Metal and machine technology

The degree course in the Vocational Department of Metal and Machine Technology (MMT) qualifies graduates to complete a traineeship at a vocational school (vocational school, vocational college, technical college, vocational grammar school, etc.) in the vocational 1 "Metal Technology" after the first state examination and then to teach in the vocational field. This means that graduates are able to teach in the assigned professions after completing their studies.

Table of contents

1. 1. Subject combinations
   2. Study program
   3. Have we piqued your interest?

Subject combinations

In addition to other general education subjects (except biology), the Department can also be combined with the second subject areas of chemical engineering, electrical engineering and information technology and automotive engineering. As a second subject area, this department can be studied with the first subject area of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.

The combination of the Departments of Metal and Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Information Technology covers the mechatronic professions in particular.

Study program

The basis for the university education in the vocational Department of Metal and Mechanical Engineering are various corresponding engineering sciences. First and foremost is mechanical engineering, including design, materials, production, fundamentals of measurement and automation technology and ergonomics and work design. The following specializations can be chosen: Production Engineering, Building Energy and Supply Engineering and Aircraft Engineering. Depending on the specialization, the subject matter of the specialist sciences includes, for example, content from the areas of manufacturing processes and machine tools or heat transfer and energy storage systems or aircraft design and construction as well as the fundamentals of aircraft maintenance and repair. The Department continues to address important aspects of the profession in research and teaching. This includes the further development of production against the backdrop of Industry 4.0, networked production, virtual and augmented reality or the use of artificial intelligence or the challenges of the increasingly mechatronic building technology, including the efficient use of energy or a "smart home".

In the context of vocational didactics as a core element of teacher training, the aim is to learn to analyze the competencies that come into play in the processes, to plan the competence development of the learners and to systematically prepare the diverse (teaching) content, to design, implement and reflect on the lessons in a way that is appropriate for the target group.

(cf. Pahl, J.-P./Herkner, V. (eds.) (2010): Handbuch berufliche Fachrichtungen. Bielefeld. 446-476.)

Study documents

Current courses ofthe Chair of Metals and Machine Technology / Vocational Didactics for the Department of Metals and Machine Technology. (Link

LEMMA - Teaching-related community platform for students and teachers of the Departments ETIT, FZT and MMT as well as OptLA students.

Have we piqued your interest?

Further information can be found under the following links

• Teacher training in general,
• Teacher Training - Vocational Schools and
• Study options for the technical teaching degree at vocational schools.

Footnotes

1. Although the terms "Department" and "occupational field" are identical, there is an important difference. While the professional department refers to the field of study and thus the structure of teacher training at universities, the term professional field refers to the classification of individual (related) professions. Consequently, the degree course prepares you to teach in the assigned professions - regardless of the current lack of a systematic and formally valid classification. This is a key difference compared to general education, which prepares you for a subject.

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