Qualification requirements and regulations
Do you have the desire to get to the bottom of things?
Do you always want to understand how and why something works?
...or why something does not work?
You would like to develop something together with others, create something new? Would like to work on something that will only exist in the future.
As an engineer you can do this. You work on things and processes to improve them. Not only do you need professional knowledge and social competency, but you must also have common sense. Are you also inquisitive and curious? You should seriously consider the bachelor's degree programme in Mechatronics! The professional prospects in innovative companies will persuade you.
The development and construction of products and production processes requires that the behaviour and performance can be checked before the first prototypes are produced. Calculation and simulation are always central subjects for this reason. These can only occur with the help of mathematics and physics. Consequently, an indispensible prerequisite for the degree programme is logical and abstract thinking. Higher-level mathematics is taught in the degree programme and is not a requirement for it. Mathematics at the Matura level is obviously a prerequisite. Since mathematics is the basis for almost all technical fields, you must have an affinity for math.
The degree programme does not require any subject-specific preliminary training and can be entered with any school diploma and the general university entrance examination along with commensurate interest and the desire to perform.
In our society, we already have conditioned our youngest in gender-specific role stereotypes. These categorise technical competencies and interests as solely for men. For some incomprehensible reason, we also understand mathematics, logic and physics to be mainly male fields. However, these prejudices are not at all true, on the contrary, women usually underestimate their competencies while men usually overestimate them. That teams work more effectively when they do not consist solely of men is not disputed by anyone, since women can implement their strengths in communication here.
For this reason, the FHV would like to encourage women in particular to inform themselves about a profession as an engineer in Mechatronics and consider the bachelor's degree programme. For this reason, the FHV in particular supports the action day for women in technical professions of the future.
