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Functional Safety
Functional Safety For Safe Technology
The comprehensive digitalisation of technologies and the use of autonomous and intelligent systems require increasingly sophisticated safety verifications and advanced safety management. The Master's degree programme in Functional Safety prepares you for these tasks. After successfully completing the programme, you will be qualified to work on challenging projects or to pursue a doctorate.
What you can expect
- Challenging topics and projects in functional safety
- Competences of a very high level after graduation
- A modern campus with well-equipped lecture theatres and laboratories
We offer you a degree programme that will qualify you for advanced engineering tasks and challenging functional safety projects upon successful completion. In our Bachelor's programme, we teach you what is needed in professional life. Here on the Master's programme, we offer you what would be possible in functional safety. This includes advanced approaches, ways of thinking, methods and processes.
Your course of studies
FS Management
FS methodology
FS Mathematics
Project work A
Elective module 1
Ethics and career
FSE
FSoAI
Liability & warranty
Elective module 2
Master thesis and colloquium
Final thesis with subsequent colloquium
What you need to bring along
- Your motivation to design current and future technologies with safety in mind
- Competences from the HRW Bachelor's degree programme in Safety Engineering
- If you lack these skills, we recommend that you acquire them independently through our e-learning programmes or take part in the corresponding modules of the Bachelor's degree programme.
- Proof of proficiency in the German language equivalent to reference level C1 or higher as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). All degree programmes are taught in German.
Application process
The application phase for the admission restricted Master’s degree programmes for the coming winter semester begins on 01. May 2024 and ends on 01. August 2024. Applications can only be submitted online via our application portal.
If you have any questions, please contact the application support team.