Nanotechnology is the production and use of structures that are smaller than 100 nm (0.000 000 1 m) in at least one dimension. The decisive factor here is that the dimensions of the system components alone give rise to new functionalities and properties for improving existing or developing new products. The field of nanoscience and nanotechnology has developed extremely dynamically and strongly across disciplines over the past 25 years. Nanotechnology has become a key technology of the 21st century.

Their extensive application potential can only be used economically if the "nano effects" discovered in basic research and the corresponding new properties of nanomaterials and nanostructures are implemented in industrial products. Advancing into the world of the most elementary building blocks is a challenge that will always reveal new, ever more fascinating possibilities for new products and markets. This transfer is an engineering task that students of the bachelor's degree "NanoEngineering" are trained to do.