With a suitable HBO degree (university of professional education) it is possible to carry out a Master’s of Science programme in Embedded Systems. A pre-master’s programme of six months is compulsory. Also the master’s programme has been adapted somewhat.
Language
All master’s and premaster’s courses are taught in English.
Starting date
The premaster’s programme is only available in the autumn semester, starting at September 1st.
Admission to the master’s programme
The premaster’s programme is a programme that has been separated from the master’s programme. The student will only be admitted to the master’s programme, if all courses of the premaster’s programme have been finished with a sufficient examination result. The full premaster’s programme must have been finished successfully within a year after the start of the programme (September 1st). If not, the student will be rejected for admission to the master’s programme. Note that you can only start with the master’s programme after you have finished the premaster’s programme and you have been admitted to the master’s programme. This is according to Dutch legislation (“harde knip”).
Premaster’s courses
The premaster’s programme is carried out during the first semester of the academic year (autumn) and consists of the following courses:
Code | Course | EC | |
Calculus A | 5 | ||
Calculus B | 4 | ||
Linear Algebra | 3 | ||
Linear Systems | 6 | ||
Algorithms, Datastructures and Complexity for Embedded Systems | 4 | ||
Digital Logic and Computer Organization | 3 | ||
Instrumentation for Embedded Systems1) | 5 | ||
Self-tuition projects Pre Masters-Emsys (programming project) 2) | |||
Total | 30 | ||
- For non-bachelor Electrical Engineering students
- For bachelor Electrical Engineering students
Students with a different background (e.g. Embedded Systems) will take a course, chosen by the programme mentor.
HBO-minor students
The third year of most HBO-programmes is dedicated to a minor-programme that can be chosen by the student. For students, following a suitable HBO-programme it is possible to spend this period to take the Embedded Systems premaster programme. After successful completion of the premaster programme they will return to the HBO-university to finish their HBO-programme. After having finished their HBO-programme, including our Embedded Systems premaster’s programme, these students can be admitted directly to our Embedded Systems master’s programme.
If you carry out our premaster’s programme within an HBO minor-programme, the same conditions will apply for admission to the master’s programme. Of course an additional condition for admission to the master’s programme is that you will have received your HBO-degree.
Coordinator premaster’s programme
Shaokang Zhang
Email: shaokang.zhang@utwente.nl