Mechanical Engineering and Management

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in mechanical engineering and have a strong understanding of mechanics, mathematics, and diverse topics of mechanical engineering. Applicants should also bring along a basic understanding of business administration.

The following knowledge is also required:

1. 24 ECPS in Mathematics, as follows:
   1. 12 ECPS in Foundations of differential and integral calculus of one and several variables: convergence of sequences and series; continuous and differentiable functions; power series and elementary functions; integration theory in one variable (proper + improper integrals, fundamental theorem, integration rules, parameter-dependent integrals); integrals over general regions; periodic functions and Fourier series; implicit functions; minimization under equality constraints.
   2. 8 ECPs in Linear Algebra: general vector spaces (subspaces, inner and cross product, Euclidean vector spaces); systems of linear equations (Gauß elimination, inverse matrices, block matrices, determinants); linear mappings (basis transformation, orthogonal matrices); orthogonal projection in R^n, Gram-SchmidtOrthonormalization; eigenvalues (diagonalizing matrices, normal matrices, symmetric and Hermitian matrices, Jordan normal form); matrix factorizations (LU, QR, Schur, SVD).
   3. 4 ECPs in Differential equations.
2. 24 ECPS in Mechanics, as follows:
   1. 6 ECPS in Statics.
   2. 6 ECPS in Strength/mechanics of materials.
   3. 12 ECPS in Kinematics, dynamics, analytical mechanics, multibody systems, oscillations.
3. 54 ECPS in Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, as follows:
   1. 6 ECPS in Thermodynamics (1st and 2nd Law, equations of state, vapors).
   2. 6 ECPS in Materials science (material properties, material testing).
   3. 6 ECPS in Manufacturing processes (casting, imaging, coating, molding, forming, machining, joining).
   4. 6 ECPS in Measurement technology (metrology, instrumentation).
   5. 6 ECPS in Control engineering (control theory, control systems).
   6. 6 ECPS in Computer science (automata theory, data structures, programming languages).
   7. 12 ECPS in Mechanical engineering design (design process and methods; theory, application, and dimensioning of basic and advanced machine elements).
   8. 6 ECPS in Electrical engineering (direct & alternating current, electronics).
4. 6 ECPS in Foundations of Business Management: Business administration, management, economics.