Masters Degrees in Engineering, Austria

The 21st century calls for graduates with an interdisciplinary training and problem-solving competence in the fields of ecology, energy, resources etc. Process engineering, for example, with such fields as environmental- and energy engineering, is now seen as one of the key disciplines. It deals with the engineering required for a wide range of processes and the transformation of materials, in which raw materials are converted in a series of unit operations into salable intermediate and final products.

One focus of training within the discipline relates to the development and application of various environmental and energy technologies. Both environmental- and energy engineering are classified as green technologies, which have developed at an above-average rate in the last few years. That is due to growing social awareness for sustainability and the finite nature of our resources on the one hand and legal constraints on the other. The latter in particular call for innovative processes and technologies in response to today’s challenges. The Master program in Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering is designed to communicate the knowledge, methodology and problem-solving competence needed to tackle a very wide range of engineering problems in the above mentioned fields. With its commitment to bridge-building between the academic and the business worlds, Management Center Innsbruck also provides essential teaching in the increasingly important horizontal disciplines of law and economics, and the skills needed for today’s labor market.

Major Energy Engineering

In the light of dwindling energy resources and volatile energy prices, energy engineering has become an integral economic factor with enormous potential for growth, especially in such fields as energy generation from non-fossil primary energy sources, energy distribution and energy savings. MCI graduates with a specialization in Energy Engineering typically deal with a wide variety of processes, from conventional power plant engineering to the conversion of energy carriers and their various precursors, and decentral energy supply systems. The major in Energy Engineering caters for these market requirements by communicating the relevant knowledge and skills with a combination of in-depth teaching and practical applicability.

Given their interdisciplinary training and the program’s strong practical orientation, graduates are particularly well qualified to work as engineers at the interface with business and management with special reference to the following areas:

Energy trading, energy management & natural resources
Renewable energies
Glass industry
Oil industry
Consulting engineers, consulting & engineering
Paper and paper products
Chemicals
Gas and heating supply industries

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The 21st century calls for graduates with an interdisciplinary training and problem-solving competence in the fields of ecology, energy, resources etc. Process engineering, for example, with such fields as environmental- and energy engineering, is now seen as one of the key disciplines. It deals with the engineering required for a wide range of processes and the transformation of materials, in which raw materials are converted in a series of unit operations into salable intermediate and final products.

One focus of training within the discipline relates to the development and application of various environmental and energy technologies. Both environmental- and energy engineering are classified as green technologies, which have developed at an above-average rate in the last few years. That is due to growing social awareness for sustainability and the finite nature of our resources on the one hand and legal constraints on the other. The latter in particular call for innovative processes and technologies in response to today’s challenges. The Master program in Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering is designed to communicate the knowledge, methodology and problem-solving competence needed to tackle a very wide range of engineering problems in the above mentioned fields. With its commitment to bridge-building between the academic and the business worlds, Management Center Innsbruck also provides essential teaching in the increasingly important horizontal disciplines of law and economics, and the skills needed for today’s labor market.

Major Environmental Engineering

Graduates of this study program, with its strong practical orientation, typically work with a variety of Environmental technologies processes, from air and water pollution control and residual waste treatment to alternative energy carriers. They are capable of analyzing environmental pollutants and employing the results to develop technical solutions to reduce the impacts on soil, air and water. They may also be responsible for controlling, optimizing and monitoring plants and ensuring compliance with the relevant laws.

Graduates tend to work as process and environmental engineers in the following fields:

Environmental engineering
Natural resources
Renewable energies
Glass industry
Oil industry
Waste and waste water management
Consulting engineers
Paper and paper products
Chemicals

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Learning from nature for engineering - that is the goal of this international Master's degree program (MSc) taught in English. Nature offers a myriad of solutions to engineering problems. Over the course of four semesters, this program focuses on the implementation of numerous nature-inspired innovations into new technologies and sustainable products and offers an exciting overview of all core areas of biomimetics.

The challenges that our bio-inspired engineering graduates will be equipped to face, will be as diverse as biomimetics itself. Potential occupational fields include, for example, applied research and development, technical biology, product development and construction, industry and product design, manufacturing engineering and automation technology, innovation management, and (business) consulting.

The bio-inspired engineering Master's program will enable talented and committed students to discover the riches of biomimetics and to use them to develop sustainable engineering solutions to benefit our society. The program ensures a transfer of knowledge from applied basic research to the creation of prototypes through the high proportion of practical exercises.

COURSE FOCUS POINTS
- 22% Biomimetics
- 17% Engineering principles for biomimetics
- 15% Biology for engineers
- 15% Specialization/Master’s thesis
- 13% Fablab & rapid prototyping
- 8% Science & innovation
- 6% 3D-Design & optimization
- 4% Analytics

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In the course of the electronic revolution at the end of the 20th century, mechanical engineering was reinvented as the backbone of industrial production. The result is mechatronics, a synergistic combination of mechanical components with electronic and IT systems. This technological integration forms new areas of application like electrical and digital technology in machine communication and control.

With the introduction of the Master program in Mechatronics & Smart Technologies, MCI has filled a gap in the educational offering in the west of Austria. With its international orientation and a consistent focus on practical relevance, the program makes a significant contribution to the goal of establishing the Tyrol as a high-tech location with the ability to compete at the international level and defy the fluctuations of the business cycle. With the implementation of the majors in mechanical and electrical engineering and the specialization in computational mechanics at our partner campus in Paris, MCI continues its way as spear head of the Tyrolean technology offensive.

The goal of the Master program in particular is to equip graduates with a competence in mechatronics that is more than the sum of its parts, i.e. mechanical engineering, electronics and IT. Integration of these three pillars is the key to smart technologies as robotics, automated code generation, multi-physical simulation, systems in systems and smart automation, and their application in electro mobility, industry 4.0 and energy efficiency.

With supporting classes in Leadership, Strategic Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, this study program opens up perspectives for knowledge-based careers in the manufacturing and service industries worldwide.

Major Mechanical Engineering

The specialization in Mechanical Engineering prepares graduates for the challenges of modern mechanical engineering. The focus here is on simulation, hydraulics, pneumatics and material sciences, and also on mechanics, machine dynamics and handling technology.

Contents

The Master program in Mechatronics & Smart Technologies lasts four semesters comprising 915 hours of classes.

A semester of the full-time program comprises 15 weeks of lectures. The winter semester starts at the beginning of October until the end of January and the summer semester starts in March and lasts until the end of June.
Classes are entirely taught in English, attendance is required from Monday to Friday with additional block classes as well as project and laboratory work.

For the part-time program, the semesters last 20 weeks, from the beginning of September until the middle of February for the winter semester, and from the end of February until the middle of July for the summer semester. Classes are mainly taught in German but also partly in English. Attendance is required on Fridays from 1.30 to 10 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and there are additional block classes as well as project and laboratory work, etc.

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In the course of the electronic revolution at the end of the 20th century, mechanical engineering was reinvented as the backbone of industrial production. The result is mechatronics, a synergistic combination of mechanical components with electronic and IT systems. This technological integration forms new areas of application like electrical and digital technology in machine communication and control.

With the introduction of the Master program in Mechatronics & Smart Technologies, MCI has filled a gap in the educational offering in the west of Austria. With its international orientation and a consistent focus on practical relevance, the program makes a significant contribution to the goal of establishing the Tyrol as a high-tech location with the ability to compete at the international level and defy the fluctuations of the business cycle. With the implementation of the majors in mechanical and electrical engineering and the specialization in computational mechanics at our partner campus in Paris, MCI continues its way as spear head of the Tyrolean technology offensive.

The goal of the Master program in particular is to equip graduates with a competence in mechatronics that is more than the sum of its parts, i.e. mechanical engineering, electronics and IT. Integration of these three pillars is the key to smart technologies as robotics, automated code generation, multi-physical simulation, systems in systems and smart automation, and their application in electro mobility, industry 4.0 and energy efficiency.

With supporting classes in Leadership, Strategic Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, this study program opens up perspectives for knowledge-based careers in the manufacturing and service industries worldwide.

Contents

The Master program in Mechatronics & Smart Technologies lasts four semesters comprising 915 hours of classes.

A semester of the full-time program comprises 15 weeks of lectures. The winter semester starts at the beginning of October until the end of January and the summer semester starts in March and lasts until the end of June.
Classes are entirely taught in English, attendance is required from Monday to Friday with additional block classes as well as project and laboratory work.

For the part-time program, the semesters last 20 weeks, from the beginning of September until the middle of February for the winter semester, and from the end of February until the middle of July for the summer semester. Classes are mainly taught in German but also partly in English. Attendance is required on Fridays from 1.30 to 10 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and there are additional block classes as well as project and laboratory work, etc.

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State of The Art

Biotechnology constitutes one of the key disciplines of the 21st century, with enormous potential for growth and professional development. On the one hand that is due to progress made in biomedical research, leading to the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. At the same time the chemical industry is showing a growing interest in biotechnological processes to reduce its environmental footprint and increase the efficiency of the methods employed. In addition to the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries, which make use of biotechnological processes in varying degrees, there is now a biotechnology-based industry in its own right, in which added value is generated primarily with the help of biotechnological principles.

Curriculum

The Master’s program in Biotechnology is designed to communicate the knowledge, methodological skills and problem-solving competence needed to tackle a very wide range of scientific and engineering problems.

Excellent Education Guarantee

First-class faculty from the worlds of science, engineering and business, a strong industry orientation and the limited number of places guarantee excellent conditions for study and student support in keeping with the MCI’s motto “Mentoring the Motivated” plus attractive prospects for the future. As a technical university program positioned at the interface with business and management, the Master’s program satisfies the highest international standards.

Contents

With its focus on industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnology, the study program is designed to enable graduates to convert laboratory
results in the field of bioscience into full-scale industrial processes.

The Master’s program combines various methodological modules – such as molecular biotechnology, bioprocess engineering, biotechnological separation processes, bioanalytics and bioinformatics – with applications-oriented modules covering the whole field of biotechnology, including pharmaceutical biotechnology, food biotechnology and industrial biotechnology.

The program is also designed to take account of the growing interest shown in trade and industry in graduates with the ability to fulfill overarching functions like quality, project and process management, including the relevant key competences (working methods, social competence, team working skills, etc). In addition to solving technical problems, graduates are also in a position to evaluate the economic impacts of the decisions taken. Thanks to project-based learning, industry visits, practicals and laboratory work, the study program also has a strong focus on practical relevance.

Find out more about this course of study:

https://www.mci.edu/en/study-program/master/biotechnology

Admission

Applications for this study program can be submitted at any time. Applications for admission to the Master of Engineering, Environmental & Biotechnology program must be submitted online using the standardized application form accompanied by the required documents within the period stipulated. You can sign up for the upcoming semester here:

https://tasks.mci.edu/index.php?option=com_onlinebewerbung&view=register&lang=en&fromstg=Master-MAUVBT

Download the latest brochure here:

https://www.mci.edu/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=224&Itemid=1115

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