Electrical Engineering and Information Technology: Engineering Science for Energy, Mobility and Communication

ARISE focuses on integrating and optimizing advanced technologies in Cyber-Physical Systems. Students explore Digital Twins for real-time monitoring, simulation, and optimization with cloud-based services. They study System Architectures, defining the structure and behavior of complex systems, and Architectures for designing robotic systems in industrial applications. Control Engineering topics include designing controllers for dynamic systems, including autonomous ones. Information Models provide structured data representations for system integration and decision-making. This specialization prepares students to innovate in automation and robotics, managing complex projects with System Engineering skills. Job prospects include Production Technologies, Energy Automation, Robotics, Medical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronic Systems Design, and System Architects.

The restructuring of our energy supply and the move away from the combustion engine in mobility present a number of exciting challenges. Important future topics such as electromobility, power electronics, photovoltaics, wind power, battery storage and the production of green hydrogen are key elements for the successful realization of a CO2-neutral energy system. In order to make optimum use of renewable energy sources, we also need an intelligent power grid that enables the efficient distribution and storage of energy.
The Field of Specialization EPE prepares students for exciting fields of activity in the service of society: These important technologies form the basis for our sustainable energy supply and mobility of the future in an almost “all-electric society”.

Information is the foundation of today's world

The processing of information and its communication has become an integral part of modern societies and global value chains. Every day, huge amounts of data are collected, processed and transmitted worldwide in almost all industries and all areas of modern human life. This has only become possible thanks to state-of-the-art information and communication technologies that capture data, extract information from it, store and link this information, transmit it both locally and globally and process it for people. All of this must be done in real time with the lowest possible energy consumption and while maintaining the integrity and security of the data. In addition to processing data in embedded systems, transmission via fiber optic and wireless networks must also be considered intensively. The aim of the “Information and Communication” specialization is to teach the necessary fundamentals and application knowledge.

Our technological development is being driven forward on ever smaller scales. To this end, the laws of quantum physics are being used to develop innovative technologies such as quantum computing. In addition, the properties of light and its applications for data transmission are being researched in the fields of optics and photonics. The components of optoelectronics and microelectronics enable the conversion of light signals into electronic signals and vice versa. These technologies also form the basis for photovoltaics and thus make a significant contribution to sustainable energy generation. The combination of these topics offers exciting opportunities for future technological advances.