Macrostructure 2022
The macrostructure for the examination regulations 2022 shows you the basic structure of the Medical Engineering Master’s degree program. If you cannot read the macrostructure, please contact the program manager (Ms. Bosse-Mettler)
Macrostructure 2011
The macrostructure or the examination regulations 2011 shows you the basic structure of the Medical Engineering Master’s degree program. If you cannot read the macrostructure, please contact the program manager (Ms. Bosse-Mettler).
Description of the individual sections
Advanced modules
Design, information processing, optics, imaging, biomaterials, and materials
Key competencies (subject-related), interdisciplinary
Key-competencies courses impart complementary subject-related and interdisciplinary skills
Industrial / clinical-technical internship
The industrial / clinical-technical internship lasts at least 12 weeks and must be done either in the industry or at a medical care facility (hospitals, etc.). The aim of the internship is to give students an insight into the diversity of operational processes and career prospects in medical engineering. More information under: Internship / Internship Office.
Term paper / Research Work
In the research project for their term paper / research work, students gain initial experience in working on research-relevant issues. The term paper / research work must be written in a specialization subject (different from the specialization subject in which the master’s thesis is written).
Specialization subject, including practical training
Students can choose from 12 application or method-oriented specialization subjects.
Master’s thesis
The study program is completed with the master’s thesis. The master’s thesis can also be written in cooperation with a company. It must be written in a specialization subject (different from the specialization subject in which the term paper is written).
The Module Guide (also called module handbook) describes the modules and the required courses belonging to the module. It is published in the Campus Management System C@MPUS.
- Module Guide in the Campus Management System C@MPUS [de]
Please click on the book symbol behind the study program's name.
Specialization subjects
In the specialization subjects, students can expand skills that are highly relevant to medical engineering. Students must select two from the 12 specialization subjects.
Specialization Subject: Biomedical materials and process engineering
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr. Günter Tovar
| Modules | Module number | Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Medizinische Verfahrenstechnik | 33240 | KF/EF | SS/WS | 6 |
| Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik | 47390 | KF/EF | SS/WS | 6 |
| Nanotechnologie | 47150 | KF/EF | SS/WS | 6 |
| Endoprothesen | 57920 | EF | SS/WS | 6 |
| Plasmaverfahren für die Dünnschichttechnik | 40470 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Biomaterialien – Herstellung, Struktur und Eigenschaften | 47180 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Nanotechnologie I – Chemie, Physik und Biologie der Nanomaterialien | 25460 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Biomaterialien für Implantate, | 33220 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Implantate und Organersatz, | 33230 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Praktische Übungen Nanomaterialien (Event times per notice at the institute) |
47230 | PÜ | SS | 3 |
| Praktische Übungen Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik (Event times per notice at the institute) |
47200 | PÜ | SS | 3 |
| Praktische Übungen Biomaterialien (biokompatible Materialien) (Event times per notice at the institute) Prerequisite is the examination in the module 47180 |
47210 | PÜ | SS | 3 |
| Praktische Übungen Plasmaverfahren (Event times per notice at the institute) |
47240 | PÜ | SS + WS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Engineering of ceramic components, composite materials and surface engineering
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Rainer Gadow
| Modules |
Module number |
Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Grundlagen der Keramik und Verbundwerkstoffe | 32210 | KF/EF | WS/SS | 6 |
| Fertigungsverfahren Faser- und Schichtverbundwerkstoffe | 13040 | KF/EF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Neue Werkstoffe und Verfahren in der Fertigungstechnik | 32500 | KF/EF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Oberflächen- und Beschichtungstechnik | 32510 | EF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Materialbearbeitung mit Lasern | 14140 | EF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Festigkeitslehre I | 30390 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Gerätekonstruktion und -fertigung in der Feinwerktechnik | 13970 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Additive Fertigung | 74200 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Werkstoffe und Fertigungstechnik technischer Kohlenstoffe | 32520 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Thermokinetische Beschichtungsverfahren | 32110 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Total Quality Management (TQM) und unternehmerisches Handeln | 32530 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Grundlagen der Zerspanungstechnologie | 32540 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Praktikum Fertigungstechnik keramischer Bauteile, Verbundwerkstoffe u. Oberflächentechnik (Event times per notice at the institute |
32550 | PÜ | WS+SS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Plastics engineering
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bonten
| Module: Kunststofftechnik | Modul.-Nr. | Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Kunststofftechnik - Grundlagen und Einführung | 14010 | KF/EF | WS | 6 |
| Kunststoffverarbeitungstechnik | 32670 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Konstruieren mit Kunststoffen | 37690 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Kunststoff- Werkstofftechnik | 41150 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Methoden der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung | 60540 | EF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Rheologie und Rheometrie der Kunststoffe | 32700 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Simulation in der Kunststoffverarbeitung | 56310 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Additive Fertigung | 74200 | EF | jedes 2. WS | 3 |
| Grundlagen der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung | 39960 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Technologiemanagement für Kunststoffprodukte | 41160 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Erfolgreich entwickeln mit Step/Gateway-Prozessen – Theorie und Praxis | 102710 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Faserkunststoffverbunde | 60570 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Kunststoffe in der Medizintechnik | 68040 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Praktikum Kunststofftechnik | 33790 | PÜ | WS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Medical device technology
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Peter P. Pott
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Microsystems technology
Specialization subject professor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Zimmermann
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Optical methods and systems in medical technology
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr. Alois Herkommer
| Modules |
Module number |
Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Entwicklung optischer Systeme | 47260 | KF | SS | 6 |
| Optische Systeme in der Medizintechnik | 46380 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Optische Messtechnik und Messverfahren | 33710 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Grundlagen der Laserstrahlquellen | 29990 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Optische Informationsverarbeitung | 29950 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Optical Signal Processing (Eng.) | 21860 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Lasers, Light Sources and Illumination Systems (Eng.) | 46980 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Advanced optical design (Eng.) | 49910 | EF | unregelm. | 3 |
| Einführung in das Optik-Design | 29980 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Bildverarbeitungssysteme in der industriellen Anwendung | 31870 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Praktische Übungen zu Optik in der Medizintechnik | 47280 | PÜ | WS+SS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Imaging methods and sensor signal processing in medical technology
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bin Yang
| Module: Bildgebende Verfahren und Sensorsignalverarbeitung i.d. Medizintechnik | Modul.-Nr. | Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Digitale Signalverarbeitung | 11640 | KF | WS | 6 |
| Advanced Mathematics for Signal and Information Processing (Eng.) | 77910 | KF | WS | 6 |
| Deep Learning (Eng.) | 75960 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Optical Signal Processing (Eng.) | 21860 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Entwurf digitaler Filter | 17130 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Detection and Pattern Recognition (Eng.) | 22190 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing (Eng.) | 21820 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Technologien der medizinischen Bildgebung und Labordiagnostik | 41100 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Digitale Bildverarbeitung, Digital Image Processing (Digital Image Processing (Eng.)) |
36180 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Matrix Computations in Signal Processing and Machine Learning (Eng.) |
60230 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Medizinische Bildverarbeitung | 73510 | PÜ | WS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: System dynamics
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Oliver Sawodny
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Automation and communication
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Weyrich
| Modules | Module number | Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Automatisierungstechnik II | 21730 | KF/EF | WS | 6 |
| Kommunikationsnetze I | 11680 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Technologien und Methoden der Softwaresysteme II | 70010 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Communications II (Eng.) | 74670 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Zuverlässigkeit und Sicherheit von Automatisierungssystemen | 21980 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Digital Video Communications (Eng.) | 51880 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Ringvorlesung Verfahren der Softwaretechnik | 21970 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Teamarbeit IAS | 17020 | PÜ | WS/SS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Automatic control
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Allgöwer
| Module: Regelungstechnik | Modul.-Nr. | Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Konzepte der Regelungstechnik | 18610 | KF | WS | 6 |
| Model Predictive Control (Eng.) | 31720 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Nonlinear Control (Eng.) | 18640 | EF | SS | 6 |
| Data-Driven Control (Engl.) | 104760 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Robust Control (Eng.) | 18630 | EF | unreg. | 6 |
| Optimal Control (Eng.) | 18620 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Einführung in die Chaostheorie | 57680 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Convex Optimization (Eng.) | 29940 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Statistisches Lernverfahren und stochastische Regelungen | 67140 | EF | WS | 6 |
| 107110 | EF | SS | 6 | |
| Introduction to Adaptive Control (Eng.) | 51840 | EF | WS | 3 |
| Mehrgrößenregelung | 38850 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Projektarbeit Regelungstechnik | 29930 | PÜ | WS/SS | 3 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Biomedical engineering
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Giorgio Cattaneo
| Module: Biomedical Engineering |
Modul.-Number | Subject | Turnus | ECTS |
| Biomedical Implant Engineering | 105700 | KF/EF | WS | 6 |
| Models and Test Methods in Biomedical Engineering-lectures and practice | 105680 | KF/EF | SS | 6 |
| Models and Test Methods in Biomedical Engineering-lectures | 105690 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Neurovascular implant development | 103910 | EF | SS | 3 |
| Biomedizinische Messverfahren und Bildgebung | 105740 | KF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Grundlagen der Therapie mit ionisierender Strahlung | 67480 | EF | WS+SS | 6 |
| Einführung in die Modellierung von Herz-Dynamiken | 72500 | EF | WS | 6 |
| Übungen Biomedizinische Messverfahren und Bildgebung | 105730 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Strahlenschutz | 40810 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Grundlagen der medizinischen Strahlentechnik | 33500 | EF | WS+SS | 3 |
| Praktikum Biomedizinische Technik (Event times per notice at the institute) |
33510 | PÜ | WS+SS | 3 |
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Specialization Subject: Biomechanics and Bionics
Specialization subject professor: Prof. Oliver Röhrle
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Advanced modules
Advanced modules provide scientific and engineering foundations for the following fields of knowledge, which are relevant to medical engineering. From three of these groups, students must take one subject (as a compulsory elective module).
| Module Gruppe 1: Konstruktion |
Modul-Nr. |
Turnus |
ECTS |
| Medizingerätetechnik | 33090 | WS | 6 |
| Technisches Design | 14240 | WS | 6 |
| Gerätekonstruktion und -fertigung in der Feinwerktechnik | 13970 | WS | 6 |
| Methodische Produktentwicklung | 14160 | WS/SS | 6 |
| Aufbau- und Verbindungstechnik für Mikrosysteme- Sensor- und Systemaufbau | 32240 | WS+SS | 6 |
| Aktorik in der Gerätetechnik; Konstruktion, Berechnung und Anwendung mechatronischer Komponenten | 32730 | WS+SS | 6 |
| Konstruieren mit Kunststoffen | 37690 | SS | 6 |
| Laboratory Techniques and Medical Device Approvals I+II (see module handbook Biomedical Technologies) | 48770 Exchange module Tübingen |
WS+SS | 6 |
| Clinical Cases and Consequences for Medical Devices I+II (see module handbook Biomedical Technologies) | 48780 Exchange module Tübingen |
WS+SS | 6 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
| Module Gruppe 2: Biomaterialien und Werkstoffe | Modul-Nr. |
Turnus |
ECTS |
| Grundlagen der Keramik und Verbundwerkstoffe | 32210 | WS/SS | 6 |
| Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik 1 und Nanotechnologie 1 | 47080 | SS | 6 |
| Biomaterialien und Nanotechnologie - Technische Prozesse und Anwendungen der Bio- und Nanomaterialien | 47090 | WS | 6 |
| Kunststofftechnik - Grundlagen und Einführung | 14010 | WS | 6 |
| Festigkeitslehre I | 30390 | WS | 6 |
| Nanoanalytics / Interfaces I + II (see module handbook Biomedical Technologies) | 48810 Exchange module Tübingen |
SS | 6 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
| Module Gruppe 3: Biomechanik und Bionik |
Modul-Nr. |
Turnus |
ECTS |
| Strömungsmechanik | 13760 | SS | 6 |
| Biomechanik für Medizintechnik | 47100 | WS | 6 |
| Einführung in die Kontinuumsbiomechanik | 47110 | WS | 6 |
| Mechatronik in der Orthopädie | 47120 | SS/WS | 6 |
| Modellierung und Simulation in der Biomechanik | 47130 | SS | 6 |
| Bionik für die Medizintechnik | 47140 | WS + SS | 6 |
| Neurale Systeme, space restriced |
47290 | WS | 6 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
| Module Gruppe 4: Informationsverarbeitung/Optik/Bildgebung |
Modul-Nr. |
Turnus |
ECTS |
| Biomedizinische Messverfahren und Bildgebung | 105740 | WS+SS | 6 |
| Grundlagen der Therapie mit ionisierender Strahlung | 67480 | WS/SS | 6 |
| Signale und Systeme | 46340 | WS | 6 |
| Schaltungstechnik | 71750 | WS | 6 |
| Digitale Signalverarbeitung | 11640 | WS | 6 |
| Optische Systeme in der Medizintechnik | 46380 | WS | 6 |
| Automatisierungstechnik 1 | 11620 | SS | 6 |
| Optische Informationsverarbeitung | 29950 | SS | 6 |
| Systemdynamische Grundlagen der Medizintechnik | 46370 | WS | 6 |
| Konzepte der Regelungstechnik |
18610 | WS | 6 |
| Biomedical Technologies in Diagnostic and Therapy I + II (see module handbook Biomedical Technologies) |
48760 Exchange module Tübingen |
WS | 6 |
| Bioimaging/Implantology ((see module handbook Biomedical Technologies) | 48790 Exchange module Tübingen |
SS | 6 |
Subject to change without notice!
Legend:
Turnus: WS (offered only in Winter Semester), SS (offered only in Summer Semester), WS/SS (2 semester module, start in Winter Semester), SS/WS (2 semester module, start in Summer Semester), WS+SS (module can be started in Winter Semester as well as in Summer Semester)
Subject: KF (core subject), EF (supplementary subject), PÜ (practical exercises).
Option of module exchange with the University of Tübingen
The following modules of the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program at the University of Tübingen can be taken as part of the Medical Engineering master’s degree program within the framework of the advanced elective modules and with a maximum of 18 credit points:
Advanced modules group 1: Engineering Design
6 ECTS
Offered in the winter semester
Module handbook of the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program at the University of Tübingen
Advanced modules group 4: Information technology, Optics and Imaging
6 ECTS
Offered in the winter semester
Module handbook of the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program at the University of Tübingen
Advanced modules group 1: Engineering Design
6 ECTS
Offered in the winter and summer semester
Module handbook of the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program at the University of Tübingen
Advance modules group 4: Information technology, Optics and Imaging
6 ECTS
Offered in the summer semester
Module handbook of the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program at the University of Tübingen
Advanced modules group 2: Biomaterials and Materials Engineering
6 ECTS
Offered in the summer semester
Module handbook of the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program at the University of Tübingen
Registration for examinations: Please register via email to the examination office for the Medical Technology degree program at the University of Tübingen, Ms. Ulricke King.
Note: Examinations cannot be registered at the Examination Office of the University of Stuttgart via the C@MPUS online portal!
Registration period: corresponds to the registration period for examinations in the Biomedical Technologies master’s degree program and will be announced in good time on the homepage of the Medical Engineering master’s degree program
Subject-related key competencies
Subject-related key qualifications provide additional related knowledge and skills beyond the regular medical technology courses.
Risk management and statistics in medical technologies
Module number: 107240
language of instruction: Englisch
Turnus: summer
ECTS: 3
Modul number: 103180
Language of instruction: English
Turnus: winter and summer
ECTS: 3
Contact
Katharina Bosse-Mettler
Studiengangskoordinatorin Master Medizintechnik, Leitung Praktikantenamt Medizintechnik
Christoph Schmidt
M. Sc.Research Assistant
