With the internship "Practical Strength of Materials Analysis According to the FKM Guideline," the Institute for Mechanical Plant Engineering and Strength of Materials (IMAB) has created a course that is highly practical and equips students with skills that, until now, they had to painstakingly acquire on their own after entering the workforce.

A course handout is provided to supplement the practicum. The theoretical section for self-study includes detailed examples that are worked through in the practicum using the software provided. In a second step, students work through another example largely on their own. Interim results are provided in the course handout for guidance. As a final project and for the exam, students independently design a previously unknown component using the FKM guideline and document their calculation results in a short report.

The course was awarded the TUC Teaching Prize by the students in 2015.