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| Duration of the course: | 7 semesters |
| Tuition fee: | 3000 USD / semester |
| Study mode: | full time |
| Intake: | September |
| Application period - self financed: | mid April - mid May |
| Application period - Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship: | mid November - mid January |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries |
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Contact:
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Dean's office +36 (99) 518-101 fmk-dekani@uni-sopron.hu |
The goals of the bachelor course and competences to be learned
The programme trains students to become professionals in wood processing and utilisation. Students also acquire engineering knowledge such as computer-aided design and manufacturing. The Timber Industry BSc contains all the technical subjects needed for well-educated engineers. Attaining a level of knowledge that enables the graduate to assume and have an active role in sawmill industries, wood-based panel industry, wood processing technologies, door and window production, furniture design and timber structures. Additionally, the education provides a reliable base for a technical position or to enter the MSc programme.
Career opportunities: Timber industry engineers are welcome in the primary and secondary processing of wood (sawmills, furniture factories, wood construction companies, etc.), in research institutes and universities globally.
About the Faculty
The Faculty has come a long way from its roots in Selmecbánya in 1735. Building on our long experience, the Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries is heading to the high tech world in the fields of our competencies and has become one of the leading University centres in the Central European Region.
The Faculty focuses on three main areas of training: technical, arts, and IT education. Our high-quality work is well-demonstrated by the fact that our art students and Faculty have won several national and international awards, and year after year, our wood engineering students consistently win podium places and special awards at a national competition.
Career opportunities
Timber industry engineers are welcome in the primary and secondary processing of wood (sawmills, furniture factories, wood construction companies, etc.), in research institutes and universities globally.
Bachelor thesis project opportunities (examples)
- utilization of fast growing plantation wood species (poplar, pawlonia, robinia, etc.) for high value added products
- modification of wood’s properties (acetylation, thermal, hygro-thermal and other methods)
- technology development for pencil manufacturing
- product and technology development for outdoor furniture (incl. play grounds)
- NDT (non-destructive testing of wood), NIR spectra for moisture measurements
- colour stability of wood
- surface stability of hardwoods treated by different finishing materials
- Carbon fibre reinforced wood (load bearing elements)
- nano cellulose for film materials
- wood protection (materials, constructions)
- etc.
Competences
Competences to be obtained in the bachelors’ course:
- career-related theoretical and practical skills and their application in practical work and design,
- expected to construct and organize the investments of mechanically, structurally and technologically complex structures respecting the nature and human environment,
- systematic understanding and competence concerning materials, technology and products,
- user-level knowledge concerning computer-aided design,
- acquaintance with the general analysis and problem-solving techniques required for production processes,
- the practical application of their skills to solve emerging problems.
Credits
Number of credits from basic knowledge of natural sciences: 45.
Number of credits from economic and human knowledge: 14.
Number of credits from professional core material: 101.
Number of credits from optional subjects: 10.
Number of credits per specialization: 40.
Number of credits related to the thesis: 15.
Our Faculty offers specific educational objectives: Graduates from Wood Science Engineering create engineering structures (furniture, windows, doors, other wooden products) by utilizing and designing wood or wood based materials. They are expected to construct and organize the investments of mechanically, structurally and technologically complex structures respecting the nature and human environment. This study program enables the graduate to assume and active role in future technical developments, and to further his or her education by entering a MSc. programme.
The Timber Industry Engineer training is a practical training, 40% theory and 60% practice.
Timber industry technology specialization
The specialization in woodworking technology provides a classical, wide-ranging engineering knowledge in wood. It will prepare future woodworking engineers for a significant proportion of wood industry in the furniture and building tables industry and in the primary wood industry, saw and plywood industry, professional and organizational tasks.
During the course, students will get acquainted with the basic materials of wood-based finished products, the applied structures, the parting methods and the state-of-the-art product manufacturing technologies.
Students specializing in the specialization will also be able to perform production preparation and manufacturing organization tasks.
