Labour market

With the MSc diploma Nanotechnology you have many choises, because of broadening your BSc studies (in Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other areas) with the (new) study area of Nanotechnology. Recent graduates can be found in the following work areas:

So far most of the nanotechnology graduates continue their studies with a PhD position in the research institute MESA+ www.mesaplus.utwente.nl or elsewhere. You will then conduct independent research for four years under the supervision of a senior researcher within a research group. After four years of research, you will write your dissertation (PhD thesis) and defend it publically.

Nanotechnology, as an enabling technology, is only around for 15 years now within academia and is since a few years moving into high tech companies involved in creating novel materials and devices for a range of applications (energy, water, healthcare, electronics, …)

This can either be a large high tech company with a R&D division (examples within the Netherlands are Philips, ASML, DSM, Shell) or small spin-off companies (typically less than 10 people) focusing upon development of new materials, new technologies or new products in the field of nanotechnology. From the MESA+ institute, new companies have been created and they offer employment for MSc students in nanotechnology.