The Institute of Automotive Systems Engineering (IFS) is a scientific facility of the departments of ‘Electronic Engineering and Information Technology’ and ‘Mechanical and Automotive Engineering’. It combines the scientific and practical knowledge of both departments in order to teach the students and to carry out third party research projects in collaboration with the industry in the areas of Automotive Electronics, Automotive Engineering, Engines and Machines, Mobile Hydraulics, Fluid Dynamics, Structural Mechanics and Acoustics.