Mechatronics is an area of interdisciplinary expertise, combining mechanical, electronic and information engineering. Since the 1980s the term “Mechatronics” achieved acceptance worldwide and has become a trademark for the interdisciplinary approach regarding development, production and marketing of more or less intelligent products. The conceptualisation within systems is outstanding in this area of engineering. Instead of separately designing and prototyping the different subsystems, everything is based on the interaction in one system.

Medical Engineering is the interface between medicine and engineering. It traditionally originates in Precision Engineering, and Optics, which are the foundation of medical instrumentation. Today this also includes areas like special electronics, sensor techniques, computer science and material sciences. Furthermore ergonomic aspects have an increased impact, which is reflected in industrial design.