Bachelor & Master Renewable Resources
Cultivation | Chemical and material use | Energy recovery | Economy
Both Bachelor and Master in Renewable Resources at TUM Campus Straubing will be discontinued.
This page is maintained for students still in the program.
Biogenic raw materials include renewable raw materials (i.e. agricultural and forestry raw materials of plant origin) as well as raw materials of animal origin that can be used outside the food sector (food and animal feed) for material or energy purposes. In the context of the course, the term covers both specifically cultivated raw materials and biogenic waste materials, in particular by-products of agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and agro-industrial production. Biogenic raw materials contribute in many ways to a sustainable supply of energy and raw materials. Environmental problems such as increasing amounts of waste and the overuse of fossil resources, which ultimately leads to climate change, are decisive arguments for the increased use of biogenic raw materials.
Biogenic raw materials play a key role not only in the provision of energy, but also in the provision of raw materials. The ideal of the bioeconomy presupposes a closed-loop economy, which in many branches of materials management (chemicals, paper, wood and other building materials, textiles, raw materials for the processing industry, …) is based without alternative on biogenic raw materials.
The importance of biogenic raw materials in the fields of energy and materials management is therefore already beyond question today and will continue to increase as society increasingly takes up sustainability and climate protection. In order to implement the structural change towards a sustainable energy and materials economy shaped by politics and bio-economists, engineers and scientists are needed who know both the complex structure of biogenic raw materials and the basics of energy and process engineering. This is the only way to maximise the potential of biogenic raw materials.
The Technology of Biogenic Raw Materials course aims to train these engineers and scientists. A combination of interdisciplinary skills and specialist knowledge in the fields of agricultural engineering, plant biology, chemistry as well as energy and process engineering prepares them for the best possible conversion of our technologies to a sustainable basis in research and industry.
Bachelor Renewable Resources
Key Data
Standard Duration of Studies
(Number of Semesters) / Credits
- 6 semesters / 180 credits, full-time studies
Graduation
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Required Language Proficiency
Language of instruction
- German/English
Admission requirements
The Bachelor’s programme in Chemical Biotechnology requires a general higher education entrance qualification or a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification in the fields of technology or agriculture, biotechnology and environmental technology.
Admission Category
Costs per semester/financing
Study structure
In the first two semesters, the students mainly study basic subjects from the natural sciences and economics. From the third semester onwards, compulsory and subject-specific compulsory modules are offered from the four areas of cultivation of renewable raw materials, chemical-material use, energetic use and economics, which every student must take. This orientation is reinforced by the optional modules, which each student can freely choose. Specialisation then takes place above all in the research internships and the Bachelor’s thesis. The interdisciplinary elective modules are designed to give students an insight into other faculties.
Compulsory modules
1st semester:
Physics, Mathematics, Fundamentals of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Fundamentals of Plant Production, Fundamentals of Biology, Business Economics
2nd semester:
Organic Chemistry, Economics, Statistics, Fundamentals of Silviculture, Genetics and Systematics of Plants and Microorganisms Compulsory specialist modules with an agricultural or forestry focus: Plant Production
3rd semester:
Scientific Work, Research Internship 1
Compulsory subject-specific modules with an agricultural or forestry focus: Forestry and timber
Subject specific compulsory modules with chemical-material orientation: Biochemistry
Subject specific compulsory modules with energetic orientation: thermodynamics and thermodynamics
Specialist compulsory modules with economic orientation: accounting and controlling
4th semester:
Computer Application, Research Internship 2
Specialist compulsory modules with chemical-chemical orientation: Chemical Process Engineering
Specialist compulsory modules with energetic orientation: Electrical power engineering
Specialist compulsory modules with economic orientation: market and marketing, political and economic framework conditions
5th semester:
Research internship
Compulsory subject-specific modules with an agricultural or forestry focus:
Nature conservation and agroecosystems
Specialist compulsory modules with chemical-material orientation: Biopolymers
Specialist compulsory modules with energetic orientation: Heat, material, flow & particle theory
6th semester:
Plant Design, Bachelor’s Thesis Specialized mandatory modules with energetic orientation: Energy Technology – Systems for Energy Conversion
Electives:
From the 3rd semester onwards, 25 credits of elective modules are chosen.
Elective modules with agricultural or forestry orientation: Process engineering NAWARO cultivation/machine technology, forest management and forest inventory, agroforestry systems/KUP, introduction to medicinal and aromatic plants.
Elective module with chemical-material orientation: cell and molecular biology, special organic chemistry, material use of renewable raw materials, bioinformatics
Optional modules with energetic orientation: Renewable energies for the transport sector, numerical simulation in energy technology, geographical information systems
Elective modules with economic orientation: financial management, basics of life cycle assessment / material flow analysis, sustainable management, design and layout of NAWRO
In addition, a free elective module of 5 credits (interdisciplinary module) is chosen: Personnel management, quality management, project management, technical English, Spanish, communication and presentation, introduction to programming
Competences and skills
As a graduate you know all central aspects of the value creation process of renewable raw materials. Your interdisciplinary knowledge in the fields of agriculture and forestry, chemical and energetic use and economics will enable you to analyse complex systems in your field.
You can sustainably design agricultural, agroforestry and forestry systems for the production of biogenic raw materials. Your knowledge of methods allows you to assess the quality of raw materials. In addition, you have acquired sound basic knowledge in relevant disciplines of chemistry, biotechnology, economics, ecology and energy technology.
Job description
Depending on their focus, students graduate as engineers for the energetic use of renewable resources, as chemists for their chemical use or as economists for the processing and marketing of renewable resources. There is a need for energy suppliers, the chemical and processing industry, plant construction and mechanical engineering, planning and engineering offices, the production of renewable raw materials, environmental protection, public authorities and municipalities as well as in the areas of consulting, training and research.
Master Renewable Resources
Key Data
Standard Duration of Studies
(Number of Semesters) / Credits
- 4 semesters / 120 credits, full-time studies
Graduation
- Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Required Language Proficiency
Language of instruction
- German
Admission requirements
The Master’s programme “Renewable Resources” is aimed at qualified students with a university degree in natural sciences and engineering. In the admission procedure (suitability procedure), personal suitability for the course of study is taken into account in addition to the achievements of the Bachelor’s programme.
Admission Category
Costs per semester/financing
Study structure
Introduction to material use | Introduction to energy conversion & energy economy | Introduction to the economy of renewable resources | Renewable resources and agroecosystems | Life cycle assessment of renewable resources | Master’s thesis
- Subject Examination and Study Regulations (German language)
- Course Documentation (German language)
- Module Plan (German language)
- Module Catalog (German language)
Electives
Cultivation of renewable raw materials
Special cultivation systems for renewable raw materials | Plant biotechnology and plant breeding | Ecophysiology of crops | Agricultural land use systems | Climate Change and Ecosystems | Biogas systems on farms | …
Chemical-material use
Biogenic Polymers | Biorefinery | Bioprocess Engineering | Chemical Process Engineering | Sustainable Chemistry | Enzyme Technology | Modern Methods of White Biotechnology | Bioinformatics for Nawaro | Industrial Microbiology | …
Energetic use
Generation of electricity and heat from biomass | Energy technology | Energy technology II | Renewable energies in the transport sector | Biogas technology | Energy and resource management | Process engineering | Geothermal energy | …
Economy
Consumer behavior | Marketing for Nawaro | Political and economic conditions | Corporate analysis
and Management | Product and Raw Materials Markets | Advanced Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | …
Competences and skills
As a graduate you know all central aspects of the value creation process of renewable raw materials. You think interdisciplinary and use methods from different disciplines to meet the complex challenges in your field. You can apply your technical and methodological knowledge efficiently and purposefully due to the high practical relevance of your training.
Depending on the individual profile of your studies, you will have in-depth specialist knowledge in one or more of the four study areas: cultivation systems of renewable resources, chemical-material use of renewable resources, energetic use of renewable resources and economics of renewable resources.
In addition, you will be able to assume responsibility in interdisciplinary projects. You have developed your communication skills, can actively resolve conflicts and are familiar with various presentation techniques.
Job description
Depending on their focus, students graduate as natural scientists for the energetic use of renewable raw materials or for their chemical use or in the economic field or as economists for the processing and marketing of renewable raw materials. There is a need for energy suppliers, the chemical and processing industry, plant construction and mechanical engineering, planning and engineering offices, the production of renewable raw materials, environmental protection, public authorities and municipalities as well as in the areas of consulting, training and research.
Contact Person
Dr. Alexander Höldrich
Program Manager Renewable Resources
Phone: +49 (0) 9421 187-166
Mail: alexander.hoeldrich@tum.de
TUM Campus Straubing
Petersgasse 5
94315 Straubing
PG5, Room: 00.3503.009