Aviation and Vehicle IT
Programme Objectives:
Electronics and its steering software are a real challenge for the future development of vehicles and aircraft. Embedded and networked computer systems steer airbags, intelligent landing gears and anti-blocking systems as well as Flight Control Systems and Flight Navigation Systems. These systems monitor a multitude of various parameters, process them within milliseconds, warn and support the pilot / driver or take over his role e.g. when flying on autopilot or parking. Almost every aspect of computer science is important in the realization of these steering functions – complex algorithms, hard real-time requirements, security and error tolerance, process communication, communication through bus systems or networks, signal procession, Man-Machine-Interface (MMI) and much more. Computer science is a key competence for the construction of planes and automobiles. Nowadays industry has an increasing demand of computer scientists who think and act in an interdisciplinary way and find optimal solutions at the crossroads of aircraft and vehicles, electronics and computer science. To provide all this kind of knowledge and competence is the main goal of our Bachelor’s program “Aviation and Vehicle IT”.
Studying Aviation and Vehicle IT and following the principles of an interdisciplinary and practice oriented education, our students will be provided with knowledge and skills of a high-valued computer scientist. Permanent coordination of case studies, lab classes and project works with typical scenarios from the aircraft and automotive development prepares our graduates for their immediate entry into these two professional areas. In addition to this, a very important component of the program is to provide key qualifications like social, individual and media skills.
Programme Overview:
The regular period of study consists of seven semesters divided into an introductory and an advanced module. The first module covers two theoretical semesters. The strong interdependency between the introductory module of our program and the contents of the Bachelor’s program “Computer Science” enables the alternation between Computer Science and Aviation and Vehicle IT. The second module covers four theoretical semesters and a practical semester.
Students must choose one major field of study between Automotive and Avionics before the end of the second semester. Starting from the third semester they will focus on specific applications in various seminaries and consolidate their technical knowledge in areas like Automobile/Motorcycle (Automotive-Systems) or Plane/Helicopter/Drone (Avionics-Systems).
Admission:
Admission is only possible for winter semester (October 1). Application period is between May and June 15. Application shall be submitted directly to Ingolstadt University. On our website you can find all information you might need for the application.
Tuition and student service fees must be paid for each semester.
Program Contents
Semesters 1-2
Basics of Programming (incl. lab); Computer Architecture; Operating Systems; Digital Technology (incl. lab); Introduction to Mathematics; Introduction to Physics, Electric and Electronic Engineering; Basics of Business Administration; English
Semesters 3-4
Software Engineering (incl. lab); Microcontroller (incl. lab); Technical Systems in the Automobile/Plane; Bus Systems; Applied Mathematics; Computer Network; Modeling and Simulation of Technical Systems; Embedded Systems and Real-Time Systems; Software-Architecture and Distributed Programming (Automotive) / Basics of Avionics; Control Engineering (incl. lab)
Semesters 5-7
Integrated Sensor-Actor-Systems; Digital Signal Processing; Security-Critical Systems; Systems Engineering; Lab: Steering Devices (Automotive) / MMI and Virtual Reality (Avionics); technical mandatory elective subjects; Bachelor’s thesis; Oral test
Internationality
Students acquire their first qualification degree (“Bachelor of Science”) after seven semesters. Graduates can apply for Master’s programs in Automotive Engineering or Computer Science. The Master‘s degree is the required qualification for a doctoral program.
Spending a semester at one of our partner universities in Europe, Africa, America, Asia or Australia enables students to organize their studies in an international way.
- Curriculum Aviation and Vehicle IT SS 2010
Contact
Dean's Office
Waltraud Plessow
Phone: +49 841 9348-377
E-Mail: waltraud.plessow@
fh-ingolstadt.de
Ute Petz
Phone: +49 841 9348-377
E-Mail: ute.petz@fh-ingolstadt.de