every semester. So we have two intakes uh um in the academic year and we have a numerous clauses. So our program is limited because of the um dedactic approach of challenge based learning. We will talk later about that uh up to 25 participants. So we’ll see how many applications we get but then there will be numerous clauses. The study program is divided by the department um where I’m inside. I’m also the responsible for the program and Danila is the study program coordinator and we are located in the business administration and engineering department or some also say industrial engineering. Um one remarkable thing about our study program is that there are eight from 12 departments from THM involved. So we have around uh 20 teachers um most of them professors who are involved in teaching um from different perspectives. So at the beginning something about the job prof profile. I mean all of you may know about different transformations big transformations which happen in our society. Does they could this could concern energy transformation. This could be transformation in mobility in nutrition and so on. And what we are uh uh doing in our new study program, we are we will um we will give you the competences to be a change agents for the sustainability uh transformations which will happen in our society and all our companies also in our NOS’s in communities uh during the next decades. um what was uh said in the in the beginning, you should take a look on that mission requirements and um we have a rather broad or wide range of degrees which we are accepting um degrees in engineering, economics, natural science and you should have at least uh a bachelor with six semesters. there’s no aptitude test um but you have to prove English language skills on the level of B2 and also um German language skills um for international applications at level A1 the deadline is 15th of July and here is also you can apply for the international students uni assist online portal or the eco campus system so if you should be um change agents for sustainability transformation then it’s of course clear I mean we are rather close connected to the 70 17 um sustainabil sustainability development goals of the United Nations of course we have special focus areas we will talk later uh shortly about that but this is the background of our program and then we also have do dimensions we are taking care about we have the environmental dimension especially also the climate uh topic which is very important but also biodiversity, water um uh resource supply and provision um as well as human well-being and social equity. And this is the basic of our study structure um we will you will um if you study our program one-third of the program is about um real life challenges. uh uh so we use using the um new deduct deductic and innovative approach of challenge based learning during our program one-third of your time you will spend in this kind of real life projects Daniela will tell you in a minute about that and then we have four pillars in our in our study program sustainability and society sustainable engineering um sustainable engineer engineering, sustainable economy and management and transformation in innovation. Um sustainability and society as well as transformation and innovation are compulsory um um pillars where all the modules are compulsory and inside of the sustainable engineering and uh sustainable economy and management you have um elective modules. Of course, even if you’re coming from outside, you can go abroad um maybe to another country in in in Europe. Um and uh after three semesters uh typically you write your master thesis uh as an individual project and then a bit more complicated um um it’s now changed by 90 degrees. So you have in the first term you have um we have four fundamental modules um and then we have also this challenge based learning which you can see this which is in every semester or in every term 10 credit points and this is the practice orientated uh part. Okay. And in this as you can see we have elective modules here as I said before and you can choose from from a wide range because most of our study um programs are located in the area of different engineering um degrees and management and economic degrees. Um in the first semester everybody of you who will join our um program um has the same modules. Um um we have so we have fundamental of sustainability and society. Here we in every every module of these four we have three up to four um teachers inside there which show you um the content from a different inter or multidisiplinary perspective um and introduce you to the pillars where the other modules will take place in the following semesters. Um then we have a lot of elective modules. Um these are the ones which are very close and which we um support which is supported directly by our teachers but of course you can study also other um other modules um from the university. So it’s you as you can see it’s a lot of modules about different technologies also about sustainable city um about sustainability controlling reporting sustainable supply chain management and so on and so on also life cycle assessment is inside there and um we have the study program is organized as I said it’s it’s a really challenging program because we have these eight departments with 20 teachers inside. We have this four pillars where we have a certain amount of teachers inside who work together and we have this challenge based learning part inside where every semester there will be new challenges, new programs. Um Daniela will talk about that. Okay. Then I will give the word to Daniela. Yes. Thank you very much. So um welcome from my side. Uh as you heard already um a few times um we choose a different um dedactical approach and I think one of the most exciting elements of the program is the challenge based learning or shortly um CBL. So um each semester you will take on a challenge in a real world context with focus on a sustainability challenge or question. So you won’t just absorb knowledge um you will apply it shape it and extend it. So as Nino already said we are a university of applied sciences and it’s um more the practical focus. So um this approach um transforms the classroom into a collaborative workshop where students, faculty and partners work together and um tackle together pressing challenges and um you will work in teams in international and um interdisciplinary teams and um you will um develop practical creative solutions in the context of sustainability and um we I think this prepares you best for the um for the kind of work you will need um in the changing or transformative world. So um you will be able to connect um learn and grow with a diverse community um transform theory into action. um as I said you will um you will be able to solve real world challenges and so on and um that’s why we uh decided to choose this dedactic approach. Uh we believe that um especially in this if it comes to such complex sustainability challenges it’s not enough to learn individually or by road but working together and also across different disciplines u with different perspectives and um what else you can um you can identify challenges according to your own interests and um pooling your different skills towards work on them together as a team and um all the staff already mentioned we have so many different disciplines um all the teachers who work together here they will support you um with coaching um and lectures um so you won’t go alone through these um steps um and challenge based learning um you have these three phases um that are mentioned here um engage, investigate and and act. And these three phases are um divided into three uh steps. So they will guide you through these um very complex um uh work in in um in the project. Yeah. So um next um next slide please. to see here we have in the first uh semester the transformation field energy and resource supply and provision. The second um industry innovation infrastructure and sustainable cities and communities and in the third um semester sustainable production and sustainable sustainable consumption and the fourth um there is the master’s thesis. So um you can choose uh from different fields and um work together also with external partners which is um um which we want to u make strong also during the whole study that you work with um external partners together and um be yeah to be best prepared for for the masters see this and also for the real world challenges afterwards. your study. Okay. So the next slide with the next slide we will give you a a very short impression of the life uh in Freedburg and how is it to study and um to study at the THM. Um here you see um some slides uh some pictures with the cafeteria. Um you have um yeah some nice um um sunbeds around to to relax or the coffee bar with a bip lounge and uh also um we work together a lot with the city of Freedburg where the campus is located. And this is one picture of the future room where we also um work together and students can can work in groups and teams there. So and um the next slide um this is um our maker space. Um so it’s it’s really great. You can um you have many opportunities to to create prototype and and work uh on innovative um uh questions and uh on our on campus maker space um it’s possible to yeah to work as I already said um hands-on and um learning by by doing so and on the next slide Um here you can see how the life is in Freedburg and I think Hoga would like to tell you more about that. Yeah, I can I can do so. It’s a bit uh mixture of what our student association is offering what our sports we have two sports department both in Giza and in Fredback located who offer a wide range of sports programs um from typical sport programs as well as uh also here you see this paddling competition or running competition, dance uh events, sport events even on the on the compass in front of the men where kind of a table tennis small table tennis competition. And here’s something around um what happens around Freakback. We have a very well u infrastructure for leisure activities, the swimming pool outside, inside. We have one of the biggest castles in Germany where it’s also possible to to live. As we can see later, we have lot of events, especially in summer here, like this just white event with almost 8,000 people in the middle of the town. But we also have the forest if you want to have a bit more quiet leisure time. These are the two um living opportunities uh which are offered by a student uh um department. So it’s one is located in the historical area in the castle and here you I mean anyway I think this presentations are shared. You can see this is a bit more expensive but it’s a pretty new one and and very very comfortable. Some of my students live there. Um, middle of the town and really a nice area around. And we have another one which is the more older one um, which is also 10 minutes by bike to to the THM and where you can see the departments um, are less expensive but there are also double apartments and so on um, available. Um and we have also to mention it beside a lot of different uh facilities and service which are offered especially for international students starting from facility integration, international body program, organized excursions um welcome and stay program. Um we have the free public transport ticket um um with the uh it’s already paid with the fee. We have R um bike rental and uh we have also different kind of other services but enrollment is until 15th of July and uh our program starts at uh 1st of October always the winter term and uh the official program starts one one week later. So short wrap up why you should study our program. I think um everybody knows nowadays that integrating sustainability um into the companies and communities uh um is rather important and up to actual topic. But what we can see is that it’s there’s a lack existing especially um focusing on integrating it in technical disciplines. This is what we can see here up. And um also the we think that the innovative teaching methods of challenge based learning as Daniela introduced um fit very well to this kind of study program because we are dealing with actual real life problems and um of course as a university of applied science we focus on practice orientated learning. We have a lot of um laboratories here which are also connected to the maker space spaces which are really upto-date laboratories. We are a very big university as you have seen. So it’s a it’s a very huge range of laboratories um available and of course I mean the it’s a question technically we know a lot how to transform um our companies our our branches and our um our our communities but uh typically in the programs you will not gain the competences to be a change agent later on in the company but this area we will fill with life. And I think I’m I’m also living in Freedback so I can so I can tell something about it. I think it’s a very good place to live. It’s a small town but it’s in the Ryan mine area, Frankfurt area. So everything is available in a short time and it’s really a good place to stay. And I’m here at a as a professor since eight years. I have been um um owner of two companies before and I could really say to you it’s a nice place also to study and to teach. Okay. Thanks. And we are open for questions. Of course you can also follow us on um on our website, Instagram and so on and we are open for questions. Now let’s uh start with the one that professor Hoga is already answering. What technical background is most useful for this program? Yeah, I would I would say there’s no special technical background needed because with these two pillars of um engineering and management, every student can keep in his own um area and can deepen his or her langu her knowledge in this area. We just want to take care that you also get the knowledge in the sustainability and society and the transformation and innovation part. Uh this is compulsory for everybody but you can deepen your knowledge. This was also a question um can I um I’ve seen uh yeah here here um is there is it possible to focus more on energy related sustainability topics? Of course you can because then you choose in the elective modules only energy and s sustainability related modules. You are free. You don’t need to choose um um the management modules. Then you choose four um four elective modules in the in the area where you want to deepen your your knowledge or your competences. We have a wide range. we have also in the bachelor and in a normal master program we have um um renewable energy program um so there there are a lot of uh connections and I think the there’s a wide range of modules you can you can you can choose of course we we need to take a look whether they are offered in English but we are really ex extending our program uh programs in in English nowadays so I think this this is possible. This is this was the question from from Stanislav. Um yeah, I think it’s it’s maybe then also answered with this. Yeah. Another question is can one apply while being in the last semester without final um bachelor certificate with undergraduate notification of result to apply for master. So you’re not not yet ready with their program or maybe somebody’s in the last semester um and the deadline is in July and maybe the results or final diploma will be sometime in by the end of July or Daniela you are sure about that? I didn’t get the the point. If you’re still studying, if you don’t have your degree for right now, I think uh yes, you have to uh fulfill 80% uh of the study decree. Yeah, as is written uh here. And um so then uh but you have to um get the final degree until the enrollment. So in the application phase it’s okay to have uh 80%. Okay. Then there was another question about the GPA. Do you have an average GPA that you the the grade point average? Okay. I I I introduced that we have a numerous clauses so-called and um it the numerous clauses is not fixed for um for every semester. It it it’s um it’s a question what kind of applications do we get? At minimum we have the intake of 15 students and maximum 25. This is because of the challenge based learning. the group based uh uh learning. Um we are limited to that. But it if we only get uh uh very good applications then it will be difficult to get in there with a not so good um exam. So but it depends every semester there will be different numerous clauses depending on the on the on the level of the applications we get. And so there is no like GPA requirement at like as I said 2.7 or something. No no no. Mhm. Thank you. The limitation is the limitations by uh by places. Thank you. Uh there were questions about the German language. Um um do I need to speak German for any part of the program? Daniela already answered it in written, but maybe we could voice it also for potentially interested. No, we we um we put the A1 level um in there because we think it’s for if you study in in in Germany for a lot of administrative things. um uh it’s it’s rather helpful and helps you to integrate in into um into the country where you’re studying in in there but in the lectures the German language is not needed at all. It’s more for communicating also on a in the here in the community with the other people. I mean we have a lot of German students here on the campuses. So it and for also for administrative p purposes we think it’s rather helpful. We have good um we have it in other programs in there and we uh we get good feed very good feedback from the students that it’s rather helpful to have A1 level. This is why we uh we put it in like that. And the last question maybe is about the teases. There was a question is it is there any final teases or project? Um and oh another like followup which was not written there but we also frequently get this question is it possible to do um the teases in cooperation with foreign university to have for example while supervisor with you and the other one from I don’t know home country or somewhere else. Yeah, Daniel, you would like to um it’s it’s possible to uh so if you studied the first three semester um and see what is your interest and where you want to to go deeper, you can uh you can decide and um um there are many many options um where to uh to to do the final master’s thesis. So um I think yeah we have all options. Yeah. Typic typically our students uh more than 90% do their te thesis in together with a company or with a with a community. Typically it’s it’s a company could but could be also NGO nonprofit company but typically it’s inside of the company we have not so many uh theoretical um um exams um it but it could also happen in this case we have I have very often because I’m also um sustainability coordinator for the university we we sometimes have have our university as a practical partner. So I mean we also do envir sustainability reporting, we do sustainability management, we um we have all this um obliged uh things. Uh I mean we have sustainable procurement. So it could be also that you use our university for for doing thesis. Thank you. Then dear attendees, I also put the central students advisory uh service um email and I also have contact person as Daniela. I don’t know if I’m allowed to put your email as well. Um sorry can I repeat as a contact like maybe for further questions is it okay if I also put your email um in chat or it’s better to have the studio uh um no you you can put it uh in the chat of course right dear attendees um then I see no more open questions