Digital Twin as a key component in Smart Environments
Key aspects
- Participation in a project course with one Summer School divided into two parts (3 weeks in February at UTS and 3 Weeks in July at HTW Berlin) and distance working format in between (end of February until end of March - Holiday; April until June self-organised project work)
- Practice-oriented learning with highly qualified professors and industry partners (HTW/UTS/Swinburne University of Technology)
- Project work and networking in international and interdisciplinary teams
- Exzellent international career perspectives
- Open to students of Engineering and IT study programs, women preferred
Duration and start
- Project course: February 2024 (in Sydney) until End of July 2024 (in Berlin)
- Both Summer Schools: 3 weeks
- First part starting on 5 to 23 February 2024 in Sydney at UTS, second part starting in July 2023 at HTW Berlin
- Between the parts, self organized project work with 3 sprint meetings using distance format
Who can apply
Enrollment to the Summer School is open to BA students who are enrolled at HTW Berlin in the study field of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science to cover the project courses (bachelors project 1, 2) of the study program.
Teaching language
English (no German required)
Location and format
First Summer School on campus of UTS, second part on campus of HTW Berlin.
The course includes
- Academic content: Digital Twin, Cloud Solutions, PLM/PDM/Digital Factory, Requirements Engineering, etc. (10 ECTS)
- Workshop in Design Thinking
- Workshop agile method Scrum
- Workshop intercultural training
- Workshop methods of scientific work
- Excursions
- Cultural program: The cultural program includes additional activities outside the classroom. We offer visits to historical sights, museums as well as events typical for Sydney and Berlin
- Access to needed hardware and software available
Total credits
10 ECTS
Scholarship
There is the possibility for some students to get a DAAD financed funding at HTW Berlin. We have the possibility to support 8 students with a scholarship for the Summer School in Sydney (flight/mobility costs).
In order to boost women in STEM studies the selection committee may take into account special life circumstances, about which you can provide information in the application form.
How to apply?
Your full application should contain:
- Letter of motivation (in English)
- CV (in English)
- Transcript of records
- Relevant certificates
- Proof of enrolment
- Proof of English proficiency for subject courses
When to apply?
Application period: 6 April – 9 June 2023
Where to apply?
Please fill out the online form.
Practical Projects with Partners from Industry
The project "Global Women in Engineering and IT" enables motivated students, especially women, from the 4th and 5th semester of their bachelor’s degree to work in international teams on projects in cooperation with partners from industry. The duration of the participation of the practical project extends from February 2024 until end of July 2024. In that project the students attend two summer schools. The first part in Sydney from 5 February 2024 (3 weeks) and the second part in July 2024 (3 weeks) in Berlin. In between the teams must work self-organized within the projects with three sprint-meetings in distance format. Due to that the students get an early insight into the working environment and into cooperative teams across national borders.
Possible project topics:
- Consideration of a product/service over its entire life cycle
- Design and usage of a Digital Twin
- System driven engineering
- New business cases for digital twinning
- Concept development after requirements elicitation and analysis including prototyping
HTW Berlin Summer School “Digital Twin as a key component in Smart Environments” as a part of the project course
HTW Berlin considers its responsibility for present and future generations to anchor the topic Digital Twin in its teaching. The Summer School focuses on state-of-the-art topics of Industry 4.0. Due to the fast pace within the age of digitalization, the Summer School combines the topic of Digital Twin as a key component in Smart Environments with agile project management in Scrum.
The design and usage of a Digital Twin improves the performance of the company on the one hand and allows a better focus on sustainability on the other. In today's VUCA world, companies must adapt. VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity and describes the difficult conditions that companies must face in times of Industry 4.0.
For questions please contact: AU-SummerSchool@HTW-berlin.de
Summer School Partners
Information for partners from industry
As the customer, you define and describe the project task in a project profile. The presentation of the project task at the beginning of the project phase is essential to convince the students of you as the client and to arouse intrinsic motivation. During the realization of the projects, the students get to know the agile project management method Scrum. Within the Scrum process you take the role of the customer. Due to that your presence at the reviews at the end of a sprint is important. Therefore, you should schedule at least 4-5 (face-to-face/online) meetings. Weekly meetings are also possible. During the project you must provide a contact person for the students. Depending on the project task, it may be necessary to provide working materials to the students (e. g. software or hardware). All information can be found in our handout for partners.
