The School of Engineering and Science

The School of Engineering and Science

At the School of Engineering and Science, we are committed to scientific excellence. This is reflected in numerous highly challenging and innovative research projects carried out by our professors. They are leading experts in areas of the most exciting modern scientific disciplines including Biosciences and Biotechnology, Nanomolecular Science, Information Technology, Earth Sciences and Logistics, as well as in fundamental research in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The Undergraduate Program of the school of Engineering and Science is organized in three "shells". During the first year, the various subjects are presented in substantial breadth with the aim of conveying the basic concepts. Furthermore, all Engineering and Science students must enroll in three of the ten natural science lecture and lab courses plus suitable mathematics courses. The second year will focus on the major subject, again in a comprehensive fashion, but with increasing depth. During the third year, the deepest shell, advanced level courses are being offered and a choice of various specialization subjects. In addition, students engage in "guided" research. It is important that the decision for the major has to be taken only at the beginning of the second year, i.e. after the students have received a good insight into the nature of various scientific disciplines.

The combination of traditionally distinct, but related disciplines under the common focus also appears in most of our Graduate Programs, such as Nanomolecular Science, Biological Recognition, Astroparticle Physics, and in the joint program with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences on Cognitive and Neural Sciences. This reflects not only the growing tendency of modern science towards interdisciplinary approaches, but also the creative networking of our faculty. With the completion of all necessary research and teaching labs in Fall 2004, the support through the recently dedicated Information Resource Center, and a further augmentation of the faculty, the School of Engineering and Science presents itself as a place of excellent education and exciting research.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Kramer, Vice President and Dean

Angela Schreiber,  Assistant to the Dean

Dr. Svenja Frischholz,  Graduate Student Affairs

Janet Heienbrock/Sigrid Manss/Elke Pankratz, Team Assistants to the Faculty

Katja Hesse-Aschen, Executive Assistant/Team Assistant to the Faculty

Britta Berninghausen, Project Assistant

Sabine Meier, Project Assistant

Marta Müller, Project Assistant