Programme guidelines

Besides the above mentioned compulsory courses within a specialization there are the guidelines, mentioned below:

·	If your programme contains a traineeship, then Philosophy of Engineering has to be a part of the programme as one of the Philosophical and Societal courses. This will be the case for almost all students except international and post HBO-students.

·	For each specialization a standard set of compulsory courses has been chosen with a total workload of 20 EC. The final decision about the choice of the compulsory courses is taken by the master’s thesis supervisor.

·	Elective courses can be chosen from all available courses in the department or even university, provided the programme is coherent and relevant in the opinion of the Graduation Committee. All elective courses are 5 EC.

·	You should have finished your bachelor’s programme and 45 EC of your master’s programme courses before you are allowed to start your traineeship.

The master’s thesis project is a research oriented individual project where a last proof of engineering and scientific attitude must be given. It is always carried out in one of the research groups taking part in the specialization. External periods can be part of the thesis work. These will be organised by the responsible supervisor. You may only start your master’s thesis, after having finished your traineeship.

Procedures for planning your programme

The Electrical Engineering master’s programme offers the student a large freedom to make choices and to setup an individual programme. Some of these choices will have to be made right after the start of the programme which may not be easy. Therefore some guidelines are given below to support you. This plan is for students who obtained their bachelor’s degree at the University of Twente. Students from elsewhere can use it with some adaptations.

Step 1: making a start with your master’s programme

During the last phase of your bachelor’s programme, you will choose your master’s specialization. Every specialization has its own compulsory courses. The first semester of your programme will contain quite a number of courses. Besides compulsory courses, free electives can also be added to your programme. You can ask your bachelor’s programme mentor for advice about you master’s programme.

Step 2: choosing your research group (chair)

It is very important to make a (provisional) choice for the chair where you would like to carry out your master’s thesis as soon as possible. The choice you will make will be a starting point for your programme of free electives. Even the programme of compulsory courses might undergo some changes. You will keep the option to choose a different chair later.

Step 3: creating your course programme

Contact the programme mentor of the specialization of your choice. You will be assigned a staff member of the research group, who will take over the tasks of the bachelor mentor. With him/her you can discuss your interests and preferences that finally should lead to a course programme:

·	Your mentor/master’s thesis supervisor will choose the compulsory courses. Often these will be the compulsory courses mentioned under the specialization. However a different choice is possible.

·	You are free to choose your electives yourself, but you are supposed to discuss your choice with your mentor/supervisor.If you and your supervisor cannot come to an agreement about your elective courses, the examination committee will have to judge about this.

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