Process Engineering and Energy Technology (Bachelor)

Process engineering and energy technology are of tremendous significance for our society. They provide answers to questions in our everyday life: How does sugar beet become a bar of chocolate, how is crude oil turned into a cagoule? How does seawater become drinking water and old newspapers a new cardboard box? These are just some examples from the fascinating world of the engineering science of process engineering. In a nutshell, process engineering investigates and develops technical processes which transform materials, according to their type, characteristics and composition, chemically, physically or biologically into serviceable intermediate or end products. In German-speaking countries, process engineering at the universities has developed out of mechanical engineering. In Anglo-American countries on the other hand, it has evolved out of chemical engineering. At Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, this knowledge domain is taught in the international Bachelor course in ”Process Engineering and Energy Technology (PEET)”.

• Objectives and special features 
• Employment opportunities for graduates 
• Structure of the course 
• International focus 
• Admission conditions 
• Application and selection procedure 
• Institutes and networks 
• Advice for students 
• Website of the study course 
• Lecturers 

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 PEET_BA_Flyer_Internet.pdf
 

Objectives and special features

Due to its diversified nature, process engineering forms a fascinating and modern link between the natural sciences and classic engineering and has tremendous future potential. It is the technical/scientific basis for many branches of the economy and encompasses over 75 % of all industrial production, such as crude oil, energy, metallurgy, non-metallic minerals, glass, ceramics, wood, cellulose, paper, textiles, plastics, fertilisers, food and luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics etc. Production methods in process engineering are composed of a large number of basic chemical and/or biological processes and physical unit operations. Chemical and biological processes serve to change the chemical nature of materials; with physical unit operations (mechanical and thermal), mixtures of materials are formed or broken down and materials are fragmented, shaped, extracted, cooled or heated. These process engineering production processes are of particular importance for the global economy; many products which stem from the palette of these processes are of existential significance for mankind. The international Bachelor course in PEET at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences does justice to these criteria.

Employment opportunities for graduates

An ongoing increase in the requirement for variety, quality and quantity ofprocess engineering products and the necessity for ever greater economy in manufacturing processes has led, over the last decades, to the tempestuous development of special processes, apparatus and plant components, and bestowed process engineering with interesting engineering tasks in research and practice.
Process engineering will be faced with fascinating challenges in the future too when it is a matter, more so than in the past, of constructing environmentally friendly and safe installations which make efficient use of resources to manufacture marketable products. The Process Engineer, who is working more and more in an international environment, will confront these challenges and, in co-operation with engineers from other disciplines, natural scientists, economists and ecologists in an interdisciplinary team, have to solve highly interesting tasks of great future importance.
Employment is to be found in enterprises, organisations or public bodies whose activities require personnel with engineering qualifications on a permanent basis. Possible areas of employment are: Plant operation, operations scheduling, EDP, development, manufacturing, servicing, design, laboratory work, assembly, organisation or technical distribution, (project) planning, testing, quality control, safety and maintenance.

Structure of the course

The practice-oriented PEET Bachelor course lasts seven terms (210 CPS). The Bachelor with the qualification as ”Bachelor of Science” from the ”Process Engineering and Energy Technology” course is an engineer in the sense of the Ingenieurgesetze (”Engineer’s Law” ) of the German federal states. Internationality as well as the application of modern teaching methods are to the fore:

- 50% of the sylabus is taught in English

- A period spend abroad lasting at least six month

- Student exchanges with universities and similar institutions abroad

- Practical exercises to complement the lecture programme

- Bachelor thesis undertaken at home or abroad with the assistance of a foreign professor

- Possibil. of a furth. qualif. in the framework of he Mastercourse

- Teaching of interdisciplinary qualifications (e.g. sales and marketing)

International focus

Internationalisation is a key qualification feature of the practice-oriented ”Process Engineering and Energy Technology (PEET)” Bachelor course. The international focus is reflected in the fact that 50 % of the syllabus is held in English. At the same time, the international dimensions of the topic in question – as far as is relevant – are tackled in all lectures, seminars etc. In addition, the course aims to have about 50 % foreign students. This was supported in the launch phase by the German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD). Internationalisation also means that students are encouraged to undertake international exchanges. This is possible, for example, in the framework of a term spent abroad or of the practical term. Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences maintains partnerships with the International School of Economics in Rotterdam (Netherlands), with the Mikkeli Institute of Business Studies in Mikkeli (Finland), with the Universidade de Vigo (Spain), with Satakunta Polytechnic in Rauma (Finland), with the Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials in Barcelona (Spain), with the Akademia Morska Gdynia (Poland), with the University of Teesside (England) and with the Université du Havre (France), amongst others.

Admission conditions

An applicant wishing to be admitted to the "Process Engineering and Energy Technology (PEET)" Bachelor course must fulfil the following requirements:

- successful completion of a school education lasting at least twelve years. Foreign applicants must meet the admission criteria of the guidelines laid down by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.

- good language skill

B2*: at the beginning of the course, the corresponding language module (English or German) must be registered. After the second term, students must verify that they have passed the relevant examination in accordance with Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Evidence of English language skills in accordance with Level B1 for German course applicants is generally fulfilled by submitting a German certificate which permits university entrance. Foreign course applicants can verify their English language knowledge by successfully passing a language test, e.g. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or TOEFL (computerbased, Test of English as a Foreign Language) with at least 213 points. Foreign course applicants must generally provide evidence of German language skills equivalent to Level B1 at the beginning of the course.

Application and selection procedure

To apply for the PEET course, applicants must complete in full the relevant application form and either submit it in person or send it by post, together with all the necessary documents, before the closing date to the Admissions Office of the University. The form can be obtained from the Student Counselling Centre or the University's homepage. Closing dates for applications and other deadlines are published on the University’s homepage or can be obtained from the Student Counselling Centre. It is recommended that non-German applicants submit their applications to the ASSIST Office for prior checking. Further informations can be found under www.assist.de.
Admission to the PEET course is restricted. 30 course places are available per year. Admission to the course is in the winter term of any given year. Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences implements a special procedure for the selection of applicants. Details about this procedure can be found on the University’s homepage.(not in this year)

Institutes and networks

Special features of the PEET Bachelor course are its variety and the different parties involved. Excellently equipped technical laboratories and institutes make sure the Bachelor course maintains a practical focus. The following laboratories facilitate practical training which complements the lecture programme:
Applied Chemistry/Chemical Process Engineering, Process Automation and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Process Engineering and Thermal Process Engineering/Energy Technology. In this way, theoretical know-how is consolidated through practical examples. In the ”Institute of Mechanical and Thermal Unit Operations”, for example, modern process simulation programmes (Aspen, Hysis, etc.) and other standard software products (Fluent, Mathcad, etc.) are tackled at a very high level. Another platform is an association at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences which promotes and supports its process engineering courses (”Förderkreis zur Förderung verfahrenstechnischer Studiengänge an der Hochschule Bremerhaven e.V.”). It is run by former and current students, professors and enterprises, as well as sponsors, and regards itself as a living process engineering network (http://peet.hs-bremerhaven.de).

Advice for students

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Questions about course content should be addressed to:

Website of the study course

http://peet.hs-bremerhaven.de/

Lecturers