General outline
Staff and students use the name HMI to refer to the Human Media Interaction programme. The HMI curriculum is a two year curriculum with a study load of 120 credits (EC) in total. Each year comprises 60 EC.
The composition of the course programme is as follows:
a. Basic subjects, 40-50 credits,
b. Advanced subjects, 0-40 credits,
c. Elective subjects, 0-40 credits,
d. (Research) traineeship and/or Research topics, 10-40 credits,
e. Graduation work, 30 credits.
Each student has an individual course programme which meets the programme requirements and general guidelines. The requirements, and the general guidelines define Graduate School students as a particular type of student, to whom other requirements may apply than the general requirements for all students. Graduate School students are students who have been admitted to the Human Centred Interaction Technologies (HCIT) programme of the Twente Graduate School, and for whom the HMI master’s programme constitutes the initial phase of their HCIT programme. For more information about Twente Graduate School and the HCIT specialization.
The requirements set in and in the general guidelines distinguish Trento Double Degree students (shortly TDD students as a particular type of student, to whom other requirements may apply than the general requirements for all students. Trento Double Degree students are students who participate in the double degree agreement of the University of Twente HMI programme and the University of Trento (Italy) LMI (Language and Multimodal Interaction) programme. TDD students are either TDD entry students, who study their first year in Twente and their second year in Trento, or TDD exit students, who study their first year in Trento and their second year in Twente.
The regulations for the approval of the student’s course programme (within the rules and restrictions of the programme).
The Examination Board appoints a programme mentor to advise students in their choices. The programme mentor will have the authority to approve student’s programmes on behalf of the Examination Board.
In addition to the programme students who will be admitted to the programme on the basis of a Bachelor's degree awarded by a Dutch institute of professional education (HBO) must also complete a pre-Master’s programme.