Profile
The aim of engineering education is to develop engineers with high professional competence. In eleven laboratories, our faculty ensures education according to the most modern standards - practical, individual, high-quality and future-oriented.
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the founding faculties of Ravensburg-Weingarten University. It offers qualified education in four Bachelor's degree programs and two Master's degree programs.
Through the trade teacher study program Automotive Engineering PLUS Teaching Post, the spectrum of the faculty is supplemented by a didactic/pedagogical component.
Currently, about 600 students are enrolled at the faculty. Eleven laboratories ensure a modern and practical education. Teaching is practice- and project-oriented. An outstanding project is the development and production of a Formula Student racing car.
Our mission statement
The goal of engineering education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is to develop engineers with a high level of professional competence. Through their studies, they should acquire a broad foundation in engineering science with exemplary practice-oriented specialization. The study program is
- is practical, individual, high-quality and future-oriented
- enables the development of sustainable technical solutions and ensures communication skills with neighboring disciplines and the natural sciences in addition to specialist scientific skills
- includes the basic knowledge of economics and social sciences
- enables the ability to work in a team, as well as assertiveness, a sense of moral responsibility and the ability to reflect
- includes not only the pure transfer of knowledge, but also the formation of personality
Our communication is characterized by
- collegiality, team spirit and respectful interaction
- objective and appreciative discussion
Our cooperation includes as indispensable components
- the closeness of the students to their lecturers
- mutual help and mutual trust
- intensive cooperation with other faculties, educational institutions and companies
Our region is at the center of everything we do.
- support regional, often internationally active companies
- are locally rooted, but demand and promote international experience
We see our further development as a social and economic responsibility. This
- means a constant further development of the faculty, the members of the faculty as well as their facilities
- represents a joint task in which each member takes active responsibility
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Courses
Bachelor
Automotive Engineering
Automotive Engineering PLUS Teaching Post
Energy and Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering / Automotive Engineering (academic studies and integrated apprenticeship)
Mechanical Engineering / International Project Engineering (international variant)
Master
Environmental and Process Engineering
Product Development in Mechanical Engineering
Labs
CAD and FEM
- Building C
- Room C011
Chemistry and environmental analysis
- Building N (Natural Science Centre)
- Room N 246, N 018
Electric drives and controls
- Building H (main building)
- Room H 062
Electrochemical energy and process engineering
- Building N (Natural Science Centre)
- Room N 149
Energy and fluid mechanics
- Building H (main building)
- Room H 059
Production measurement and testing technology
- Building D
- Room D 033
Automotive engineering and mechatronics
- Building H (main building)
- Room H 057
Measurement and control technology
- Building D
- Room D 007
Forming technology
- Building D
- Room D 032
Materials testing
- Building L
- Room L 005 - L 018
Machining Technology
- Building D
- Room D 032
News
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Award ceremony
TOX Applied Engineering Award for Master's thesis in mechanical engineering
Felicia Wieland receives the TOX® Applied Engineering Award for her practical master's thesis on the traction aid winch for special forestry machinery. The award ceremony took place on March 26, 2025 in Weingarten.
Press release
One course, two degrees
RWU offers a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering that combines studying with an apprenticeship. The first graduates of this new model are now entering the world of work. How has the idea of a two-track education worked out?
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On the way to your dream job as a professor?
The mentoring and qualification program for women "Dream job Professor Plus" is starting its second sponsorship - RWU is also involved.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Peter Fath receives honorary professorship - The future belongs to photovoltaics
On June 26, RWU awarded its long-time lecturer Dr. Peter Fath an honorary professorship. He has been committed to the development and expansion of photovoltaic systems for over 25 years.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
HVO 100 - a new fuel in the vehicle technology laboratory
In the vehicle technology laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, all diesel-powered drives are currently being converted to the diesel replacement fuel HVO 100, which was recently released for sale.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Last Friday, the graduates of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering celebrated the completion of their studies.
Press release
Steel parts from the printer
Three RWU Master's graduates have built a metal 3D printer. They have now gained plenty of experience with it and are looking for partners.
Award ceremony
Paul Hecht receives TOX Applied Engineering Award 2023
For the eleventh time, TOX® PRESSOTECHNIK is honoring an outstanding student achievement at RWU. The TOX-Applied-Engineering-Award 2023 goes to mechanical engineering graduate Paul Hecht.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Heating oil store becomes laboratory
RWU's former heating oil storage facility has been converted into a laboratory. Where there used to be space for 80,000 liters of oil, RWU's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is now working on additive manufacturing.
Press release
Engineers of the future honored
The champagne glasses clinked again last Friday: RWU's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering celebrated its graduates.
Press release
Mechanical Engineering international at RWU
RWU now also offers an international, English-language study option in the field of Mechanical Egineering with "International Project Engineering".
Press release
Stage victory: graduation
At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Ravensburg-Weingarten University, 83 graduates celebrated the successful completion of their studies.
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General contact details
| Opening hours | Monday - Friday from 9:00-11:45 a.m. |
|---|---|
| Phone | |
| Fax | +49-751-501-9651 |
| dekanatssekretariat-m@rwu.de | |
| Room | H 135 |
| On campus |
Building H (main building)
Doggenriedstrasse 70
88250 Weingarten |
| Postal address |
RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Mechanical Engineering P.O. Box 30 22
88216 Weingarten Germany |
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