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Is one of the
pioneers of mechatronics teaching and was
the first university in Germany to establish a
Mechatronics course with a separate degree in
mechatronics engineering, in 1993. Well-
established links with many high-tech industries
in the industrial belt of the central Ruhr area
allow high knowledge transfer opportunities with
partner educational facilities, and also provide
an ideal geographical and academic location for
foreign “gap-year” students for development of
integrated industrial based learning
techniques.
BUoAS
offers Bachelors and Masters Qualifications and
in 1996 it developed the KIA co-operative system
incorporating diploma studies with a
simultaneous apprenticeship scheme, in
co-operation with around 45 industrial partners
in the region. The University also has links
with international institutions in France,
England, Turkey and Luxembourg, and China, Korea
and Singapore. It also holds a prominent
position within European mechatronics networks.
BUoAS is the initiator and one of the leading
organisers of the "International Network of
Mechatronics Universities". The Network is
responsible for organising the annual
"International Workshop on Research and
Education in Mechatronics" (REM). BUoAS has
links to the majority of European higher
education establishments and institutions
involved in mechatronics.
An
integral part of BUoAS and its institutes is the
specialisation in the areas of academic
methodology conception for engineers, the
transfer of social and communicative, personal
and methodological competencies as well as the
assistance of entrepreneurial students to
establish businesses, and the training of
academic staff. The BUoAS implementation team
consists of Prof. Rolf Biesenbach, Prof. Martin
Sternberg, Prof. Reiner Dudziak.
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