Study plan and modules

Frequently asked questions On this page we have summarized some of the questions we are frequently asked about the preparation of a study plan and the selection of modules and provided answers. Please check first whether your request can be answered in this way. If this is not the case, please contact the responsible academic advisor, our Service Center or our Examination Office.

Please note that this is an international degree program with applicants from Germany, the EU and non-European countries. Prospective students from the different countries sometimes have different questions. Therefore, do not be surprised if individual FAQs are not relevant to you personally.

How do I create my personal study plan?

As a student of the Master's degree program Electrical and Information Engineering you compile your desired study plan at the start of the degree program. Therefore, at the beginning of your first semester, you prepare your module selection for the first and also the second semester.

You can find the rules for creating the study plan in the Examination Regulations.

Further details

You may choose a curriculum with or without a designated specialisation.The rules for creating your personal curriculum are given in § 7 of the Examination Regulations. The rules are visualized in the Annex of the Examination Regulations.

Please find information on the possible specialisations in Appendix B of the Examination Regulations. Within a specialization you are obliged to take certain modules. However, you can usually make a certain selection from the respective compulsory modules. In the case of core and in-depth modules you have to take a certain number of core and in-depth modules assigned to the respective specialisation. Further core and in-depth modules that have to be taken can be either chosen from the core and in-depth modules assigned to the specialisation or from those core and in-depth modules that are not assigend to the respective specialisation.In the case of seminars, lab courses and projects of a specialisation, you can only choose from the modules assigned to the specialisation.

According to § 7 Clause 2 of the Examination Regulations you should compile your study plan at the beginning of your first semester.

Where can I find information about the modules of the Master's program E&IE?

The module catalogue for the Master's program Electrical and Information Engineering provides information on each module, including the content, the responsible chair, the lecturer and whether a module is offered in the winter or summer semester.

Furthermore, you can find information about the modules on the website of the respective chair and in UnivIS (see also section "Information on courses and registration for courses).

How many many ECTS credit points are allowed in one semester?

There are no requirements regarding the number of credit points you must achieve in a semester. You may aim for more than 30 credit points; equally, you may also complete fewer credit points.

Further details

The workload and ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credit point calculation is laid out so that 30 ECTS credit points can be covered within one semester. The calculation is based on a 40 hours per week workload.

Our Master's degree program is laid out for 3 semesters with 90 ECTS credit points in total: 60 credit points in the first two semesters, in which you can select different courses, and 30 credit points in the third semester for the Master's thesis.

If you take courses of more than 30 ECTS credit points in one semester, it is on your own responsibility and with the risk to not being able to properly prepare for the respective exams. Consider to attend in the first week of lectures courses with a total scope of e.g. 35 ECTS credit points. Then you can decide in the following weeks which ones you want to continue.

If you decide to take courses of less than 30 ECTS credit points in one semester, it is - as well - on your own responsibility. The consequence of this decision is that your study time will prolong. From the point of view of the Examination Order, there is nothing to be said against a certain prolongation. However, please keep in mind that you are responsible for financing your studies yourself.

Do I have to earn a fixed number of ECTS credit points in each category per semester?

No, it is not regulated how many ECTS credit points you have to earn per semester in the four individual categories ('core modules', 'in-depth modules', 'seminars' and 'laboratory courses and projects').

Further details

You should select modules with a total scope of 30 ECTS credit points freely from the four categories. This means that you can decide individually whether you want to take modules from all categories or concentrate more on specific categories in one semester.

You only have to make sure that at the end of your studies you meet the requirements for the compilation of the modules within the scope of a curriculum to § 7 of the Examination Regulations.

How can I make sure that I can take all the modules I want and that there are no overlaps in my schedule?

The courses that belong to the modules of the same specialization will not overlap. If you compile your study plan individually, you will not be able to check whether the associated courses will overlap until about two months before the start of a semester.

Further details

Courses and the corresponding course times for the coming semester are published in UnivIS about two months before lectures start. Before the start of your first semester you can therefore check whether you can attend the modules and courses chosen for your first semester without overlap.

Accordingly, only about two months before the start of your second semester you can check whether the modules and courses you have chosen for the second semester are free of overlaps. Overlaps may occur.

I am admitted to the Master's degree program under certain conditions and have to make up for some Bachelor’s modules. How are the corresponding Bachelor's modules to be considered in the curriculum?

These Bachelor’s modules have to be taken in addition to the Master’s modules.

Further details

Often students are admitted to the Master's degree program under certain conditions, i.e. they have to catch up on some Bachelor's modules and the respective exams. The ECTS credit points earned in the Bachelor’s modules to be made up for do not contribute to the 60 ECTS credit points to be earned in Master's modules for the Master’s degree. However, the Bachelor's modules, which were given as conditions, must be successfully completed before admission to the Master's thesis.

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