diff --git a/projects/element-ng/schematics/collection.json b/projects/element-ng/schematics/collection.json
index 0afd7afb9..7abe7ad28 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/schematics/collection.json
+++ b/projects/element-ng/schematics/collection.json
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
       "description": "A schematic to add the @siemens/element-ng to your project.",
       "factory": "./ng-add/index#ngAdd",
       "schema": "./ng-add/schema.json"
+    },
+    "ng-add-setup-element-styles": {
+      "description": "Configures Element styles after installation (internal schematic)",
+      "factory": "./ng-add/add-styling#ngAddSetupElementStyles",
+      "private": true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/add-dependencies.ts b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/add-dependencies.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..064af6a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/add-dependencies.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2026
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+import { chain, Rule, SchematicContext, Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
+import {
+  addDependency,
+  ExistingBehavior,
+  InstallBehavior
+} from '@schematics/angular/utility/dependency';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { join, dirname } from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+/**
+ * Adds required Element dependencies to package.json
+ */
+export const addElementDependencies = (): Rule => {
+  return (tree: Tree, context: SchematicContext) => {
+    const packageJsonPath = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../../package.json');
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8'));
+    const elementVersion = `^${packageJson.version}`;
+    const cdkVersion = `^${packageJson.peerDependencies['@angular/cdk']}`;
+    const elementIconsVersion = `^${packageJson.peerDependencies['@siemens/element-icons']}`;
+
+    const options = {
+      existing: ExistingBehavior.Replace,
+      install: InstallBehavior.Auto
+    };
+
+    return chain([
+      addDependency('@siemens/element-ng', elementVersion, options),
+      addDependency('@siemens/element-theme', elementVersion, options),
+      addDependency('@siemens/element-translate-ng', elementVersion, options),
+      addDependency('@angular/cdk', cdkVersion, options),
+      addDependency('@simpl/brand', '2.2.0', options),
+      addDependency('@siemens/element-icons', elementIconsVersion, options)
+    ])(tree, context);
+  };
+};
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/add-styling.ts b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/add-styling.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56ee316c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/add-styling.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2026
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+import { chain, Rule, SchematicContext, Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
+import { updateWorkspace } from '@schematics/angular/utility/workspace';
+
+import { getGlobalStyles } from '../utils/index.js';
+
+export const ngAddSetupElementStyles = (): Rule => {
+  return (tree: Tree, context: SchematicContext) => {
+    context.logger.info('🎨 Configuring Element styles...');
+    return addElementStyle()(tree, context);
+  };
+};
+
+const addElementStyle = (): Rule => {
+  return async (tree: Tree, context: SchematicContext) => {
+    const rules: Rule[] = [];
+    const globalStyles = await getGlobalStyles(tree);
+    for (const style of globalStyles) {
+      if (style.endsWith('.scss') || style.endsWith('.sass')) {
+        const content = tree.readText(style);
+
+        let predecessor = '';
+        for (const themeEntry of THEME_STYLE_ENTRIES) {
+          const match = content.match(themeEntry.pattern ?? themeEntry.insert);
+          if (match) {
+            predecessor = match[0];
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          rules.push(applyGlobalStyles(style, predecessor, themeEntry.insert + '\n'));
+          predecessor = themeEntry.insert;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    rules.push(addStylesToAngularJson());
+    return chain([...rules]);
+  };
+};
+
+const applyGlobalStyles = (filePath: string, anchor: string, insert: string): Rule => {
+  return (tree: Tree): Tree => {
+    const recorder = tree.beginUpdate(filePath);
+    const content = tree.readText(filePath);
+    let pos = content.indexOf(anchor) + anchor.length;
+    if (pos > 0) {
+      // If the insert position is not the file start we want to insert the next line after the new line
+      pos = content.indexOf('\n', pos) + 1;
+    }
+    recorder.insertRight(pos, insert);
+    tree.commitUpdate(recorder);
+    return tree;
+  };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Adds Element styles configuration to angular.json
+ */
+const addStylesToAngularJson = (): Rule => {
+  return updateWorkspace(workspace => {
+    for (const [, project] of workspace.projects) {
+      for (const [targetName, target] of project.targets) {
+        if (!['build', 'test'].includes(targetName)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        // Add node_modules to stylePreprocessorOptions
+        if (target.options) {
+          const preprocessorOptions = target.options.stylePreprocessorOptions as
+            | {
+                includePaths?: string[];
+              }
+            | undefined;
+
+          if (!preprocessorOptions) {
+            target.options.stylePreprocessorOptions = {
+              includePaths: ['node_modules/']
+            };
+          } else if (!preprocessorOptions.includePaths) {
+            preprocessorOptions.includePaths = ['node_modules/'];
+          } else if (!preprocessorOptions.includePaths.includes('node_modules/')) {
+            preprocessorOptions.includePaths.push('node_modules/');
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+// Apply theme styles if not already present
+const THEME_STYLE_ENTRIES = [
+  { insert: `// Load Siemens fonts` },
+  { insert: `@use '@simpl/brand/assets/fonts/styles/siemens-sans';` },
+  { insert: `// Load Element icons` },
+  { insert: `@use '@siemens/element-icons/dist/style/siemens-element-icons';` },
+  { insert: `// Use Element theme` },
+  {
+    insert: `@use '@siemens/element-theme/src/theme' with (
+  $element-theme-default: 'siemens-brand',
+  $element-themes: (
+    'siemens-brand',
+    'element'
+  )
+);`,
+    pattern: /@use ['"]@siemens\/element-theme\/src\/theme['"] with \(([\s\S]*?)\);/g
+  },
+  { insert: `// Use Element components` },
+  { insert: `@use '@siemens/element-ng/element-ng';` },
+  { insert: `// Build the siemens-brand theme` },
+  { insert: `@use '@siemens/element-theme/src/styles/themes';` },
+  { insert: `@use '@simpl/brand/dist/element-theme-siemens-brand-light' as brand-light;` },
+  { insert: `@use '@simpl/brand/dist/element-theme-siemens-brand-dark' as brand-dark;` },
+  {
+    insert: `@include themes.make-theme(brand-light.$tokens, 'siemens-brand');`,
+    pattern: /@include themes\.make-theme\(brand-light\.\$tokens, 'siemens-brand'\);/g
+  },
+  {
+    insert: `@include themes.make-theme(brand-dark.$tokens, 'siemens-brand', true);`,
+    pattern: /@include themes\.make-theme\(brand-dark\.\$tokens, 'siemens-brand', true\);/g
+  }
+];
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.spec.ts b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5760ab2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2026
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+import { Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
+import { SchematicTestRunner } from '@angular-devkit/schematics/testing';
+import { getPackageJsonDependency } from '@schematics/angular/utility/dependencies';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+import { createTestApp } from '../utils/index.js';
+
+const collectionPath = path.join(
+  path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+  '../collection.json'
+);
+
+describe('ng-add schematic', () => {
+  let runner: SchematicTestRunner;
+  let appTree: Tree;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    runner = new SchematicTestRunner('@siemens/element-ng', collectionPath);
+    appTree = await createTestApp(runner, { style: 'scss' });
+  });
+
+  it('should add required dependencies to package.json', async () => {
+    const tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add', { path: '/' }, appTree);
+
+    const elementNg = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@siemens/element-ng');
+    const elementTheme = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@siemens/element-theme');
+    const elementTranslate = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@siemens/element-translate-ng');
+    const angularCdk = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@angular/cdk');
+    const elementIcons = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@siemens/element-icons');
+
+    expect(elementNg).toBeDefined();
+    expect(elementTheme).toBeDefined();
+    expect(elementTranslate).toBeDefined();
+    expect(angularCdk).toBeDefined();
+    expect(elementIcons).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should overwrite dependencies that already exist', async () => {
+    // Pre-add one dependency
+    const packageJsonPath = '/package.json';
+    const packageJsonBuffer = appTree.read(packageJsonPath);
+    if (!packageJsonBuffer) throw new Error('package.json not found');
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonBuffer.toString());
+    packageJson.dependencies['@siemens/element-theme'] = '^0.0.1';
+    appTree.overwrite(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
+
+    const tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add', { path: '/' }, appTree);
+
+    const elementTheme = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@siemens/element-theme');
+    expect(elementTheme?.version).not.toBe('^0.0.1');
+  });
+
+  it('should add node_modules to stylePreprocessorOptions', async () => {
+    let tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add', { path: '/' }, appTree);
+    // Styling setup runs after npm install, so manually trigger it for tests
+    tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add-setup-element-styles', {}, tree);
+
+    const angularJson = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/angular.json'));
+    const buildOptions = angularJson.projects.app.architect.build.options;
+
+    expect(buildOptions.stylePreprocessorOptions).toBeDefined();
+    expect(buildOptions.stylePreprocessorOptions.includePaths).toContain('node_modules/');
+
+    const stylePath = (buildOptions.styles as string[]).find(
+      p => p.endsWith('.scss') || p.endsWith('.sass')
+    );
+    expect(stylePath).toBeDefined();
+
+    const globalStyles = tree.readContent(stylePath!);
+    expect(globalStyles).toContain(
+      "@use '@siemens/element-icons/dist/style/siemens-element-icons';"
+    );
+    expect(globalStyles).not.toContain(
+      "@use '@simpl/element-icons/dist/style/simpl-element-icons';"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should warn if @simpl/element-ng is found', async () => {
+    // Add @simpl/element-ng to package.json
+    const packageJsonPath = '/package.json';
+    const packageJsonBuffer = appTree.read(packageJsonPath);
+    if (!packageJsonBuffer) throw new Error('package.json not found');
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonBuffer.toString());
+    packageJson.dependencies['@simpl/element-ng'] = '^47.0.0';
+    appTree.overwrite(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
+
+    const tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add', { path: '/' }, appTree);
+
+    // Should not add new dependencies when @simpl/element-ng is present
+    const elementTheme = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@siemens/element-theme');
+    expect(elementTheme).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('should handle projects without build configuration gracefully', async () => {
+    const tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add', { path: '/' }, appTree);
+    expect(tree).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should not duplicate node_modules in stylePreprocessorOptions', async () => {
+    // Pre-configure stylePreprocessorOptions
+    const angularJsonPath = '/angular.json';
+    const angularJsonBuffer = appTree.read(angularJsonPath);
+    if (!angularJsonBuffer) throw new Error('angular.json not found');
+    const angularJson = JSON.parse(angularJsonBuffer.toString());
+    angularJson.projects.app.architect.build.options.stylePreprocessorOptions = {
+      includePaths: ['node_modules/', 'src/styles']
+    };
+    appTree.overwrite(angularJsonPath, JSON.stringify(angularJson, null, 2));
+
+    let tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add', { path: '/' }, appTree);
+    // Styling setup runs after npm install, so manually trigger it for tests
+    tree = await runner.runSchematic('ng-add-setup-element-styles', {}, tree);
+
+    const updatedAngularJson = JSON.parse(tree.readContent(angularJsonPath));
+    const includePaths =
+      updatedAngularJson.projects.app.architect.build.options.stylePreprocessorOptions.includePaths;
+
+    // Count occurrences of 'node_modules/'
+    const nodeModulesCount = includePaths.filter((p: string) => p === 'node_modules/').length;
+    expect(nodeModulesCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.ts b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
index 2f06d1554..0bde1e772 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
+++ b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,24 @@
 import { chain, Rule, schematic, SchematicContext, Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
 import { getPackageJsonDependency } from '@schematics/angular/utility/dependencies';
 
-export const ngAdd = (options: { path: string }): Rule => {
+import { addElementDependencies } from './add-dependencies.js';
+
+export const ngAdd = (): Rule => {
   return (tree: Tree, context: SchematicContext) => {
     context.logger.info('🔧 Adding @siemens/element-ng to your project...');
 
     const hasSimplElementNgDependency = getPackageJsonDependency(tree, '@simpl/element-ng');
 
     if (hasSimplElementNgDependency) {
-      const chainedRules = chain([schematic('simpl-siemens-migration', options)]);
-      return chainedRules(tree, context);
+      context.logger.warn(
+        '⚠️ Found @simpl/element-ng in dependencies. Please run ng update to migrate to @siemens/element-ng.'
+      );
+      return tree;
     }
+
+    return chain([addElementDependencies(), schematic('ng-add-setup-element-styles', {})])(
+      tree,
+      context
+    );
   };
 };
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/schema.json b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/schema.json
index e40f1e6b6..7df210ab2 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/schema.json
+++ b/projects/element-ng/schematics/ng-add/schema.json
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
   "$id": "siemens-element-ng-add",
   "title": "Siemens Element ng-add schematic",
   "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "path": {
-      "type": "string",
-      "description": "Path to the directory where all simpl imports should be migrated.",
-      "x-prompt": "Which directory do you want to migrate?",
-      "format": "path",
-      "default": "/"
-    }
-  },
+  "properties": {},
   "required": []
 }