Business Engineering Logistics
Bachelor of Engineering
Find out how to shape the future of operations and processes in our practice-oriented programme - economics, engineering & IT combined, with a strong focus on logistics.
Key Information
Programm Overview
The Business Engineering Logistics degree programme equips you with all the essential skills to tackle future challenges such as digitalisation, sustainability, and internationalisation. You will benefit from a diverse and practice-oriented curriculum that includes:
- Economics: occupational science & work safety, sustainability, human resources management & leadership, and quality, environmental & energy management
- Informatics: database & big data, data analytics, and fundamentals of artificial intelligence
Logistics: logistics systems, material flow engineering, system planning & project management, and warehouse management & simulation
In addition, you will deepen your expertise through a specialisation in either economics or engineering.
Specialisations
Economics & Innovations
The specialisation in economics provides insights into operations management, supply chain management, and logistics controlling in the 3rd and 4th semesters. In the 6th semester, students participate in a highly practice-oriented course: Innovation Projects.
Engineering & Artificial Intelligence
The specialisation in engineering provides insights into future-oriented automation and control technologies in the 3rd and 4th semesters. In the 6th semester, students gain hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art AI lab.
It is also possible to mix both specialisation fields.
Career Perspectives
In the context of digitalisation, industrial engineers with a focus on logistics and artificial intelligence have access to diverse and exciting career opportunities across a wide range of industries.
The logistics sector, for example, is the second-largest economic sector in Germany and one of the fastest-growing industries worldwide.
This degree programme was developed in close collaboration with industry partners, which is why the curriculum is highly practice-oriented and tailored to the needs of companies of all sizes — from small and medium-sized enterprises to large global corporations.
Throughout your studies, you will get to know many companies personally through study trips and project work, helping you build a seamless transition into your professional career.
As a logistics specialist, you can look forward to excellent career prospects and attractive salaries worldwide, regardless of the industry you choose.
Programme Structure
- 1st and 2nd Semester
- 3rd and 4th Semester
- 5th Semester: Internship Semester
- 6th and 7th Semester
- Documents
Basic Studies
- Business Administration
- Applied Business and Engineering Mathematics
- Engineering Mechanics
- Electrical Engineering
- CAD Construction
- Informatics
- Logistics Systems
- Physics for Logistics
- Business and Logistics English & Scientific Work
Main Studies
- Logistics System Planning & Project Management
- Material Flow Engineering
- Company Organisation for Engineers
- Quality, Environmental & Energy Management
- Production Systems and Ergonomics & Work Safety
- Database Systems & Big Data
- Data Analytics and Basics of Artificial Intelligence
- Methods and Process Modelling
- Business Law & Ethics
- Statistics
Specialisation Economics
- Logistics Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management & Logistics Controlling
Specialisation Engineering
- Automation Engineering
- Control Engineering
Practical Experience
- Supervised Internship
- Colloquium on the Internship Semester
Management Skills and Bachelor's Thesis
- Human Resources Management & Leadership
- Warehouse Management Systems & Simulation
- Informatics for Logistics Applications
- General Studies
- Research Paper
- Bachelor's Thesis
- Colloquium for the Bachelor's Thesis
Specialisation Economics
- Innovation Projects
- Compulsory Electives
Specialisation Engineering
- AI Lab
- Compulsory Electives
Requirements & Application
Admission to this programme is restricted, i.e. you have to apply for a study place. You can find all the necessary information here:
Testimonials
In our study programme, international students gain practical experience in intercultural teams and in close cooperation with important companies—preparing them for excellent career opportunities on the global job market.
Business Engineering Logistics is a very practise-based programme, which means that the knowledge you gain can be easily applied to a real-life job. The programme profile is also future-oriented and socially relevant.
At the course innovation projects our students work in teams - each supervised by a company - in order to learn how to develop trend-setting solutions while facing practical changes.
The world of tomorrow is globally connected, dynamic, and a technically unknown territory. The innovative degree programme Business Engineering Logistics paves the way for it.
In our study programme, international students gain practical experience in intercultural teams and in close cooperation with important companies—preparing them for excellent career opportunities on the global job market.
Studying at HHN
- Faculty & Campus
- Student Life & Funding
- International Students
- Inside BEL
Find out more about the Faculty of Business and about student life on the campus and in Heilbronn.
Learn more about student fees, funding, accommodations, and student services:
The International Student Support offers you detailed guidance before, during, and after your studies in Germany.
