Why study SENCE in Rottenburg

What does SENCE offer at HS Rottenburg?

HS Rottenburg is situated in the middle of orchards, elevated above the Neckar valley about 2 kilometres from Rottenburg a.N. The wooded Rammert mountain range borders it to the south, and to the north, you can enjoy the idyllic view over the Neckar valley.

Students appreciate the more favourable rents in the Rottenburg area compared to metropolitan university locations and the direct and short communication channels. Students enrolled at Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences benefit from the Neckar-Alb-Donau public transport network (NALDO). Access to the university-affiliated canteen is available to all students at reduced student rates.

Otherwise, you can use the services of the Tübingen-Hohenheim University Network as well as the university's own Studium Generale and university sports programmes.

In addition to these generally interesting options for students, Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences offers various building and plant simulation programmes, e.g., TRNSYS, especially for students on the SENCE Master's degree course.

Furthermore, SENCE students have access to a good infrastructure for biomass research. The university's laboratory offers numerous opportunities for project work or final theses with equipment features such as

  • 3 test benches for combustion systems up to 100 kW 
  • Emission measurements from biomass furnaces (FTIR, dust measurement, impactor, optical particle counter, various mobile emission-measuring devices) 
  • Physical-chemical characterisation of solid fuels (e.g., particle size distribution, ash content, ash melting-behaviour, calorific value) 
  • Chemical analysis (e.g., ICP-OES, CHNS analyser, TOC, FAAS, photometer, microwave pressure digestion) 
  • Pellet plant 
  • Solar mixing test systems 
  • Wind turbineeräten 

A selection of measuring devices can be used on site by industrial partners as part of student research projects. 

Graduates of the Master's programme are largely employed as experts in the planning, implementation and R&D of modern energy concepts. They can therefore be valuable decision-makers in companies and local authorities. Manufacturers of energy-related products and systems, companies with energy-intensive production, energy supply companies or engineering offices are also potential employers.