Bauingenieurwesen B. Sc. (auch dual)

The traditional course of study takes place entirely at the university, where you learn in seminars and in the laboratory. You will get to know construction practice through exercises, projects, excursions and the final internship.

In the first three semesters, you will acquire basic mathematical, scientific and technical knowledge and be prepared for engineering applications.

From the fourth semester onwards, you will gain a broad overview of all the key specialist areas of civil engineering. You can choose one of the two specializations “Structural Engineering” and “Infrastructure” or study without a specialization and design your studies with elective modules according to your personal taste.

With the final Bachelor's thesis, you will demonstrate that you can solve challenging theoretical and application-related problems as well as practical tasks.

The dual study program is integrated into the traditional study program, i.e. traditional and dual students study together at the university. However, dual students have a second place of learning in addition to the university: an employer, i.e. a company or other organization, where they acquire in-depth practical professional knowledge in the so-called theory-practice transfer projects and in a total of six practical phases between semesters. What are the benefits?

Plus in practical experience: You have an employer, your practice partner, at your side right from the start, where you can gain qualified practical experience during your studies and prepare yourself step by step for your future job.

Financial support: Your practice partner will also pay you a salary during the theoretical phase at the university so that you can cover your living costs and concentrate fully on your studies.

No need to search: You don't need to look for a part-time job, an internship, a partner for your practical Bachelor's thesis or a job after your studies. You already have everything - with your practice partner.

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Large elective area: If you do not choose a specialization, you have a total of 8 modules (5 compulsory specialization modules and 3 compulsory elective modules) at your disposal, which you can use to design your course of study according to your individual interests.
Free modules: For even more freedom of choice, you can even choose 2 of the 3 compulsory elective modules from the free modules offered by HSB or at our international partner universities (subject to programme approval).
Topicality guaranteed: If necessary, the range of compulsory elective modules is adapted to the changing conditions in the construction industry.
Further information: The exact descriptions of the compulsory elective modules can be found below in the module manual 2024.

If you are not fresh out of school with an advanced mathematics course, you can acquire or refresh the essential basics for the mathematics modules of the degree programme with our engineering mathematics preparatory course. This is generally recommended for everyone, but especially for those who graduated from school a long time ago or who do not have an advanced mathematics course.

The course takes place annually for first-semester students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering in the week before the start of lectures.

Preparatory course in engineering mathematics

In addition to the theory modules, a project module is offered each semester in which you work independently in small groups on practical professional problems during the semester. The project modules introduce you to the professional field of civil engineering and teach you techniques of scientific work, project management and experience with group dynamic processes.

Dual students complete the project module (here: theory-practice transfer project) from the 2nd semester with their practice partner. The exchange about the project and the presentation of the project results takes place together with all students in the semester group.

In the seventh and final semester, you will complete a twelve-week internship in which you will work in construction companies, engineering offices, building authorities, laboratories or institutes. This enables you to apply the knowledge you have acquired directly to engineering tasks and immerse yourself more deeply in the professional field.

In our laboratories, you will apply the methods of civil engineering. Here you can tinker, measure, analyze and experiment - and sometimes make a mistake. In this way, you will develop a sense of what is possible and acquire the necessary skills that are essential for your job as a civil engineer.

• BIM/GIS laboratory
• Laboratory for geotechnics
• Laboratory for experimental statics
• Laboratory for structural engineering
• Laboratory for Building Materials Technology
• Laboratory for Traffic and Road Construction (LaVeS)
• Laboratory for Hydraulic Engineering
• Laboratory for Environmental and Biotechnology
• Laboratory for Circular Economy

Our Bachelor's degree course in Civil Engineering is taught on site, which means that you study at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. You will meet many different people with whom you will learn together, discuss and work on joint solutions, but also have difficult conversations and arguments. As a result, you will develop the social skills you will need in your future job as a civil engineer in order to implement complex construction projects as a team player together with other participants.

For admission to the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering, you need a pre-study work placement

• for a period of 13 weeks
• which includes manual, craft activities
• either completely in the main construction trade (only activities under paragraph 2 plus activities in steel construction) or in the main construction trade (7 weeks) and in a construction-related occupational field (6 weeks)

includes. The internship should take place before the start of the course and should be as consecutive as possible. Proof must be submitted to the Enrolment Office upon enrolment and by October 1st of the following year (start of the 3rd semester) at the latest.

Not recognised is an internship in an engineering office (planning activities).

Fully recognised will be a completed vocational training in the main construction industry and the six-month internship in year 11 of the technical secondary school if it was completed in the main construction industry.

Further information on the pre-study internship

If you would like to apply for the dual track, you will need a study contract with a practice partner who is registered with Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences. The study contract must be submitted with your application.

Please note: No training is integrated into the dual track. Therefore, no training contract will be accepted.

You need a study contract that regulates the relationship between you and your employer during the dual track. Our dual track is “dual-practice-integrated”. This means that theory and practice are closely interlinked.

You are not yet sure whether and what you would like to study? Or do you need support to cope with your studies, e.g. because you have family care responsibilities, have to work part-time or have learning difficulties?

Our Central Student Advisory Service (ZSB) is your first point of contact for all questions relating to your studies!

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