Welcome!

Information for Incoming Students
to the Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
HAW Hamburg

Are you interested in automotive or aeronautical engineering?
Would you like to study in another country?
Would you like to broaden your horizon?
Would you like to be financially sponsored?
Would you like to experience another major European city?

Than come to Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering!

Information Package

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This info pack was written especially for foreign student applicants with an interest in Aeronautical Engineering. It is already based on the new time table for studies towards the Bachelor and Master Degrees.

General important note: Although most lectures will be given in German, there are also many possibilities for students with only English language skills (see the info pack for details).

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Foreign students have the option to study the Bachelor modules "Architecture of the Aircraft Cabin" and "Mechanical Aircraft Cabin Systems" as well as complete a research project in this area in English. These modules are offered in the summer semester (March – July 2010). The programme is a total of 16 ECTS credits with an overall workload of 510 hours.

You may consider to stay longer than just one semester and study towards a German Degree - the Bachelor or the Master. We offer two different study majors in Aeronautical Engineering (and even more in Automotive Engineering):
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Videos

Come study in Hamburg - A Visual Introduction
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Study Hamburg - Impressions of four Students			729M
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science			86M
Fakultät Technik und Informatik			86M

Video-Info

Links to further Information

Further information is available on the web. The info packs (see above) contain much of this information in a concise form.
Hamburg
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg)
International Office at the HAW Hamburg pin

    University Brochure for International Students (PDF)
    Mini Brochure for International Students (PDF)
Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
    Aeronautical Engineering

Application

Please fill out the application form (that will be mailed to you by the International Office) and consider the deadlines:

Winter semester: Sept. - Feb. Application deadline: 30. May
Summer semester: March - July Application deadline: 30. November

Along with this form you will need to supply a learning agreement and a transcript of records.

Preparations to Go Back Home

Collecting Credits
As international student at the Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering you will attend courses. The lecturers will send your grades of each course to the Studenten Sekretariat of the HAW. Your results of each course will be displayed via Online-Studentenverwaltung. Check out these pages to learn about how to log in:

user (Benutzername): you student id number
password (Passwort): Your date of birth (DDMMYYYY) and the first two letters of the town where you were born.
                     Example: 18121976Pa

Transcript of Records from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
At the end of your stay you can obtain a "German Transcript of Records" from the Online-Studentenverwaltung. Send a copy of this form to the International Office and ask for a translation towards an "International Transcript of Records". The transcript of records should show your courses, the amount of ECTS credits and your grades according to the ECTS. Ask to get your translated transcript of record signed.

item Translation of Grades
The German grades that you receive originally will be translated into ECTS grades using the table below (as long as no other table exists). Your home institution will then translate the ECTS grades into grades according to your local grading scale. In this way you can get credit for the courses that you took in Hamburg.

HAW-Noten ECTS-grades

up to 1.5
(0.7, 1.0 and 1.3) sehr gut A = excellent

above 1.5 up to 2.0
(1.7 and 2.0) gut B = very good

above 2.0 up to 2.5
(2.3) gut C = good

above 2.5 up to 3.5
(2.7, 3.0 and 3.3) befriedigend D = satisfactory

above 3.5 up to 4.0
(3.7 and 4.0) ausreichend E = sufficient

above 4.0
(5.0) nicht ausreichend F = fail

LAST UPDATE:  10 April 2012
AUTHOR:  Prof. Dr. Scholz

  Prof. Dr. Scholz
  Aero - Aircraft Design and Systems Group
  Courses in Aeronautical Engineering
  Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
  Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
  Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

HAW-Noten		ECTS-grades
up to 1.5 (0.7, 1.0 and 1.3)	sehr gut	A = excellent
above 1.5 up to 2.0 (1.7 and 2.0)	gut	B = very good
above 2.0 up to 2.5 (2.3)	gut	C = good
above 2.5 up to 3.5 (2.7, 3.0 and 3.3)	befriedigend	D = satisfactory
above 3.5 up to 4.0 (3.7 and 4.0)	ausreichend	E = sufficient
above 4.0 (5.0)	nicht ausreichend	F = fail