VEHICLE ENGINERING Undergraduate Study Programme

The name of study programme: Vehicle Engineering

Level of degree: baccalaureus, bachelor, abbr.: BSc-degree

Qualification written in the degree: Vehicle Engineer

The language of study programme: English

Specialization: Internal Combustion Engines

The area of education: engineering

Duration of study programme: 7 semesters/terms

The number of credit points necessary for the BSc degree: 210 credit points

The aim of study programme:

Our undergraduate engineers are able to understand and to realise the design, manufacturing and operation of vehicles and mobile machines. In their professional activity they take care of the aspects of safety, environmental protection and energy economy. Graduates will get prepared to continue their studies at master (MSc) level. Major attention is paid on the project-based teamwork of the students in the education programme – in line with industry trends. The training of theoretical knowledge is consequently linked to practical projects. This project focus supports the training of the necessary soft-skills as well, like communication, presentation, arguing, cooperation and evaluation of literature.

The content of the study programme:

The percentage of each training area/field:

• Knowledge of Natural Sciences: 40 credit points
• Knowledge of Economics and Human Sciences: 19 credit points
• Professional Core Material and Differentiated Knowledge: 126 credit points
• Freely elected courses: 10 credit points
• Diploma Thesis: 15 credit points

Professional Practice/Internship:

The mandatory internship period of min. 6 weeks has to be absolved outside of university at a suitable professional location.

The supervisory system of knowledge contains the following items:

Acquisition of the prescribed knowledge requirement, internship absolved, diploma thesis completed and final examination absolved.

Requirements of the thesis:

The diploma thesis is the elaboration of specified vehicle engineering or research activities within a project work executed in teams. This task must be based on the acquired knowledge of the student and on the state of the art know how of the topic based on literature. The elaboration process is supported by at least one supervisor of the university and can be assisted by an external industrial expert. The duration is one semester/term.

The candidate proves with his/her work within the thesis project, that he/she obtained and can apply sufficient knowledge/skills in order to resolve a dedicated professional analysis, design or development task, and creating added value – with individual responsibilities within a project group. The success of the whole project, the contribution of the student to the overall result, as well as the execution of individual tasks and activities are evaluated too.

Conditions for taking the final exam:

Meeting the requirements of the curriculum, including

• obtaining at least 210 credit points out of which the thesis represents 15 credit points,
• fulfilling the conditions of the practical training/internship as part of the curriculum,
• diploma thesis evaluated and approved by the reviewer.

Conditions for issuing the degree:

In accordance with the 51§ of the Act CCIV/2011 on the National Higher Education, students studying and completing a course held in a foreign language are exempted from taking language examinations regardless the level and number of language examinations laid down in the Educational and Outcome Requirements (KKK). Graduating from a course held in a foreign language implies that the output requirements on foreign language are considered to have been completed.

Parts of the final exam:

• comprehensive oral exam based on the “portfolio” of the candidate (the collection of the most important projects/activities during the education programme, in which the student was involved)
• evaluation and defence of the individual activities within the thesis project

The results of the final exam:

The arithmetical mean of the following two results: the grade received for the defence of the thesis (integer number) and the grade of the comprehensive oral exam rounded to two decimal places. If any of the two grades is „fail” the final exam is regarded as „fail”.

The assessment of the degree:

The final grade of the degree is calculated as follows:

Final assessment = 0.4 x FE + 0.4 x CI + 0.2 x TG, where

FE is the result of the final exam (rounded to two decimal places),
CI is the corrected cumulative credit index (rounded to two decimal places) and
TG is the grade received for the thesis (integer number)

Final grade is the nearest integer value to the final assessment value (rounding up from .51).

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