Do you want to design products to make them last longer but still look attractive? Do you want to make an important contribution to sustainability and help shape the important shift from fossil to renewable raw materials? Then the degree programme in Chemical Engineering/Colour and Coatings will be just right: You will develop environmentally friendly and modern coatings for products from all areas of life.
LeaderCHE ranking 2022
Campus City Centre
Period in semester7 Semester
Languages of instructionGerman
Enrolment PeriodsWinter semester: 30 April to 15 September
Summer semester: 31 October to 1 March
The broad training and the combination of chemistry, technology and creative design is unique.
During your studies, you will deal with
With the Bachelor’s degree programme “Chemical Engineering/Colour and Coatings” you will lay the foundation for a promising and future-safe career.
There are many options open to you in the industry, because coating engineers are specialists in high demand. Exciting tasks await you in research and development, in application technology, in analytics and quality control, in technical marketing and many other areas.
There are no admission restrictions for this degree programme.
You enrol and secure your place on the degree programme for the upcoming semester.
Degree programme with enhanced phases of practical experience: study with financial security and gain practical experience at one of our partner companies....more
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Do you have a university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur/Fachhochschulreife), a school leaving qualification from a country other than Germany, or a vocational qualification? If you do, you have already fulfilled the first requirement.
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When you have submitted all the necessary information, you will receive an email with the pro forma letter of admission with the offer of a place at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. You can now accept the offer of a place in your HEonline account.
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When you have uploaded all your documents and certificates by the deadline specified and paid the mandatory fees and subscriptions, you must confirm your details and submit them to us. This automatically submits your enrolment application. You are then enrolled for the upcoming semester at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. You will receive an email welcoming you to Esslingen and providing you with some initial information.
The degree programme in Chemical Engineering/Colour and Coatings will suit you if you:
After leaving high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do at all. On the one hand, I was interested in the manual work and, on the other, in natural sciences. I then decided to train as a vehicle painter. Immediately afterwards, I moved to Esslingen and started studying chemical engineering, specialising in colours and coatings.
Kathy Panienski, student of Chemical Engineering/Colour and Coatings
Coatings are pretty exciting really. To this day, I find it fascinating to learn what is actually coated. In our everyday lives, we come into contact with “coatings” every day. Be it glazed wood, a soft-feel coating on a high-quality PC mouse or the highly scratch-resistant car paint. This demonstrates that despite a high degree of specialisation, there are many areas in which coatings engineers can work.
Dr. Fabian Schuster, Alumnus of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Top spot in the top group nationwide in the CHE University Ranking ZEIT Campus Guide in 10 of 13 categories.
You will develop your own solutions to real issues in modern labs.
In the “advanced practice” study model you can carry out all practical elements in selected partner companies.
Modern campus just a few steps away from the Esslingen old town with its lively cultural scene.
It certainly won't be boring: University music, sports, cafés and events provide some extracurricular variety.
Leading companies offer practical semesters and bachelor's theses. They also assist with guest lectures and laboratory experiments.
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