Master in Mechatronics and Business Management

What you study

This Master's programme at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria combines mechatronics with business economics. The register describes it as a higher qualification in selected fields of mechatronics and business economics, plus development and management competence. The aim is to train industrial engineers who can work across both sides of a company: the technical side and the commercial side.

The register names the areas graduates go into rather than listing modules: management of project teams in engineering and product development, management of production and manufacturing units, quality assurance and quality management, technical process planning, and sales and marketing in industrial goods companies. The thinking behind the programme is that mechatronics companies now work in a business environment that is more complex, so they need engineers who can judge a technical task by what it costs and what it earns.

Admission, language and next steps

Teaching is in German and English, so the programme is partly taught in English. Check with the institution which parts are in which language before you apply.

Admission goes through an admission procedure, which the register lists as an entrance examination. There is no central application portal: you apply directly to the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, and its own programme page gives the application period and the details of the procedure. The degree is a Diplomingenieurin or Diplomingenieur (DI), worth 120 ECTS over four semesters, which is two years. The programme is based in Wels, not at the Hagenberg campus.

As a university of applied sciences, the institution sets its own fees, so check its page for what applies to you.

Work in companies of the mechatronics industry has changed enormously because of the increasingly dynamic and complex business environment. The need for industrial engineers with interdisciplinary skills is growing continuously. This degree programme aims to meet this need by offering a higher qualification in selected fields of Mechatronics and Business Economics and also development and management competence. Graduates are employed in the management of project teams in the fields of engineering and product development as well as in the management of production and manufacturing units. In addition, quality assurance, quality management, technical process planning as well as sales and marketing in industrial goods companies are further areas in which graduates work. Thanks to their interdisciplinary expertise, graduates are able to act in a market- and customer-oriented manner and can also professionally assess technical tasks in terms of their economic impact on costs, earnings, financial and performance indicators.

There is no central application portal in Austria: you apply to the institution, here University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Universities of applied sciences set their own application periods and admission procedures, so read them on the programme page. Entrance examination, as the register states it: Admission procedure. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, the student residence permit and housing.