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Automotive Circular Economy Summer School

Shape the future of sustainability!

Discover the keys to a circular economy in automotive industry and develop innovative concepts for sustainable mobility at the WeCampusWOB.

This week-long Summer School provides students with exclusive insights into sustainable production processes within the automotive sector. Renowned professors from TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences vividly link cutting-edge research to real-world applications. The programme includes hands-on workshops, experiments and simulation games. Excursions to leading regional industry partners also give participants the opportunity to establish valuable contacts for their future careers.

Perfect for anyone who has completed at least the fourth semester in a bachelor’s programme and is passionate about sustainability and future-oriented technologies.

Rethinking mobility

The Summer School for Automotive Circular Economy provides students with in-depth insights into sustainable circular-economy practices in automotive manufacturing. Through hands-on experiments and analyses, they develop the expertise needed to implement resource-efficient concepts and effectively tackle future challenges in the industry.

Gruppenbild beim WeCampusWOB
Aerial view of the Open Hybrid LabFactory
 Interior view of the Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V.

WeCampusWOB

The Summer School will take place on the WeCampusWOB. A research campus for automotive circular economy has been established at the WeCampusWOB, and thus within the ecosystem of the Open Hybrid LabFactory funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, this public-private partnership brings together academic institutions (TU Braunschweig, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Ostfalia), private companies (including Volkswagen), and start-ups under one roof. In a unique technical center with state-of-the-art laboratories and industrial-scale facilities, projects are carried out from the initial concept to the finished automotive component.

More about the Open Hybrid LabFactory

Info

Date 12.10. - 16.10.2026
Registration deadline 15.09.2026
Format In presence
Language of instruction English
Registration fee 35€ (including programme and leisure activities)
Target audience Undergraduate students from their fourth semester onwards
Credit points Participation is eligible for ECTS credits for students of TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia University. You will receive full details after registration.

Registration

We appreciate your interest in the Summer School for Automotive Circular Economy. Please complete the registration form and sent it, along with the requested documents, by mail to summerschool(at)tu-braunschweig.de until 15 September 2026.

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Schedule of the Summer School at "WeCampusWOB"

Key Speakers

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Dröder
    Professor for Production Technologies & Process Automation and Head of the Insitute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF) at TU Braunschweig. CIRP member, on the board of the OHLF and the NFF.
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Herrmann
    Professor of Sustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering at TU Braunschweig and Director of the IWF and the Fraunhofer IST. Head of a German-Australian research group on sustainable manufacturing with UNSW Sydney.
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Max Juraschek
    Professor of Sustainable Product Engineering and Circular Material Flows
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Müller
    Professor of Vehicle Body Development at Ostfalia University and Head of the Institute of Vehicle Construction Wolfsburg.
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas S. Sprengler
    Head of the Institute of Automotive Management and Industrial Production (AIP) and Chair of Production and Logistics at TU Braunschweig. Member of the Scientific Commission of the German Science and Humanities Council from February 2020 to February 2026.

Topics

  • Design for Circular Economy
    Sustainable product development right from the start: Identify the impacts of design decisions and make targeted improvements.
  • Reverse Production
    Recirculation and recycling: getto know robot-assisted disassembly and identify potential for new solutions.
  • Circular Material Concepts
    Materials for a green future:material concepts for efficient recycling and reduced resource consumption.
  • System Analysis & Design
    How to achieve holistic change:from material selection to vehicle recycling in the circular economy system.

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Contact

Ingke Wiese

i.wiese(at)tu-braunschweig.de
+49 172 2385064

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