MA/MS in Biomechatronik

BioMechatronik is a Master's programme run jointly with Hochschule Bielefeld (HSBI). It deals with analysing, designing and improving mechatronic products by applying insights from living nature, with inspiration drawn from biology, medicine or psychology. The programme treats biomechatronic systems as machines that sense their surroundings and act efficiently within them, adapting to changing tasks. Typical application areas include automation engineering and healthcare technology. Students learn to abstract biological models so that they can be transferred into technical solutions, and they practise this in research-oriented projects. Because the field is interdisciplinary, future engineers also gain a working understanding of biological systems, from neurobiology and behaviour to biomechanics, with some attention to psychology and ethics. Study can begin in the winter semester at Bielefeld University or in the summer semester at HSBI.