Systems Engineering and Engineering Cybernetics
Bachelor/Master

At a first glance nothing at all. However the view of cybernetics gets deeper. For example it asks: How does a system (a cell, a factory…) react on changes of its environment? How is information received, processed, and transmitted? Which regulation mechanisms are used?

To answer these questions the examined system is translated into "the language of mathematics" first. Subsequently the problems can be processed by the same mathematical methods, no matter if it concerns a cell or a factory.

Naturally the investigation of existing systems is only a first step. At most the essence is the improvement of their features (increase of a factory's efficiency, increase of manoeuvrability of a helicopter), or a complete new development of technical plants.

By the help of cybernetics it is possible to solve most diverse problems with equal methods and is therefore interdisciplinary.

In technology cybernetic methods are used in different areas:

• Regulation of plants in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry
• Control of robots
• Autopilot for aeroplanes
• Intelligent implants in the medical technology
• Driver assistance systems (e.g. ESP, distance control) in the motor industry
• Traffic guidance systems

Cybernetics is interesting because of its diverse applicability and provides excellent job prospects.

Cyberneticists do not depend on a special industry.

The study of Systems Engineering and Engineering Cybernetics reflects the broad spectrum of applicability. Basic subjects of engineering science and natural science are just a part of the study as mathematics and methods of cybernetics.

Today the practical realisation of these methods is no longer conceivable without most modern information technology. Computer simulation, implementation of control algorithms or the optimisation of technical processes are typical tasks. These are practicable only by the help of modern computer technology. For this reason the study of Engineering and Engineering Cybernetics also provides a profound training in computer sciences - an advantage in job-seeking.

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