UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES (HBO) DEGREE
If you have a relevant Bachelor’s degree from a university of applied sciences (HBO) programme, you may be admitted to one of the University of Twente’s Civil Engineering programmes upon completion of a pre-Master’s course. It is also possible to complete the pre-Master’s programme as a component of your minor. Relevant Bachelor’s degrees are in Civil Engineering, Architecture or other closely related disciplines (like bouwtechnische bedrijfskunde and land and watermanagement).
LANGUAGE
The pre-Master's programme is in English as is the required literature.
PROGRAMME
The pre-Master’s programme contains 30 credits for the majority of the bachelor’s degrees. This is a fulltime study programme of one semester.
Quartile 1 [1A]: September-November | EC |
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Calculus A | 4 | 202001172 |
Academic Research Skills | 3 | 202000237 |
Design Project Urban Development | 6 | 202000241 |
Matlab | 2 | 202001390 |
Quartile 2 [1B]: November-February |
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Calculus B | 3 | 202001174 |
Probability Theory and Statistics | 3 | 202001177 |
Academic Research Skills (continued) | 4,5 | 202000237 |
Fluid Mechanics 1 | 2 | 202000049 |
Water | 2,5 | 202000051 |
Total | 30 |
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START DATE
The pre-Master's programme starts every September. After successfully completing the pre-Master programme you can directly enter the Master's programme. Students doing their pre-Master’s as part of their University of Applied Sciences degree (transfer minor/'Kies op maat') can enter the Master’s programme in February or September after finishing their University of Applied Sciences Bachelor's programme.
Whether you are an University of Applied Sciences student or a university student, you can start the pre-Master's programme during your Bachelor's programme as a minor or after obtaining your Bachelor’s degree.
GOALS
Our pre-Master programme has the following goals:
- Test if the study abilities (planning, reading considerable amount of theory independently, analytical and technical skills) are good enough to enter the Master programme.
- Provide a sound basis in Academic Skills.
To achieve these goals we expect you to participate in lectures, tutorials and group work. Self-study forms an important part of your premaster track. A premaster student has to finish this programme within one year. After finishing the premaster programme you can enter in September or February in the master programme.
ADMISSION
The pre-Master’s programme is designed for students who have the motivation and capacities to obtain an academic degree from an English-taught Master’s programme in Civil Engineering and Management or Construction Management and Engineering. Your eligibility for admission to the pre-Master's programme in CEM/CME depends on your previous education.
Requirements for Dutch students:
- Check the transfermatrix to see which Master’s programmes are accessible with your Bachelor’s programme.
- A minimum level of English and Mathematics (VWO-level English and Mathematics B). This is the student's responsibility. Previous experiences have shown that hardly any students manage to successfully complete the transfer minor if they do not comply with these requirements.
- University of Applied Sciences students who want to do the pre-Master’s as a transfer minor must have obtained at least 120 EC in order to be admitted to the transfer minor.
Students with an international Bachelor’s degree can only apply for the Master’s programme directly and do not have the option of participating in a pre-Master's programme.
More information on admission.
Rules of the pre-Master’s programme
The pre-master’s programme is designed not only to address any deficiencies in your prior knowledge, but it is also an effective way to find out whether studying at a research university is right for you. Therefore, the following rules apply:
- The pre-Master’s programme must be successfully completed within one year
- There is a maximum of re-sit per course
- If you do not successfully complete the pre-Master’s, it is not possible to start a pre-Master’s in another programme at the faculty of Engineering Technology