The second year allows for a more personalised curriculum. You will finish the shared domain courses in the third semester, which means there’s plenty of elective space to fill with courses that suit your interests and ambitions. It helps you to further explore and build towards your unique UCT profile. Moreover, you will continue working on team-based projects, focusing on a self-chosen subject within the (broad) semester themes.
Semester 3: The impact of ai in the Digital Society
Semester 3 revolves around understanding emerging AI developments and the societal and technological systems in which they are embedded. You will learn to separate fact from fiction in the public debate around AI, and to develop a grounded position on the future of AI in an area of your choice. The semester builds on what you learned in previous semesters, taking it from the community level to the societal level.
Courses
In the third semester, you will complete the last three domain courses (within the domain of Natural Sciences you can choose – at least – one out of two courses). The rest of the semester consists of elective courses.
Semester 3 | Number of EC | Courses |
Semester project | 9 EC | Project Research and Develop Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Society |
Compulsory domain courses | 3 EC | Data Science |
| 3 EC | Ethics & Governance |
| 3 EC | Electronics |
Elective courses | 9 EC | The courses you will follow in your elective space is mainly up to you! |
Personal Pursuit | 3 EC | Work on a topic of your personal interest |
Total of EC | 30 EC |
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Semester 4: Engineering for a resilient world
Food shortage, climate change, natural or man-made disasters, or the unplanned development of megacities: many of the problems our world is facing today, are extremely hard to solve, since they do not have a single cause, and thus cannot be solved by a single intervention. So how can you develop a thorough and deep understanding of the full complexity of a situation, in order to come up with a solution? Within this semester, you and your team will work on these so-called ‘wicked problems’.
Courses
For a large part, this semester is self-directed, so that you have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge and skills according to your interests. You are free to choose any elective course that is taught on an advanced level, either at the University of Twente or other universities. You can also choose a Capita Selecta. This is a self-directed course, in which you can explore a specific topic of your interest that is not offered as a regular course. Former students have incorporated Capita Selecta on e.g. Intellectual Property in Product Development, 3D Modelling or computer-aided design (CAD) and digital manufacturing.
Semester 4 | Number of EC | Courses |
Semester project | 9 EC | Project Real-world challenges in complex spatio-temporal systems |
Elective courses | 18 EC | The courses you will follow in your elective space is mainly up to you! |
Personal Pursuit | 3 EC | Work on a topic of your personal interest |
Total of EC | 30 EC |
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