The postgraduate course has been offered at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 2018 and is becoming increasingly popular with Bachelor's graduates from various universities. The postgraduate course can be taken in the fields of automation technology, mechatronics and electrical energy technology if you have 180 ECTS, which is the case when completing a 6-semester Bachelor's degree course.
In conversation:
Wolfgang Menzel, Head Laboratory Engineer and Dean's Council in the Electrical Engineering department
Jan Scholze, student, opted for the postgraduate course after successfully completing his Bachelor's degree at BA Bautzen
The KIA dual study program has been available at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences since 1997, and over 1500 young people have taken this path so far.
In conversation:
Wolfgang Menzel, Senior Laboratory Engineer and Dean's Council in the Electrical Engineering department
Niklas Fabricius, student, has been studying KIA since 2017 and is currently working on his engineering thesis at Schneider Electric GmbH
Emilia Herzig, a student from the 2019 KIA cohort, who will pass her first milestone in the dual KIA degree program next winter with her qualification as an electronics technician for devices and systems
Moritz Pietsch, KIA graduate and software developer at TRUMPF Sachsen GmbH in Neukirch
Hartmut Paetzold, KIA department coordinator at the university