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How do I travel to Erlangen?

The most convenient option is to book a flight to Nürnberg (Nuremberg). From there, you take the subway line U2 (subway station right in front of the airport entrance) to Nürnberg main station (Hauptbahnhof/Hbf). Trains to Erlangen leave several times per hour. You can buy your train ticket at the ticket machines, online or at the Railway Service Centre (“DB Reisezentrum”) located on the ground floor in the western side hall. Choose “Erlangen Bahnhof/Bhf” (Erlangen station) as your destination. The train ride takes around 30 minutes. From Erlangen station you can take a taxi or bus to your accommodation. For more information on bus services, see vgn.de/en/.

Besides the subway connection, you can also reach the airport easily using the Nuremberg bus network. The bus stop for lines 30 and 33 is located in front of the departure and arrival terminals. The bus lines 30 and 33 connect the Airport with Erlangen and Fürth, respectively.

What are the job opportunities after I finish my master’s degree in Medical Engineering?

Studying Medical Engineering at FAU is closely linked to strong research and industrial partners, such as Siemens, adidas, Fraunhofer Society and many others. This gives our students the chance to make useful contacts early on (e.g. during their Master’s project) and increases their job prospects. For an overview of companies involved in the ‘Medical Valley’ of Erlangen-Nürnberg, click here.

Am I eligible for the branches of study Medical Image Processing, HMDA or Medical Robotics?

Please understand that we cannot assess your chances of admission before you actually apply. However, our basic academic academic requirements can give you an initial idea of what we expect from our applicants:

  • a subject-related qualification (computer science or engineering) for university entrance at Master’s level (e.g. bachelor’s degree).
  • Furthermore, we expect our students to possess excellent programming skills (C/C++/Java, Matlab, Python), profound knowledge in Electrical Engineering and a strong theoretical Mathematics background. Our entrance qualification board individually evaluates each application with all taken courses in the Bachelor’s program. This means that having studied Medical Engineering does not automatically make you suitable for entering our Master’s program, as the content of each Bachelor’s program varies enormously. On the other hand, you do not necessarily need a degree in Medical Engineering to join the program.
  • an overall grade of 2,5 or better according to the German grading system (in which 1,0 is the best grade and 4,0 the worst passing grade)

Our English language requirements can be viewed on our info page for prospective Master students.

Can I take additional exercises or practical courses that are being offered together with a lecture from my module catalog?

Yes. All lectures can be complemented by additional exercises and practical courses offered by the same lecturer to accompany the respective course. This way, you can increase their ECTS value of the grade that you obtain by taking the respective exam.

The Examinations Office automatically selects the best achievements from the module group while issuing the BA or MA certificates. The remaining achievements will not count towards your grade average. If you want to decide for yourself which subjects should be counted for your Bachelor’s/Master’s degree, please contact the Examinations Office in due course before your final certificate is issued. The remaining achievements will not be listed in the certificate but in the transcript of records under the category “Zusatzleistungen” (additional achievements).

Which lectures am I supposed to use for M7/Flexible Budget Faculty of Engineering (study regulation FPO 2018 and onwards)?

For this module group (10 ECTS), you can generally take any graded course offered by our Faculty of Engineering which is offered as a mandatory subject or “compulsory elective” in a Master’s program of our Faculty of Engineering. You can find out which faculty and study programs a certain course belongs to by consulting our online course platform Campo.

Please search for your desired course under “studies offered” – “search for courses”.

  1. Under “parallel groups/dates” you can find the lecturer of the course. Please click on their name in order to find out about their affiliation with a chair/lab. By clicking on the arrow next to their name, you can see the department structure which the chair/lab belongs to. If you want to use the course in M7, your lecturer has to be a member of a lab/chair that is part of the Faculty of Engineering.
  2. Please click on the “basic data” section of the course. Here, you can find out if the course is part of the curriculum of at least one Master’s program of the Faculty of Engineering (“TechFak”). If this is the case, the cours is suitable for M7.
  3.  The course has to be graded.

Please note that all modules that are listed for M2, M3 or M5 in the module catalogs for all branches of study of our master’s in Medical Engineering, can be used in M7, too.

In addition to the above-mentioned engineering modules, you can also use a defined set of modules from the field of economics, which are listed in your module catalog for M7.

Exception for HMDA students:  If you are studying in the branch of study “Health & Medical Data Analytics and Entrepreneurship” (HMDA), you can only choose your modules for M7 from the list you can find in your module catalog for module group M7. This is due to the fact that for HMDA students, all M7 modules have to be related to economics, innovation or entrepreneurship.

IMPORTANT: Former conditional subjects (“Engineering Mathematics”, “Probability and Stochastic Processes”, “Algorithms, Programming and Data Representation”, “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering”) cannot be used in M7, as they are considered courses on Bachelor’s level, the contents of which are prerequisites to start our master’s program.

If the module description in Campo states explicitly that the module cannot be used for M7, this statement applies.

If you are unsure about whether a certain module falls into these categories please contact your study advisor.

Can modules be interchanged within the module catalog?

Yes, but only some of them – according to the following rules:

  • For module M3 you can use a module/modules worth max. 5 ECTS points in total from the module groups M2 and M5 of your own study branch or from M2, M3 and M5 of the others branches of study of our Medical Engineering program (i.e. “Medical Image and Data Processing” or “Medical Robotics” or “Health & Medical Data Analytics and Entrepreneurship” or “Medizinelektronik” or “Medizinische Produktionstechnik, Gerätetechnik und Prothetik”). The branches of study with German names are generally taught in German, but you might find some English-taught modules in their course catalogs,.
  • For module M5 you can use a module/modules worth max. 5 ECTS points in total from the module groups M2 and M3 of your own study branch or from M2, M3 and M5 of the other branches of study of our Medical Engineering program (i.e. “Medical Image and Data Processing” or “Medical Robotics” or “Health & Medical Data Analytics and Entrepreneurship” or “Medizinelektronik” or “Medizinische Produktionstechnik, Gerätetechnik und Prothetik”). The branches of study with German names are generally taught in German, but you might find some English-taught modules in their course catalogs.

Other modules which are not in alignment with the above rules, cannot be used for your module groups M3 or M5.

You can ask Mrs. Jahreis (helga.jahreis[at]fau.de to move your modules to another module group until the very end of your studies, before your final degree documents are issued.

I have completed the last achievement of my studies. Will I be deregistered from the university right away and lose my student status?

No, you stay registered as a student for the entire semester in which you have completed your last achievement. This means that you keep your student status until the end of the semester (30th of September or 31st of March respectively), hence you can continue to work as a student assistant/working student and continue to live in a students residence until that date. This also applies if you have already received your Bachelor´s or Master´s certificate. If you wish for an early de-registration (e.g. for job purposes), please contact our Student Records Office.

The exams that are concluding my studies take are part of the second exam period and therefore take place in a new semester. Do I have to re-register?

No, if they are the last exams of your studies, you do not have to re-register. You can take those exams even if the dates are in the new semester. You can still see your grades in the Campo portal and even have the possibility to take the respective repeat exams in the subsequent if necessary.

What am I supposed to do with PDF certificates (“Scheine”)?

Sometimes a course achievement (for example for a seminar or a practical course) can not be processed via the Online Portal-Campo platform. In this case your lecturer will issue you a paper certificate stating your name, the course title, your grade and the ECTS value of the course. You have to take this certificate to Mrs. Jahreis at the examinations office in order to have her enter your course achievement in your Campo account.

How are my average grades for the module groups calculated in the Campo portal (FPO 2013)?

If you only render the ECTS points required for the module group, the individual module grades are weighed according to the average grade. The grade will be calculated not by rounding it, but only takes the first decimal into account.

Example: Flexible Budget of master degree programme (M7 of FPO 2013, 10 ECTS points):

  • Achievement of 5 ECTS points: grade 1.0
  • Achievement of 2.5 ECTS points: grade 1.0
  • Achievement of 2.5 ECTS points: grade 2.0
  • Average grade: (5 x 1 + 2.5 x 1 + 2.5 x 2) : 10 = 1.25

–> The average grade of 1.2 weighs 10 ECTS points into your final Master grade. The calculation of the total Master grade is based on 110 ECTS points, because of module group M6 being ungraded.

If you render more than the ECTS points required for a module group, the Examinations Office will automatically select the best possible combination that fulfills the modules ECTS requirements when issuing the certificate. Additional module will not be taken into account. Module are always weighed by their full ECTS value. A proportional calculation of ECTS points is invalid according to the General Examination Regulations (ABMPO TechFak), even if the required ECTS requirement has been met for the module group!

Example: Flexible Budget of master degree programme (FPO 2013, 10 ECTS points):

  • Achievement of 5 ECTS points: grade 2.0
  • Achievement of 2.5 ECTS points: grade 1.0
  • Achievement of 2.5 ECTS points: grade 1.0
  • Achievement of 2.5 ECTS points: grade 1.0
  • Average grade: (2.5 x 2 + 2.5 x 1 + 2.5 x 1 + 2.5 x 1) : 12.5 = 1.25

–> The average grade 1.2 will be accounted for the grade with 10 ECTS points. The calculation of the total grade is based on 110 ECTS points, because of module group M6 being ungraded.

If you have rendered more than the ECTS points required for the module group and do not wish for the automatic selection of the best possible combination, you can contact the Examinations Office before it issues the certificate and communicate which achievements should be considered for you Bachelor’s or Master’s certificate.