The testimonials written by international students of our faculty (Incomings) and students of TH Köln that have been abroad (Outgoings) offer an interesting insight into the experiences during their stays abroad and can be a helpful source for other students while preparing and planning their exchange semester or internship abroad.
In the winter semester 2020/2021, Luca and Giovanni from the University of Padua worked on projects in the Laboratory of Manufacturing Technology as part of their master's theses. They were supervised by Prof. Dr. Hartl and Prof. Dr. Pusch as well as by Mr. Petrovic. In their theses, they dealt with laser welding processes and laser welding quality.
In the summer semester 2020, Harisa and Mirza from Bosnia and Herzegovina visited us at our faculty. They spent an Erasmus semester with us and worked on practical projects in the laboratory. Prof. Dr. Hasan Smajic has been supervising the Erasmus exchange project with 4 universities in Bosnia Herzegovina since the beginning of 2020.
Starting in October 2019, Manuel participated in our double degree program with the private university Tec de Monterrey (Mexico) in the Automotive Engineering degree program. He has completed his semester abroad and finished his internship in November 2019, which is part of the double degree program.
Rand and Bilal from the German-Jordanian University in Amman (GJU) studied Logistics at our faculty for one semester in summer 2019. The exchange program with the GJU also includes an internship semester, which both of them have completed at companies in Germany during the winter semester 2019/2020.
The photo shows two of our international students from IPN in Mexico, Luis and Diego, who have completed an exchange semester in the Bachelor's degree program Production and Logistics at our faculty during the winter semester of 2018/2019. Ravindra from India and David from Nepal ("Joint Master's Degree in Sustainable Automotive Engineering") wrote their Master's thesis with Prof. Dr. Rainer Haas during the same time frame.
Jintao and Yang from China wrote their final thesis with Prof. Dr. Frank Herrmann as their mentor in 2017/2018. Jintao was enrolled as a regular student in the Master's degree program Automotive Engineering and Yang in the double degree Bachelor's program in Automotive Engineering.
Camila from Mexico participated in the double degree program in 2017/2018. She accomplished the program and has been offered a job in Germany.
This very detailed report written by a student of the Bachelor's degree program Automotive Engineering describes his experiences at Tecnológico de Monterrey at Campus Puebla presenting his motivation, ways of preparation, finding accommodation, as well as the life in Puebla and on campus.
This report written by a student of the degree program Logistics describes her practical working experience gained in an internship at a branch of the German company W. Müller GmbH in Boston, which produces machine heads for the production of plastic bottles.
This lively report with a lot of expressive photos written by a student of the Bachelor's degree program Automotive Engineering describes his experiences at Tecnológico de Monterrey at Campus Puebla, where he spent his semester abroad from August to December 2017.
A semester abroad cannot only be completed at partner institutions of the Faculty of Automotive Systems and Production but exceptionally also through cooperations of other faculties, if they have availability. A student of the Bachelor's degree program Production and Logistics has by this means studied at Polytech Marseille and describes his application process and experiences in France.
Two students of the degree program Logistics have completed an internship at an American distributor of a German mechanical engineering company in Massachusetts for six weeks.
A student of the Master´s degree program Automotive Engineering has completed his Master's thesis at Robert Bosch Corporation Yokohama and describes the cultural differences and his personal experiences.
A student of the Bachelor's degree program Automotive Engineering has completed an exchange semester in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul and describes the lively atmosphere.
