01 AALEN HIER STEHT DAS THEMA DER SEITE INTERNATIONAL Program www e at .aa m le d n a -u lo n i n v w e r o FALL s D i t y PROGRAM . d e IT‘S YOUR 2020 TIME 02 03 HIER STEHT DAS THEMACONTENTS DER SEITE 06 16 28 32 Our Program - Studying at Application Services for Your Chance Aalen University Process International Students Our Program - Your Chance 06 Application Process 28 In the Heart of the South 10 From Vietnam to Aalen 31 The Economic Center 12 Services for International Students 32 Internships: A Golden Opportunity 14 Teaching and Learning 35 From Iran to Aalen 15 Start Here, Go Anywhere 38 Studying at Aalen University 16 From Cameroon to Aalen 39 Hands on: Upgrade to Platinum 18 Campus Life 40 From India to Aalen 19 City Life 42 Your Program 20 Accommodation 44 From South Africa to Aalen 27 Facts & Figures 46 EDITION NOTE FOR FOURTH EDITION, FEB. 2020 Publisher: Aalen University, Beethovenstraße 1, 73430 Aalen, Germany Contact: hs-aalen.de, Email: [email protected] Edition: 600 pcs. Photos: Aalen University, City of Aalen, Stadtwerke Aalen (public utility companies), Christian Frumolt, Reiner Pfisterer, Jan Walford, Sandro Bretzger, Janine Soika, Thomas Klink, Peter Schlipf, Juana Röder (Freistil Design), International Center Design: Freistil Design GbR, frei-stil-design.de 04 05 HIER STEHT DAS THEMA DER SEITE HIER STEHT DAS THEMA DER SEITE Welcome to Aalen VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE - TOGETHER FOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP 06 07 OUR PROGRAM – YOUR CHANCE MARKETING & SALES OUR PROGRAM – YOUR CHANCE HEALTH SCIENCES INDUSTRIAL & OUR PROGRAM – SUSTAINABLE YOUR CHANCE HUMAN MANAGEMENT WE AT AALEN UNIVERSITY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ONE PROGRAM FITS THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS. THAT IS WHY WE CREATED A THREE STAGE PROGRAM YOU RESOURCES CAN CHOOSE FROM INDIVIDUALLY. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STAY WITH US SILVER, DIGITALIZATION & GOLDEN OR PLATINUM. AND DATA SCIENCE Your basic semester exchange program in Aalen is Once you are a registered exchange student with BUSINESS what we call the Silver Program. You will stay for one Aalen University, you are eligible to apply for an in- semester at Aalen University and study with our Ger- ternship/co-op at any of the regional technology TRANSFORMATION FUTURE man and international students in the courses you hotspots, including but not limited to Audi, Bosch, choose from our syllabus. If that is not enough for Daimler, Porsche, Voith, Zeiss, and ZF. That is what MATERIALS you, you can aim a little higher with an upgrade to differentiates our Gold Program from Silver: You gold. We certainly encourage it. All you have to do is study at one of the top universities of applied OPTOELECTRONICS, extend, upgrade, and make the most of your stay in sciences in Southern Germany and spend some Germany. As soon as you are here, we will support time working in one of the area’s companies. PHOTONICS & LASER FINANCE, you in all your ventures. If you prefer consulting, financial services or even TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTING, investment banking; no problem. We can help you in these fields as well. We will support you in your pursuits and help with administrative issues and CONTROLLING Silver work permits. LIGHTWEIGHT Study Semester & TAXATION Gold If you liked going gold, why not stay for another DESIGN & Study Semester six months for a senior project or thesis, and add Platinum Internship platinum to your exchange? MANUFACTURING STEM Study Semester Internship With our Platinum Program, we offer you the chan- Thesis ce to deepen your theoretical knowledge: hands- on research and projects, working in the excel- – SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, lently equipped laboratories of our university, and finishing your degree at Aalen University. ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS 08 FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, 09 AALEN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM CONTROLLING & MARKETING & SALES AALEN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM • Leading International Sales Teams • International Marketing Strategy • Digital Business Systems • Servitization & Digitization TAXATION • Structuring International Sales Teams • Marketing • International Marketing • Persuasion & Negotiation • Strategic Sales Management • Marketing Case Studies • Research Methods • Strategic Management & • Microeconomics • Capital Markets • Industrial Goods Marketing • Marketing Mix • New Channels and Customers Transformation • Macroeconomics • Valuation • Operational Sales • Digital Marketing • Quantitative Marketing • Scientific Methodology • Financial Management • Financial Management • Strategic Sales • Strategic Management • Managerial Economics & Pricing • Master‘s Thesis • Management and Governance • Controlling and Information Systems 1 DIGITALIZATION & OPTOELECTRONICS, FUTURE LANGUAGE DATA SCIENCE PHOTONICS & MATERIALS AND CULTURE • Polymer Materials • Extrusion Lab • IoT Application Security • Advanced Topics in Linux Security • Polymer Testing • Polymer Physics • Intercultural Communication - English • German and European Culture • Blockchain Technology LASER TECHNOLOGY • Polymer Testing Lab • Advanced Rheology • Technical English • German as a Foreign Language A1.1 • Introduction to Internet of Things • Extrusion Technology • Master‘s Thesis • Business Communication Skills and • German as a Foreign Language A1.2 • IoT Business Impact • Projects / Soft Skills • Applications of Photonics Detectors Business English • German as a Foreign Language A2.1 • Software Project Management • Interferometry • Advanced Image Processing • Business English 1 (B2.1) • German as a Foreign Language A2.2 • Software Quality • Quantum optics • Advanced Laser Technology • Business English 2 (B2.2) • German as a Foreign Language B1.1 • Advanced Software Quality • Photonic Detectors and Devices • Simulation of Sensor Systems • Technical English (Level B2) • German as a Foreign Language B1.2 • Advanced Process Simulation • Photonics Communications Engineering • Fundamental Optics HEALTH • Business English (Level B2) • German as a Foreign Language B2 • Process Simulation Lab • English 1 • Business Analytics: System Development SCIENCES • Database Technologies • International Project Management HUMAN • Technology Lab Workshop Introduction & Project • Data Analytics • Applied Optics Lab & Research • Big Data • Practical Course: Optical and INDUSTRIAL & • Bachelor‘s Thesis RESOURCES & Technical Aspects of Spectacles • Master‘s Thesis • Workshop 2 & Project • Lab Course: Contact Lens 1 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS • Practical Course: Subjective Refraction • Case Study: Corporate Business Game Optometry • Experimental Optometry: Project MANAGEMENT • Hearing Aid Fitting LIGHTWEIGHT TRANSFORMATION • Energy Concepts • Hearing Aid Fitting Workshop • Advanced Technical Practices • Project Audiology • Human Resources Management 2 • Information Management • Medical Engineering DESIGN & • Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour • Industrial Service Engineering • Tutorial Medical Engineering • Business Communication • Project Work • Digital Skills for Business • Negotiations and Presentations Techniques MANUFACTURING • Intercultural Management STEM • Comprehensive Design and Sales • Business Systems Transformation SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, • Management of Production Processes • Injection Moulding Advanced Tech- • Measuring Engineering • Change Mangement ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS • Sustainable Event Management nologies • Lab Measuring Engineering • International Human Resources Management • Business Case Study (TopSIM) • Injection Moulding Lab • Light Weight Design • Global SME-Management • Management of Logistics Processes • Polymer Design • Lab Light Weight Design • Advanced Topics in Mathematics • Leadership in Healthcare • Master‘s Thesis • Mould Design • Innovative Metal Forming and • Advanced Actuators • Additive Manufacturing 2 Lightweight Manufacturing 2 • Advanced Organic Chemistry and Structure Elucidation of Natural Products • Electric Drives • Additive Manufacturing • Honors Thesis in Analytical / Organic Chemistry • Lab Electric Drives 10 11 IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH Studying in the Swabian Alb region surrounded by breath- IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH taking landscape THE SWABIAN ALB AALEN IS LOCATED IN THE ECONOMIC CENTER OF THE SWABIAN ALB. THE REGION BOASTS A BOOMING INDUSTRY, LONG HISTORY AND BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPE. The Swabian Alb is located in the region of East nal lives of the area’s population. That is why many Württemberg and therefore in the center of Euro- growth sectors and future technologies are de- pe and in the heart of Southern Germany - close to veloped here. Global players, successful medium-si- metropolises like Munich and Stuttgart, and vaca- zed companies, and ambitious start-ups all call East tion spots like Allgäu and Lake Constance. And the Württemberg home. Here, the amount of hidden alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland are also champions is twice as high as in the rest of Germa- within reach. ny. Moreover, East Württemberg is one of the lea- ders in terms of registered patents and innovations “The region of talents and patents” is what we call within Germany. East Württemberg. Pioneering spirit, creativity and inventiveness are shaping the daily and professio- EAST WÜRTTEMBERG – THE PLACE TO BE District Administrator Although East Württemberg is the economical cen- However, if you want to explore nature instead BECOME AN HONORARY AMBASSADOR Klaus Pavel and ter of the south, it has managed to keep its unique of taking a trip to the past, East Württemberg will OF EAST WÜRTTEMBERG Mixo Dawn Mackaukau, Honorary Ambassador fusion of lively urban flair and picturesque rural spoil you with beautiful