The schools and colleges for engineering, arts and crafts teach top-quality subject-specific and methodical competence for advanced studies, the in-depth general and conceptual knowledge required for independent participation in continuing education and training, as well as specialist knowledge and skills required for exercising a profession.

As well as professional qualifications, particular attention is also paid to the further development of those general and personal qualifications and social skills which safeguard the graduates’ employability and enable them to participate successfully in lifelong learning through self-study or study programmes at establishments of higher learning.

The schools and colleges for engineering, arts and crafts believe a key objective is the students` acquisition of entrpreneurial, innovative thinking and acting based on well-founded business and legal competences. The specific objectives and purpose of the schools and colleges are the following: 

• The schools for engineering, arts and crafts aim at the acquisition of subject-specific basic knowledge and skills that enable graduates to exercise an occupation in the engineering, arts and crafts sector immediately upon completion and they also aim at extending and deepening the acquired general education. 
• The colleges for engineering and crafts aim at the acquisition of higher-level general and subject-specific education that enables graduates to exercise a senior occupation in the engineering, arts and crafts sector in industry and trade and leads to university/higher education entrance qualifications.