Department of Traffic and Transportation
Developing ideas for our future
Help shape the way we travel and the way we transport goods!
Welcome to the Department of Traffic and Transportation.
For 25 years in the state capital of Thuringia, we have been training experts in the fields of traffic, transport and logistics and, since 2006, in railway engineering.
In our department, you can opt to study for an undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering degree or one of our consecutive Master's programs.
With us, you will learn all the important technical knowledge you need to be able to work on and solve the following problems in the future, such as:
- Is electromobility the future?
- What does "Mobility as a Service" mean and how is it put into practice?
- Can in-house logistics go green thanks to digitalization?
- How can the railways move even more goods off the roads and onto the rails?
Degree Programs
- Industrial Engineering for Sustainable Mobility and Logistics (B.Eng.) full-time
- Traffic, Transport and Logistics Engineering program ends soon
- Railway Engineering (B.Eng) full-time
- Railway Engineering (B.Eng) cooperative degree
- Material Flow and Logistics (M.Eng.) full-time
- Traffic and Transportation (M.Sc.) full-time
- European Railway Systems (M.Sc.) continuing education
Theory meets practice
Expertise alone is often not enough to find the right solutions to problems in our interconnected world.
For this reason, group work, projects, practical exercises in our labs, open debate and critical questioning are as firmly anchored in our degree programs as interdisciplinary work with other departments in order to understand their complex relationships to the full. This way, you will not only acquire the specialist knowledge you need but also the skills essential for working in the real world, such as:
- solving complex problems
- critical and analytical thinking
- understanding of technical matters
- logical reasoning and development of ideas
- teamwork and leadership skills
- active learning and the ability to form effective learning strategies
You can put the competencies you gain during your Bachelor's studies to the test in practical projects with industry partners in your work placement semester and Master's degree program. Quite often, our students already enter into employment contracts during these stages.
We look forward to welcoming you as a student in our department when you start your studies next year.
The program directors will be happy to answer any questions you may have about our degree courses. You will find their contact details on the website of the respective degree program.
Questions?
Our program directors will be happy to answer all questions you may have about our degree programs, specializations, elective options, full-time or cooperative degree programs. You can find their contact details right here and on the website of the respective degree program.
Office Hours
by prior registration via email
Raum 4.2.05
Office Hours
Fridays, 12 - 1 p.m.
(after prior arrangement by email)
Raum 4.2.04
Office Hours
Mittwoch 13 - 14 Uhr
(nach vorheriger Anmeldung per E-Mail)
Raum 4.2.03
Office Hours
Tuesdays, 2 - 3 p.m.
(after prior arrangement by email)
Raum 4.2.01
Professors
Lecturers
Tuesdays, 3 - 4 p.m.
(after prior arrangement by email)
Webex room: https://fh-erfurt.webex.com/meet/michael.herfert
Raum 3.2.37
Mondays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
(after prior arrangement by email)
Raum 9.E.20 oder 9.1.29
External Lecturers
Staff
In recent years, the Department of Traffic and Transportation has become an important centre of teaching and research. Our range of practical degree courses together with state-of-the-art lab technology offer students the perfect foundations for a successful career in this field. On the main campus at Altonaer Straße, you will find our modern lecture building with its extensively equipped seminar rooms. Excellent laboratory facilities are available for practicals and projects in the fields of traffic, spatial and operational planning and material flow, mechatronics and multimedia.
Our well-equipped labs are ideal for teaching and research in the following areas:
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railway engineering
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geographic information systems and traffic modelling
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mechatronics, material flow control and logistics
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RFID and SCM technology
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automotive engineering
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telematics and traffic systems
In our labs, the students can apply and further develop the knowledge they have acquired though project-based work on real-world tasks.
Some examples are the development and optimization of material flow control for in-house logistics, the analysis of new propulsion concepts in vehicle technology with the use of specially equipped measuring vehicles, as well as railway operation simulations and timetable processing system simulations.
In addition to the labs, our computer pools also have up-to-date, specialist software.
For more details on our labs, click on the links below.
