Entry year

General information

The first two semesters of the Bachelor Plus MINT (MINT = STEM) degree programme serve as an orientation phase for students. During this time, students can/should immerse themselves in as many areas of the STEM subjects as possible in order to be better able to decide on a specialisation at the end of the 2nd semester.

The following plan lists all lectures belonging to the introductory year. This is only a recommendation from the programme director. The modules of the introductory year are not compulsory courses, but help students to get started in the specialisation subjects and can also be partially recognised for the compulsory area of the specialisation subjects.

Sample timetables for the respective semesters can be viewed at the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions or uncertainties, please contact the study coordinator Carsten Baltes

Winter term

Advanced mathematics for scientists and engineering 1 (10 ECTS-Points)

Introduction couse to physics 1 (2 ECTS-Points)
Introduction course to biology 1 (2 ECTS-Points)
Basic chemistry (4 ECTS-Points)
Excercises for natural science 1 (2 ECTS-Points)

Perspectives of engineering (2 ECTS-Points)
Introduction to material science (4 ECTS-Points)
Ideas of informatics (4 ECTS-Points)

Summer term

Advanced mathematics for scientists and engineering 2 (10 ECTS-Points)

Introduction top physics 2 (2 ECTS-Points)
Inroduction to biology 2 (2 ECTS-Points)
Exercises in natural science 2 (2 ECTS-Points)

Practical courses for engineering (3 ECTS-Points)
Practical courses for natural science (2 ECTS-Points)

Research in natural science and engineering (4 ECTS-Points)
- News about the lecture series can be seen here.

Examplary study plan for the winter term

Exemplary study plan winter 24/25 (German) [97 KB]

Exemplary study plan for the summer term

Exemplayry study plan Sommer 25 (German) [100 KB]

The Bachelor-Plus MINT course is funded by the ‘Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft’ and the ‘Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung’ as part of the ‘Innovative Studieneingangsphase’ programme.
110 universities took part in the call for applications. Saarland University is one of the five competition winners with its Bachelor-Plus MINT degree programme.