Brewing and Beverage Technology (Bachelor's)

1. Angewandte Mathematik
2. Physikalische Grundlagen
3. Grundlagen der Chemie
4. Technische Kommunikation
5. Einführung in die Getränkeproduktion

1. Mälzerei-und Würzetechnologiemit Brauanalytik
2. Thermodynamik und Transportphänomene
3. Werkstoffe und Anlagentechnik
4. Betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen der Getränkeindustrie
5. Grundlagen der Statistik
6. Reinigung und Desinfektion

1. Ernährungsphysiologie und Biochemie
2. Grundlagen der Mikrobiologie
3. Verfahrenstechnik I
4. Marketing
5. Getränkeverpackungs-und -abfülltechnik
6. Grundpraktikum chemisch-technische Analyse (CTA 1)

1. Chemisch technische Analyse (CTA 2)
2. Mess-, Steuerung-und Regelungstechnik
3. Getränkemikrobio. und mikrobiologische Qualitätssicherung
4. Technologie der Getränkeherstellung
5. Verfahrenstechnik II
6. General required elective module I
7. General required elective module II

1. Practical training semester

1. Qualitätsmanagement
2. Sensorik und Qualitätssicherung
3. Prozessautomatisierung
4. Unternehmensführung
5. Subject-specifis required elective module
6. Subject-specifis required elective module
7. Subject-specifis required elective module

1. Kosten- und Investitionsrechnung
2. Anlagetechnik und -design
3. Subject-specifis required elective module
4. Subject-specifis required elective module
5. Bachelor's thesis

Please note that the module handbooks are updated at the beginning of each semester. The applicable module handbooks for any given semester are the handbooks published at the beginning of that semester.

Brewing and Beverage Technology degree programme modules

1. Modulhandbuch für Prüfungsordnung WS 2018/19

Weihenstephan Language Centre modules

1. Modulhandbuch Sprachenzentrum 98 (Bachelor)
   

Required elective modules for all degree programmes in Weihenstephan

1. Modulhandbuch Wahlpflichtmodule

On this kind of work-study course, you will carry out practical activities at one of the university’s partner firms during your holidays and during the practical semester. This does not result in your being awarded a second vocational qualification as on the Brewing 'combined' work-study course, but rather strengthens the link with the company through intensive practical placements. Unlike the Brewing 'combined' work-study course, other companies from the beverage industry may also cooperate in addition to breweries and malting plants (for example mineral water and fruit juice industry, soft drink manufacturers).

The course with intensive practical work corresponds to the regular course in terms of content and timing.If you want to start the Brewing and Beverage Technology course with intensive practical work at HSWT in the winter semester, you need to apply in early summer of the year you would like to begin the course.

You start by studying at the university. You should enter into a cooperation agreement with a company by the middle of the second semester at the latest, since the first practical placement should take place during the semester break following the second semester at the latest. If the agreement commences before the end of the first semester, it is even possible to start the practical placement in the first semester break.

In total, you must therefore complete at least 30 weeks of practical training during the breaks and the practical semester (excluding holiday and the Bachelor’s thesis). The bachelor’s thesis is completed at the relevant company. On the placements, you carry out individual company-specific projects in accordance with the study profile. Students receive a monthly grant throughout the work-study course. The grant amount and any potential coverage of the student fees is agreed between the company and the individual student. It may be possible to enter into a working relationship with the relevant company once your studies end.

In addition to the admission requirements for the Brewing and Beverage Technology bachelor’s degree programme, you need a training agreement with a partner firm in order to swap to the course with intensive practical work.

Sample training agreement (Muster-Bildungsvertrag zum Download)

Once you have successfully completed your programme, you can request a certificate. This certifies that you have completed a study programme with intensive practical work.

1. Cooperation agreement (Kooperationsvertrag Brau dual)

1. Example agreement (Mustervertrag Bachelor)

If you have any questions or would like more information, please get in touch directly via

Prof. Dr Matthias Kunert, T +49 8161 71-2845 | matthias.kunert [at]hswt.de

If you are on the vocational training degree programme, you will complete a vocational training element lasting a minimum of 13 months before you begin studying at the university. You start your vocational training on 1 September the latest and switch to the study programme with the usual classes in the winter semester of the following year. Further training periods take place in blocks during semester breaks and as part of the practical placement semester. At the end of the second academic year you will take the initial part of the final examination (brewer and maltster qualification). After a total of 22.5 months of practical training you will take the second part of the examination. You will then complete a six-week project as part of an engineering placement. Additional practical placements are planned following the sixth and during the seventh semesters as part of the bachelor’s thesis.

There will be no vocational school sessions. For this integrated degree programme, the qualification as a brewer and maltster is therefore obtained through two external assessments (extended final examination).

1. You will need to find a recognised training company in the brewing industry that is willing to cooperate and apply to this company by the end of the calendar year before the training starts (training should start no later than 1 September).

1. Apply to HSWT between 1 May and 1 July online with the following documents:

1. Copy of the training agreement (subsequent submission by 27 July)

1. Copy of the education agreement (with Chamber of Commerce and Industry companies), (subsequent submission by 27 July)

1. Certified copy of higher education entrance qualification (Nachreichfrist 27. Juli)

1. If cooperation with the company has not yet been established: Cooperation agreement in two copies (subsequent submission by 27 July)

1. Admission letters will be sent in August. As you will first be completing 13 months of vocational training, you do not need to enrol at this stage. However, it is vital that you keep the admission letter in a safe place so that you can present it again in the following year!

1. You must quickly reapply between 1 May and 1 July of the following year and present the admission letter from the previous year. This will secure your place.

1. Enrolment then takes place in September of the following year. You will need proof from your training company that your vocational training will carry on, otherwise you will lose your place.

Training agreement

It is only possible to complete a work-study course if you have a work-study training agreement. The following is important: You must send your application to us online and by post by 1 July (this deadline is final) and send us a copy of the registered and thus approved training agreement by no later than 27 July along with any other application documents.

Education agreement

In addition to the training agreement concluded with the company, work-study course students at Chamber of Commerce and Industry companies conclude an education agreement for the duration of the work-study course. In addition to the training agreement, work-study course students who are completing their training at a Chamber of Crafts company, where possible, conclude an internship agreement for the period following the apprenticeship exam, which at a minimum includes an engineering placement. This agreement does not need to be submitted to HSWT at the same time as the application.

Cooperation agreement

The training and education on the combined course are tightly interwoven, so a significant degree of coordination and mutual consideration is required between the training company and the university. To this end, it is necessary to conclude a cooperation agreement between the company and the university (one-off). If there is not yet a cooperation agreement in place between the company and HSWT, this agreement must be submitted to us (in two copies) by 1 July, and by no later than 27 July of the application year.

Generally speaking, you can choose any recognised training company in Germany for the work-study programme. Recognition as a training company is compulsory for any cooperation with the Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences.

You can find training companies via the relevant Chamber of Commerce and Industry or Chamber of Crafts and via the various brewery associations.

You can apply to any recognised training company and ask whether it would support you in your work-study programme.

Our current cooperation partners for the combined course is:

Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH
Römermauer 3
54634 Bitburg

Once you have successfully completed your programme, you can request a certificate. This certifies that you have completed your bachelor's course and the appropriate vocational training either simultaneously or in a time-sharing arrangement.

1. Cooperation agreement (Kooperationsvertrag Verbundstudium Brau dual)

1. Sample education agreement (IHK Muster-Bildungsvertrag)

1. Training agreement (IHK-Ausbildungsvertrag)

If you have any questions or would like more information, please get in touch directly via

Prof. Dr. Matthias Kunert, T +49 8161 71-2845 | matthias.kunert [at]hswt.de