Hochschule Karlsruhe Hochschule Karlsruhe - University of Applied Sciences
Hochschule Karlsruhe Hochschule Karlsruhe - University of Applied Sciences
three students working on a sensor experiment at the HKA lab

Sensor Technology

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Sensor Technology touches and moves

You can work wherever measurement technology is to be found. Whether in industrial production, electromobility, consumer electronics or even environmental protection - a wide range of doors into the future are open to you. We prepare you for this path.

No matter where you want to be, Sensor Technology is there also

The demand for specialists in the field of sensor technology touches on a wide variety of areas: Development, manufacturing, product marketing, sales, and functional safety. As different as these areas are, they have one thing in common: They require sound knowledge of sensor technology in theory and practice. Sensor Technology graduates are therefore employed both for the development of sensors and their application.

Your future - our mission

It is easy to understand that excellent career prospects are combined with fascinating tasks in large corporations as well as in medium-sized companies. Our mission is to provide you with the best possible education and prepare you for the job market. All professors have many years of professional experience in industry and thus provide you with the ideal combination of theory and practice.

Engineers wanted in the electrical engineering and information technology area

According to a member survey conducted by the VDMA in November 2022, 71% of companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector will hire engineers for electrical engineering and information technology within the next few years.

According to the VDI/IW Engineer Monitor for the second quarter of 2021, 77,310 engineers are currently being sought in Germany, among them being as much as 15,420 specialists from the energy and electrical engineering sector and 9,530 from the technical research and production control sector.

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