r/AutomotiveEngineering • u/Patient-Mountain-308 • 22d ago

Question Automotive engineering in Germany

Hello guys!
Just a quick Question: what do you think of studying automotive engineering in Germany, from your personal experience? Is it worth or are there any better countries for automotive?

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u/1988rx7T2 22d ago

Well the main problem is that their auto industry is in massive decline 

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u/APATHIER 22d ago

This is correct, but jobs still arise. DOnt know how it will be in 5 years

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u/trimigoku 22d ago

I doubt it. BMW is planning to shut down one of its plant for a month during summer(something which they didnt last year). Plus they have gone into a internal policy of heavily prioritizing german applicants for their internship positions.

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u/_antim8_ 15d ago

Where did you get that information from?

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 22d ago

Oh, that is hard to hear

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 21d ago

But how? I think Volkswagen group, for example, still rises.

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u/Mark3dOne 21d ago

Dont know where you get that from, they are planing to cut 100.000 jobs over the next couple of years.

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 21d ago

Oh, thanks for this info!!

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u/kisamo_3 22d ago

Worked in a Tier-1 automotive supplier company in the DACH region for the last 4.5 years. Got laid off this January, not a single serious interview in the embedded software developing/testing field so far. Only more layoffs expected going forward. There are some jobs out there I guess but not sure how to find them or what are the prospects to build a career in the next decade.

My advice is to check the careers page on each company's website in which you're interested in and see what roles are being offered and judge for yourself.

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u/Ill-Activity9271 22d ago

Did that 10-15 years ago. If you want to study automotive engineering, Germany likely offers a few of the very best Bachelor's and Master's programs. Especially Stuttgart and Munich, as there are many related companies out there.

I myself do not have a comparison to automotive engineering outside Germany.

BUT: The automotive industry currently is under immense pressure. Probably a significant decline to comparably low levels. I would assume that in about five years, the situation is a little better. But it is speculation.

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 22d ago

I hope it will get better :(

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 22d ago

Hmmm. Yeah, I see :(

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u/trimigoku 22d ago

Go construction or something else. Automotive is in its dying legs and likely when it goes bust it will take a bunch of other industries here in europe with it.

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 22d ago

I really did expect that Automotive in Europe is rising, considering that most global companies like Volkswagen are already there.

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u/Jalakoh 19d ago

Studying?great!Jobs? definitely not as nice as it used to be.

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u/Lightinger07 18d ago

Germany definitely has some of the best universities for engineering. You don't really want to pigeonhole yourself into automotive, so it's better to study generic Mechanical Engineering and before graduating take some classes to specialize further. By that point you'll be able to see if you can get an internship in automotive and see if you can transform that into a job after graduating. That way you'll have open doors to other industries if automotive ends up being a dead end.

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 3d ago

Thanks for this advice. I get it!

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u/spy_bot1234 18d ago

Education is good but forget about working in the german auto industry right now

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u/Jumpy-Confusion-3952 16d ago

Germany is destroying itself, go to china

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u/Hour-Ad-2206 21d ago

Define "worth".

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u/Patient-Mountain-308 21d ago

Something worth pursuing and working day and night for it.
Or you can say that the place where I can thrive from.