Aircraft and Vehicle Informatics (B. Sc.)

• Applying for a degree course
  Students may only begin their degree in the winter semester.
• Registration dates
  Applications for this degree may be submitted through the online application system from May 2 til August 31, 2025. Please see our Bachelor application site for details.

• Admission requirements
  To gain admission to the programme, applicants need one of the following qualifications for university entrance:

  • Abitur (European Baccalaureate, A-Levels, High School Diploma)
  • Fachhochschulreife (Vocational Baccalaureate)
  • Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (Specialised A-Level)

  
  The following link provides specific information about the application process for admission to the degree programme.

• Admission requirements for international students
  If you wish to study at a German University, you need a so-called Hochschulzugangsberechtigung (HZB), or higher education entrance qualification. This is a secondary school-leaving certificate that corresponds to the German Abitur and entitles you to study.
  Students from abroad must apply for admission from the university of their choice. For your application, you will require for a Bachelor's degree:

  • a school-leaving certificate (also known as "university entrance qualification", e.g. High School Diploma, Matura, A-Levels, Bachillerato, Atestat, baccalauréat)
    or
  • proof that you have passed the university entrance examination (if required in your home country)

  (Source: German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, July 2016)

The dual studies programme enables a combination of practical training elements in a company with the theoretical education provided by the university. There is a choice of either the joint model (academic study + vocational training) or the degree course with vocational experience (academic study + intense practical phases). There is an obvious advantage to students here: practically oriented academic study generally enables a particularly smooth transition from university to the world of work. What is more, the student usually receives financial remuneration from the company concerned.

In the joint model, students may start working at the company several months before the start of the first semester, depending on the company concerned. At the start of the course there is an alternation between theory (during the semester) and practical experience (between semesters and during the practical semesters). In order to embark on a dual studies programme, students have to apply to both a company and to THI (be sure to take note of company application deadlines!).

More info on our dual studies-pages, or check dual cooperation partner companies. Even if no partner company is currently active in this degree programme, you are welcome to contact us.

Upon completion of their studies, our graduates are qualified for software development for safety-related systems, such as aircraft and vehicles, and for the development of functions for digital products and business models for connected mobility.
Thanks to their fundamental training in computer science, all other career paths in computer science are also open to them.

In aircraft informatics and vehicle informatics, a direct reference is made to the application in aircraft or vehicles. The selection of subjects is also tailored to aircraft and vehicles.

As an aircraft and vehicle computer scientist, you work at the system interface between aircraft developers and software development.

Because of the basic training in computer science, you can of course also work in all areas of software development.

No, you really only need to have an interest in computer science and aircraft or vehicles.

We offer subjects for both directions, so you can choose depending on your interests. However, you do not have to specialize.

No, there is no admission restriction for an application for the winter semester 2023/2024. Therefore, the extended application period until July 31, 2023 also applies for the winter semester 2023.

The THI places practical application in the foreground. We always teach the necessary theory in relation to the later application.

Unfortunately no. Due to space constraints, we don't have a real aircraft at THI. But of course there are plenty of drones and smaller scale aircraft as well as simulators.

There is no mandatory pre-internship for aircraft and vehicle informatics? As in any of our degree programs, an internship semester (usually the 5th semester) is scheduled.

In new airplanes or vehicles almost everything is controlled by software. Even a VW Golf contains 3 times as much software as the most modern aircraft.

The development of such a large amount of software is a great challenge and offers many job opportunities for graduates.

Of course. A semester abroad offers exciting insights and you get to know other approaches. THI supports you in planning and carrying out a semester abroad.

Graduates of a bachelor's degree program in Flight and Vehicle Information Systems have a wide range of career options. They can work in the aerospace industry, automotive industry, with suppliers of vehicle and aircraft components, in software development, in the field of autonomous vehicles or in research and development institutions.

Yes, at THI all computer science masters fit. Transferring to other universities and colleges is possible with our Bachelor's degree.