Chemical process engineering and the establishment of process facilities and energy installations have traditionally been held in very high esteem in Germany. The increasingly stringent requirements with regard to energy efficiency, preservation of resources, and environmental protection are making process engineering tasks ever more demanding.

The master’s degree programme offers three specialisations:

Chemical Engineering: No matter where your strengths lie – in mechanical, thermal, or chemical process engineering or in specialist fields such as biological process engineering, we offer an interesting advanced programme for every interest. The specialisation is offered in collaboration with the Faculty of Applied Chemistry.

Energy Process Engineering: This specialisation addresses current key topics in energy conversion and energy supply in the required modules. The majority of the courses are designed to enable students to put newly acquired knowledge directly into practice.

Heating Network Systems: the focus in this specialisation is on the large-scale thermal energy transition. You will learn about traditional and future-oriented technologies for heating and power generation, heating network construction, and specialist knowledge of delivery technology on customer premises, so that you will be able to work in the field of local and district heating.

A basic pre-requisite for all of the specialisations is a solid foundation in the foundational technical subjects.

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Online info session!

Just in time to prepare for the opening of the application period, this event will provide you a chance to learn all the important information, e.g., admission requirements and the focus, for our master's programme in Chemical Process Engineering and Process Technology . Of course you are welcome to ask questions.

The event will be held in German.

Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 4.00pm

Zoom link for the event 

 

Degree
Master of Engineering
Program duration
3 Semester
Admission restrictions
restriction-specific
Special features
  • The curriculum of the Heating Network Systems specialisation was developed in collaboration with the AGFW trade organisation. In addition, the specialisation is jointly offered together with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Building Services Engineering at the Ohm.
  • The Chemical Engineering specialisation is offered in collaboration with the Faculty of Applied Chemistry.

    Note: The Heating Network Systems specialisation only accepts students to begin in summer semester.
Interesting numbers and statistics

Number of first-year students per semester: approx. 10-15

Proportion of female students: approx. 20%

Success rate: approx. 90% with average results being good or very good

Number of students per professor within the VT Faculty: approx. 40

Number of graduates per professor within the VT Faculty: approx. 3

Students from non-EEA countries who enrol in this programme are charged 500 euros tuition each semester. More information is available on our website.

Admission semester
Winter semester or Summer semester
Die Studienrichtung Wärmenetzsysteme beginnt immer nur im Sommersemester
Application period
For the winter semester: 02.05.2025 to 30.06.2025
For the summer semester: 15.11.2025 to 15.01.2026
Dual system options
Chemical Process Engineering and Process Technology - dual format
Faculty
Process Engineering
Accreditation

More information

Detailed information about the curriculum of this programme is available in German. Switch the language toggle in the upper right corner.

More information

For more information on jobs and career prospects for graduates of this programme, visit our German pages by switching the language toggle in the upper right corner.

Information on admission

To be admitted to the master's degree programme in Chemical Process Engineering and Process Technology, you must meet the following requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Process Engineering or Energy Process Engineering (as of WS 2016/17) or Technical Chemistry (or comparable degrees in each case) with 210 ECTS (equivalent to 7 semesters of study including one practical semester). For applicants with a completed university degree or an equivalent degree for which between 180 and 210 credits were awarded, the conditions specified in the Study and Examination Regulations under Section 3 (3) apply.

Your bachelor’s degree must have been awarded a grade of 2.5 or higher, or you must have graduated among the top 50% of your bachelor’s programme, according to your comparative cohort. If you have not yet completed your bachelor’s degree programme at the time of applying, special conditions apply to your provisional grade, which can be found in the Study and Examination Regulations

For applicants with at least two years of post-bachelor’s work experience, your bachelor’s degree grade must be 3.0 or higher, or you must have graduated in the top 65% of your bachelor’s degree cohort.

Documentation of required language proficiency:

Courses in this degree programme are conducted in German. Applicants who are native speakers of a language other than German, who do not have bachelor’s degree from a German educational institution, and who have not completed German-language vocational or professional training at secondary school must provide one of the following certificates as documentation of their German proficiency:

  • German language examination for the university admission of foreign applicants (DSH-Stufe 2)
  • TestDaF (“Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache” with an above-average score (minimally level 4 in all four examination components)
  • Telc German C1 University (“Telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule”)
  • Overview of all recognised language proficiency documentation (pdf)

 

Tuition applies for students from non-EEA countries

Please note that students from non-EEA countries are charged 500 euros tuition each semester. More information is available on our website.

Student Counseling Service

Do you have questions about studying at university or applying?
Our International Academic Services department is happy to assist you.

If you went to school in the German system, feel free to contact the “Zentrale Studienberatung”.

Faculty advisor

Would you like more detailed information about the content of individual subjects within the Chemical Process Engineering and Process Technology master’s degree programme? Then the Faculty Advisor is your next port of call.

Ask us

studienbuero@th-nuernberg.de
Telephone: +49 911/5880-5022
or+49 911/5880-5033
More information and office hours

Studying abroad

Students at the Ohm wishing to complete a stay abroad can choose from one of our more than 160 partner universities worldwide. The International Office will inform you about possible ways to study abroad.

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