The common study objective of the Master's programmes of Faculty I - Electrical Engineering and Information Technology is the deepening and broadening of existing subject-specific and interdisciplinary knowledge as well as methodical and analytical competences with regard to a sustainable and demanding professional qualification in industry, business and public service.

Building on the Faculty's Bachelor's degree course in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, the Master's programmes in Electrical Power Systems and E-Mobility (EEE) and Sensor and Automation Engineering (ESA) offer individual design options for students through the elective options included in the study focus. Through many implemented exercises in lectures and laboratories, through project work as well as the Master's thesis, students are given sufficient opportunity to translate theoretical knowledge into practical skills.

The combination of compulsory and elective modules also provides students with a broad and deep knowledge base for a lifelong qualification process.

Graduates of the Faculty's Master’s programmes acquire in-depth core competences in the respective study focus, are able to work on research-related problems scientifically and develop complex assemblies or systems, are familiar with independent project work as well as working in a team and can independently familiarise themselves with new subject areas and their methods.

With the Master of Engineering, graduates qualify for the careers of the higher and senior civil service of the federal and state governments.

The degree course offers in-depth scientific and practice-oriented training in the field of Sensor and Automation Engineering and is oriented towards issues that are currently being dealt with in industry. The students will acquire the competence to independently answer future problems based on the solution of these current questions and to help design proposed solutions. Building on mathematical and scientific as well as electrical engineering, economics and information technology basic knowledge of the respective Bachelor's degree courses, the Master’s degree programme in Sensor and Automation Engineering trains engineers who can understand and further develop the technology and properties of modern sensors and can ensure their usage in industrial applications. Graduates will master the optimal dimensioning of different sensor types and their use and combination for industrial production and commercial applications and evaluate the performance of the overall system. Their area of responsibility includes the development, planning, project planning, construction, assembly, operation and distribution of sensors and their integration in the automotive sector, quality testing and manufacturing.

In the sensor technology subjects, students deal with basic sensor types, their designs, properties and areas of application. Through the teaching of subject-specific and application-oriented specialist knowledge, graduates will be able to optimally dimension different sensor types and their use and combination for industrial manufacturing and commercial applications and to evaluate the performance of the overall system. The standard period of study for the course is three semesters. The courses offered for the 3-semester Master's programme include 2 semesters of seminar-based teaching with lectures, exercises, laboratories and project or term papers with the use of computers, as well as an application semester in which the Master's thesis is written.

The programme includes courses on the following topics:

Simulation of electrotechnical processes, sensors from different technical applications, communication networks for connecting the sensors to each other and to a control centre, microsystems technology, microprocessor-controlled systems as well as robotics and optimal control of an automation system.

Through a suitable range of elective modules, students are given the opportunity for individual specialisation and broadening in the field of sensor or automation technology. During the Master's thesis, students apply their theoretical knowledge to selected technical problems and independently develop technically sensible solutions.

In addition to lectures, laboratory components are an integral part of the curriculum; some of the lectures are supplemented by exercises on the computer. This increases the scope of independent work. In addition, interdisciplinary skills are taught.