Studying Abroad

The cooperation guarantees the continuous exchange of knowledge and enables students to spend some time at a partner university during the second year of their graduate studies or their last semester during their undergraduate time.

At some partner universities, a Master's degree in addition to the Master's degree from the University of Stuttgart can be obtained. Other universities offer a joint degree, i.e. one common degree from both universities. These programmes include

• the first year of the Master studies in Stuttgart,
• the second year including the thesis work at the partner university
• as well as an industrial internship during the stay abroad.

A double/joint degree can be obtained at the following partner universities:

The double degree programmes aim at qualified students with majors of the Gemeinsamen Kommission Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Cybernetics, Mechatronical Engineering, Process Technology etc.). The right time for application is after the conditional acceptance into graduate school or during the first semester of the Master studies. The studies for the double degree abroad usually start in August/September, but individual starting times may also be the case. Details on the choice of modules can be found in the Module-Handbook of the Master in Mechanical Engineering. For the first year of study at the University of Stuttgart, knowledge of German is required.

Jekko s.r.l. is an Italian company that develops and produces mini cranes, vacuum grippers, and other equipment. The expanding company offers work in small motivated teams with high impact without many hierarchy levels. They have many possible internship topics:

• Development of payload computation (as protection against tilting in case of overload)
• Logistics robots (e.g. SLAM, path planning)
• Measurement technology
• and many more

Jekko offers to help with accommodation.

The region is very attractive:

Colle Umberto lies directly south of the Alps. The prosecco vineyards are an UNESCO world heritage site. The town is also not far from Treviso and Venice. We recommend a weekend trip!

Usually, research work leading to a Bachelor's or Master's thesis is part of the stay. An overview over partner universities for thesis programs can be found here: