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Laboratory Work

The laboratory works offer the opportunity to gain practical experience in a university environment. For this purpose, students work in small groups on practical tasks with a research context. Often case studies are worked on or experiments are carried out in the laboratories of the chairs.

In the bachelor’s program under the 2019 curriculum, the specialized labs consist of a module worth 5 LP. In the master’s program under the 2019 curriculum, students can complete the “Specialized Lab” module either by taking two specialized labs worth 3 LP each or by taking one specialized lab worth 6 LP.

In the 2026 curriculum, the specialized laboratory has been eliminated from the bachelor’s program; in the master’s program, it is worth 5 LP.

Transitional provisions: Bachelor’s labs under the 2019 study regulations will be offered for the last time in the summer semester of 2028. Master’s labs under the 2019 study regulations will be offered for the last time in the summer semester of 2027. When the study regulations change, one Master’s lab from the 2019 study regulations worth 3 LP will be transferred to a lab under the 2026 study regulations worth 5 LP.

With the overview of currently offered laboratory works and logistic projects of the Department of Mechanical Engineering you can get an overview and at the same time find information on how to register. With the overview in Excel format, you can use the filter function to reduce the overview to labs for your degree program and the desired semester. Detailed descriptions of the contents can usually be found on the websites of the offering chairs.

Registration is usually done via the chair or a Moodle course. Please note the registration deadlines. Participation in laboratories of the Master's program is only possible if you are enrolled in the Master's program at the time of registration. For questions regarding the labs please contact the chairs, for questions regarding the central Moodle courses for registration in the study programs Logistics and Industrial Engineering and Management please contact the respective student advisor.

Bachelor (only PO 2019)

The bachelor's degree program in mechanical engineering does not include a laboratory work.

In the Bachelor's degree program in Logistics, the subject laboratory is called "Logistics Project". It comprises the processing of a logistical problem on the basis of a practical case study. The logistics project is supervised by the various chairs that offer logistical questions for processing, see overview.

Registration is done via the Moodle-Kurs Logistikprojekt WS 2026/27.

This laboratory is offered by the IUL and ISF and deals with topics related to the processing of materials. Further information can be found in the overview.

Here, either the laboratories of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (see profile Production Management), the laboratories of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (see profile Management of Electrical Systems) or the seminars of the Department of Business and Economics can be taken. 

The laboratories of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology can be taken here that are listed as “Wahlpflichtpraktika” in the module catalog for the ETIT bachelor’s program (the module title begins with the word “Praktikum”). Detailed descriptions and information about the labs can be found on the homepage of the Department ETIT. 

Master (PO 2019 + PO 2026)

Within the scope of the laboratory, selected complex contents from mechanical engineering are deepened by means of practical investigations in which the students independently solve engineering problems. The topics and types of experiments are offered by the chairs of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, see overview.

Within the framework of the laboratories, selected logistics contents are deepened by means of practical investigations in which the students solve problems independently. The topics and types of experiments are offered by the chairs of the Department of Mechanical Engineering that research and teach in the field of logistics, see overview.

Registration takes place via the Moodle-Kurs Logistiklabor WS 2026/27.

Within the scope of the laboratory, questions from the fields of mechanical engineering and industrial engineering are dealt with. The topics and types of experiments are offered by the chairs of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, see overview.

Registration takes place via the Moodle-Kurs Fachlabor Master Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen WiSe 26/27.

The laboratories of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology can be taken here that are listed as “Praktikum” in the module catalog for the ETIT master’s program (the module title begins with the word “Praktikum”). Detailed descriptions and information about the labs can be found on the homepage of the Department ETIT. 

Here, either the laboratories of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (see profile Production Management) or the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (see profile Management of Electrical Systems) can be visited. Seminars of the Department of Business and Economics can NOT be taken as a laboratory in the Master's program.