Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)

Study Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology

Environmental protection - Industry 4.0 - Robotics
Would you like to actively promote climate and environmental protection or are you enthusiastic about the technology of the future? In the Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology degree programme, you will learn the foundational principles for developing technical solutions to the pressing issues of our time.

The programme will not be offered in the winter semester of 2025.

Content

What is the Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology (UI) degree about?

The degree is practice-oriented and comprises seven semesters. - The first semesters focus on the fundamentals of mathematics, physics and chemistry, which form the foundation of your degree.
In the course of your degree, we will teach you a broad spectrum of foundational knowledge and the applications of physical, biochemical and chemical sensor principles within the fields of environmental analytics and sensor technology, industrial sensor technology, chemistry and biochemistry analytics. This also includes a sound knowledge and understanding of material sciences.
Building on your knowledge and skills in electrotechnical circuitry, data collection and programming, the processing of complex sensor data, sensor integration and the use of modern IT technologies will form an important part of your curriculum.

Practical relevance: laboratory work, internship & Co
Part of your degree will take place in our physics and chemistry laboratories, in the atomic laboratory and in the clean room laboratory, which is unparalleled anywhere in Bavaria. The centrepiece of our research facilitities is 'SappZ' - the Sensor Application Centre, where we work on new projects in cooperation with industry. This offers you immense advantages: the opportunity to work on real projects, complete an internship or thesis and benefit from contacts within industry.
You can find out more about SappZ here: www.sappz.de

What else will you learn with us?
We will also prepare you comprehensively for your future professional life. This includes modules in the areas of key skills, soft skills or foreign languages. The elective module (AW) programme at the OTH Regensburg offers you one of the largest ranges of general elective modules in Bavaria. Three elective modules are a compulsory part of the Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology degree programme and you can voluntarily take additional modules, depending on your personal interests. This include modules such as presentation techniques, rhetoric, foreign languages or additional certificate courses for technical degree programmes.

Umweltsensorik Experiment mit Handschuhen

Strengths of the degree programme

Small but select

Enjoy the advantages of a small faculty: a family atmosphere, personal support and intensive supervision. Here you are not a number, but a person with a name. You will benefit from practice-oriented teaching in small groups.

Lab work, internship and co

You will always be given the opportuntiy to test your knowledge in practice. Part of your course takes place in our physics and chemistry laboratories, in the atomic laboratory and in the clean room laboratory, which is unrivalled anywhere in Bavaria.

Sensor Application Centre (SappZ)

The centrepiece of our research facilitities is 'SappZ' - the Sensor Application Centre, where we work on new projects in cooperation with industry. This offers our students immense advantages: the opportunity to work on real projects, complete an internship or thesis and benefit from contacts within industry.

A degree with a future

Through our research cooperation with industry, we have excellent contact to local companies and to regional world market leaders, but also to businesses abroad. You can benefit from this - whether for exciting internships during your studies or finding your future employer.

Career opportunties

What career prospects do I have as an environmental and industrial sensor technology engineer?

Your Bachelor's degree is complete - and now what?
Do you want to start your professional life or perhaps do a Master's degree first?
Information on the various options for continuing your studies is summarised here:

    • Environmental protection and environmental analysis
    • Climate protection, emission and air pollution monitoring
    • Process and plant monitoring in industrial manufacturing
    • Fault analysis and material analysis (laboratory technology)
    • Environmental sensor technology
    • Health and food analysis and sensor technology
    • Positioning technologies, surveying
    • Technical optics and image processing
    • Medical engineering
    • Sensor technology for construction and buildings (surveying, building physics, construction materials, building climate control, monitoring and control for energy efficiency)
    • Building and plant energy efficiency, emission control
    • Automotive technology (exhaust gas monitoring, engine control)
    • Smart home and comfort functions
    • Communication technologies (smartphones, tablets, cameras)
    • Industry 4.0 / Internet of Things

  • Our Master's programme "Master of Electrical and Microsystems Engineering" is open to you. The Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Cultural Studies offers this course, which directly builds on the Bachelor's in Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology. 
    Find other master's degree programmes at OTH Regensburg in our study programme overview.


Structure and modules

How is the degree programme structured?

The Bachelor's in Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology is a full-time course lasting seven semesters.

  • Modules:

    • Data Processing for Sensors
    • Mathematics 1 + 2
    • Engineering Physics 1
    • Technical English
    • Technology Assessment and Ethics
    • General and Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory Exercises
    • Electronic Circuits for Sensors

    In addition to the modules mentioned above, three Mandatory General Studies Elective Modules (so-called AW modules) must be completed in the first and second semesters. Students can choose from a wide range of courses according to their personal interests:

    •  Foreign languages
    • International programmes
    • Orientational knowledge (e.g. cultural studies, natural sciences, economics)
    • Social and methodological competence (soft skills)
    • Technology and engineering sciences

    More details and a catalogue of AW modules and additional courses can be found on the AW programme webpages.

    For more information, see the study and examination regulations, course handbook and module handbook on the right.


  • Modules -  semesters 3 and 4:

    •  Engineering Physics 2 with Laboratory Exercises
    • Statistical Methods
    • Chemical Analytics with Laboratory Exercises
    • Mechanical Component Design
    • Programming 1 and 2
    • Engineering Physics 3
    • Physical Sensor Principles
    • Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
    • Functional Material Sciences
    • Engineering Metrology and Test Engineering with Laboratory Exercises
    • Mandatory Subject-specific Elective Modules

    Practical semester
    In their fifth semester, our students complete an industrial internship. Detailed information can be found below under the heading "practical semester".


    Modules - semesters 6 and 7:

    •  Methods of Nuclear Physics
    • Environmental Analytics and Instrumental Analytics with Laboratory Exercises
    • Signal Processing with Laboratory Exercises
    • Student Research Project
    • Mandatory Subject-specific Elective Module
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Norms and Standards
    • Sensor Applications for Environment and Industry

    Bachelor's thesis

    The programme concludes with the Bachelor's thesis, dealing with a concrete research question.


  • The internship is scheduled for the fifth semester of your degree. It comprises 18 weeks and offers you the opportunity to apply what you have learned in a company, organisation or institution and to gain initial professional experience.


  • The module handbook contains all the modules and subjects in the degree programme with the following information: 

     

    • Standard number of semesters
    • Number of hours
    • Form of teaching
    • Content
    • Lecturers
    • Teaching material
    • Forms of assessment
    • Permitted aids
    • Learning objectives
    • Number of credits achieved with each module

Dual study programmes

What dual study models are available for the Bachelor's Degree?

The Bachelor's degree course in Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology can also be studied as a combined degree course or as a degree course with in-depth practical experience, whereby the special practical relevance is achieved through intensive content-related, organizational and contractual integration of the study programme with the practical partners.

You can find general information on the dual study programme here (only in German).

Alternative module descriptions apply for some modules for students completing a dual study programme. For details, please refer to the study plan for dual students and the module handbook.

Studierende untersuchen Modell-Hubschrauber

Study Ambassadors

Students know best what is particularly important and interesting before or during their studies. And they know both the faculty and the university and know what else is important about studying. That's why our student ambassadors for the Bachelor of Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology are available to answer questions and talk to students on an equal footing.

Studies and organisational matters

So that everything runs smoothly

When and where do the lectures take place? Which legal regulations have to be observed? And how can you combine studying and childcare?
Answers to these and other questions about studying Environmental and Industrial Sensor Technology can be found here.

  • Lectures take place on the main campus of the OTH Regensburg in the buildings of the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Cultural Studies (ANK).

    Buildings T,G, I & K
    Seybothstraße 2
    93053 Regensburg


  • System accredited


  • Are you curious about other countries and cultures and would like to gain experience abroad as part of your degree? - Our partnerships with international universities, especially in Asia, offer you the perfect starting point. We are also happy to help you with your preparations and advise you on which preparatory courses make sense (languages, intercultural competence, etc.) and how an internship or semester abroad can be financed.

    The Internship Officer and the Internship Office provide support for all aspects of your internship: 

    • Internship Officer
    • Internship Office

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    SPO, course handbook and exam handbook - here we explain the documents containing regulations on studying and examinations. Please find the documents linked on the right side.

    The legal basis: The Study and Examination Regulations (SPO)
    The Study and Examination Regulations (the so-called SPO) form the legal basis for the Bachelor's programme in Environmental and Sensor Technology. Among other things, they contain information on:

    • Study objective, qualification requirements
    • Programme structure, standard period of study
    • Practical semester
    • Progression of studies
    • Bachelor's thesis
    • Interpreting examination results and the overall grade
    • Certificate and academic degree
    • Overview of modules, assessments and credits

    The overview: The course handbook (Studienverlaufsplan)
    This document contains an overview of all modules, the respective number of semester hours per week and ECTS credits. It serves as a guide for semester planning and subject allocation.

    Exams in focus: The exam handbook (Studienplan)
    This document provides information on the subject of examinations. Among other things, it contains information on:

    •  Type and duration of examinations
    • First and second examiners
    • Permitted aids