Industry 4.0 Summer School

The Industry 4.0 Summer School gives an insight into the objectives and strategies of Industry 4.0, shows the current status of activities, and provides information on how to benefit from the ideas linked to Industrie 4.0 today. In addition to a theoretical introduction to Industry 4.0, the main technologies and processes for the implementation of Industrie 4.0 will be introduced and then addressed in greater detail in a workshop. The aim is actually to enable digitalisation. Starting from the process itself, the digitisation of companies will be introduced and then expanded on using hands-on examples. A model system will be used to demonstrate the technological possibilities.

Course leader

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wollert

Target group

Master or PhD students who are interested in new technologies

Course aim

Learn why Industry 4.0 is so important for European industry and what is hidden behind the keyword I4.0.

Get to know the development strategy for Industry 4.0 and find out which actions are still to be taken.

Learn the keywords related to Industrie 4.0 from Augmented Reality to Cloud, CPS and IoT and on to Smart Factory, value creation chains and XaaS.

Look through the entire digital value creation chain from intelligent sensors to cloud services.

Understand the technologies that make a machine, system or factory capable for industrial communication.

Discover the significance of IT, IT infrastructure and IT security in the context of Industry 4.0 for an automation system.

Design your first digitised processes yourself and find out about the effects on a model factory.

Credits info

4 EC
All I4.0 participants have the option to take the final written exam. Those, who write the exam, will get a I4.0 transcript with a grade for their test performance and the course credit (4 ECTS credits). The grading scheme is as follows:

from 1.0 to 1.5 = very good
from 1.6 to 2.5 = good
from 2.6 to 3.5 = satisfactory
from 3.6 to 4.0 = sufficient
above 4.0 = failed

Fee info

EUR 500: The summer school package includes:

Lectures and practical courses,
Course material,
Summer School handbook with all necessary information about the FH Aachen and travelling in Germany,
Beverages at the FH Aachen during the courses,
Excursions and social events,
Course certificate, summer school bag, summer school t-shirt.