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Internship: General Information

The industrial placement (BPP) is a mandatory part of the program. According to the examination regulations, the duration of the mandatory internship is 26 weeks for the PO 20190 students and from 19 - 26 weeks for PO 2012 students, respectively. During the internship the status as a student remains untouched.

The mandatory internship must be carried out as full-time work for the required duration. This implies that it is not possible to attend lectures or laboratories at the university in parallel to the internship.

In virtually all cases, the internship and the master thesis are executed at a company. It is the responsibility of each student to apply regularly to potential companies to find a placement or a job for the Master Thesis.

During the winter semester, a mandatory information meeting will be organised providing information and guidance for the application process.

Before you start with your internship, please make sure that you fulfil the following formal requirements.

  • German language test: At least A1 or higher
  • 30 Credits Points (45 CP recommended)
  • Preliminary Seminar

In case you have prior working experience, the internship may be shortened. Please contact the BPP responsible Prof. Bannwarth for details.

Additionally please make sure that your payment covers your cost of living.

Internship Process

During the winter semester, a mandatory information meeting will be organised providing information and guidance for the application process. You will be informed about the date.

Slides from the information meeting students

1. Preparation Steps

  • Attend preliminary seminar (information meeting).
  • Find industrial company.
  • Find academic supervisor.
  • Fulfil requirements for admission.

2. Application for Admission via Form Sheet

  • Fill section with your personal data of the form sheet.
  • Fill section with company data and duration of the internship and sign it.
  • Get confirmation that the prerequisites are fulfilled from the MSE examination secretariat and your academic supervisor.
  • Submit your form sheet to the MSE examination secretariat when you collected all signatures. Your internship will be registered in my.h-da.

3. Execution

  • Execute your BPP internship in the company.

4. Acknowledgement of the Internship

  • Submit your internship report to your academic supervisor. Here you find a guideline for internship reports.
  • Submit a certificate of you company to your academic supervisor.
  • Your academic supervisor will acknowledge your successful execution of the BPP internship

You may use the following starting points to find open positions:

And last but not least every student has the option to look for international positions, e.g. in your home country.

Although there is no "the one and only right way" on how to write an application, there are many mistakes which should be avoided when applying at a German company.

The most important rule is: Be specific.

  • Why do you want to work for THIS company.
  • Why should the company select YOU.

Inform yourself upfront about the company and the position. Try to meet the company representatives. Pick up the phone and try to talk to them before you apply. Avoid flowery statements in the cover letter and mention only those aspects which are relevant for this position. Never copy and paste application letters, every letter has to be unique! The letter is a buisiness letter, format it accordingly. Avoid spelling and grammar mistakes.

Some useful documents:

Training Material from the Intercultural Forum

Applying for an Internship

Recommendations on Writing the Application Letter

Recommendations on Writing the CV

The report for the BPS and Master Thesis are official examination documents and therefore should be written with the same care. Please read the following guideline document carefully before starting to write your report.

 Guidelines for BPP Report and Master Thesis

Master Thesis: General Information

The Master Thesis is a part of the concluding modul, which contains the master thesis and a colloquium. It is foreseen for the 3rd (MSEIT) / 4th (IMSEIT) semester.

The Master's dissertation should demonstrate that the candidate is able to independently process a problem drawn from the field of electrical engineering and information technology, using scientific methods, within a set deadline. The processing time is 6 months. The thesis shall be written in German or English and always features a summary in English. For further information, please check the examamination regulations (ABPO and BBPO).

Before you can start with your Master Thesis, a formal admission procedure by the examination board is required. Here you find the form sheet for your admission. Please make sure that you fulfil the following formal requirements.

Additionally please make sure that your payment covers your cost of living.

  • German language test: At least A2 or higher
  • 50CP (BPP not included)
  • BPP Internship acknowledged
  • Please make sure to complete all mandatory modules before starting your thesis
  • Minimum of 50 CPs OR
  • Minimum of 25 CPs from the 1st semester (Only for 2nd semester students!)

From 01.10.2024 onwards we have a new process:

All theses can be submitted digitally from 1 October 2024 via the following link: https://link.h-da.de/qVhN

  • choose the section ► Thesis / Submission Thesis
  • if your supervisor does not require a printed copy, the submission can be waived.
  • if a printed copy is required, it can be dropped within one week of the submission deadline in the letterbox, building D16, 4th floor. An envelope is not necessary
  • if you send the copy for the supervisor with postal delivery, the date of the postmark applies. Please send it to:
       Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
       Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
       Schöfferstr. 3
       64295 Darmstadt
  • IMPORTANT: Without your signature on the declaration of independence in the digital version your submission is not valid.


Your final documents cannot be issued promptly at present.
We can issue a confirmation that you have successfully completed your degree programme. Please apply for the confirmation at http://link.h-da.de/qVhN.

Information for Companies concerning the mandatory internship (BPP) and master thesis

  • The duration of the BPP internship is 26 weeks
  • The duration of the master thesis is 6 months

Both, the BPP internship and the master thesis are mandatory components of the study program and therefore are not considered as work ("Erwerbstätigkeit"). This means, that any working limitation (typically 120 days per year) is not considered for the BPP and master thesis.

Please requests confirmations for the foreigners office at the SSC international@h-da.de

Final Certificate

After you have successfully finished your study, you have to request your final certificate  using this request form and send it via our contact form.

Note that you will not get your certificate automatically. You have to request it formally.

When your  graduation documents are ready to pick up you will be notified via email.

Here is how to get your documents:

  1. At the Examination Office (Schöfferstr. 3, C10, 11.32).
  2. If you cannot pick up your documents in person, you may assign another person with a written authorization. This person has to identify himself.
  3. Via post: The Examination Office needs a written request with your address and your signature. Please attach stamps worth € 3,95 with your letter.

Only after you requested your documents, you will be automatically exmatriculated at the end of the semester.

  • You will get your exmatriculation confirmation letter via post.
  • If you would like to exmatriculate yourself before, please get in contact with the Student Service Center.

Furthermore you will be invited to the "Absolventenfeier", the final graduation ceremony in which you will receive the faculty's congratulation.

BPP-Beauftragter

Stephan Bannwarth

Communication Office: D16, 210

+49.6151.533-60033
stephan.bannwarth@h-da.de

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Consultation
WS24: Während der Vorlesungszeit Mittwochs 12:30h-13:30h in meinem Büro, sowie nach Vereinbarung.

Contact Examination Board:

Prof. Dr. Michael Kuhn
Birkenweg 8
64295 Darmstadt
Office: D16 | 02.10

+49.6151.533-68249
michael.kuhn@h-da.de


Xenia Eichwald, Diana Taddayoni, Andrea Wendt
Birkenweg 8
64295 Darmstadt
Office: D16 | 04.07

contact us via our contact form 

Fachbereichssekretariat

FB Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Ines Waffenschmidt

Communication Birkenweg 8
64295 Darmstadt

+49.6151.533-60457
studieninfo.eit@h-da.de

Postal Address

Hochschule Darmstadt
Fachbereich EIT
Schöfferstr. 3
64295 Darmstadt