Research Project / Case study
- Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
Version 1 of 14.02.2026.
- Module identifier
11M1290
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
15.0
- Module frequency
winter and summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
This module deals with the transfer of scientific knowledge and methods into practice. Within the framework of case studies or applied research projects, independent scientific work is conducted in order to facilitate the entry into professional life.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Independent processing of a practical project as individual work or as a subtask within a working group
- Creation of a project report on a scientific basis
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 450 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 5 Individual coaching - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 445 Other Working on the practical project
- Graded examination
- Project Report, written
- Exam duration and scope
Length of the written project report: 20 - 40 pages
Visualized explanation: approx. 20 minutes
- Recommended prior knowledge
Knowledge in the width of the subject studied
- Knowledge deepening
Students are able to familiarize themselves with a new practice-related task within a limited period of time and to independently deepen their knowledge in a specific area on a scientific basis.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students who have successfully completed this module know how to work on a technical and/or scientific task in a methodically structured manner within a given time frame and can place the results in an application-related context.
- Application and Transfer
Students can apply the knowledge acquired in the Master's degree program in Applied Materials Science to specific practical examples.
- Academic Innovation
Students can evaluate specialist literature based on their task and develop ideas for dealing with new issues.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students analyze and evaluate solutions critically and present them in an overall context.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
By asking practical questions, students recognize the framework conditions for professional action that are appropriate to the situation and cross-situational.
- Literature
individuell entsprechend der Aufgabenstellung
- Applicability in study programs
- Applied Materials Sciences
- Applied Materials Sciences M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Rosenberger, Sandra
- Teachers
- Hamann-Steinmeier, Angela
- Rosenberger, Sandra
- Mola, Javad
- Petersen, Svea
- Schmitz, Ulrich
- Wehmöller, Michael
- Schweers, Elke
- Krumpholz, Thorsten
- Susoff, Markus Lothar
- Strickstrock, Monika
- Schröder, Cathrin
- Mertens, Tobias