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Are you talented, intellectually interested, and motivated? Then the Master Honours Programme is the right place for you!

The Master Honours programme is an extracurricular broadening programme of 15 EC in which talented, intellectually interested and motivated students are challenged to enrich their knowledge, skills, attitude, cooperation, and experiences outside their own discipline. Each student follows one of the multidisciplinary tracks in which they are encouraged to develop themselves in a setting comprised of passionate teachers and diverse students.

Track-based education

To tailor your Honours experience to your needs and to allow you to focus on specific skills you want to develop, you can select one of our Master Honours tracks, each with their own unique character and trajectory. Please note that you may only participate in one Master Honours programme throughout your Master study/studies at the University of Twente.

Discover our tracks

Change Leaders

The Master Honours programme Change Leaders focuses on developing one’s ideas about leadership and personal leadership skills, including during the execution of change projects. These projects are to be executed in the final quartile during which you will also be coached. Examples of some change projects are: organising an event as a board member of an association, starting your own business, or initiating a change project.

Great Negotiators

The Great Negotiators track is a unique programme focuses on developing one’s negotiation and communication skills, strategic deal-making and ethical conflict management during the execution of various projects. Examples of projects can be qualifying for and partaking in an international negotiation competition, entering into real-life (business/academic) negotiations or reporting on the preparation, performance and execution of the overall negotiation process.

Research Honours

The Master Research Honours is an individually tailored programme that offers you additional knowledge and skills in the areas of research management, research publishment, and (PhD) research proposal development. Through extra courses, training, and meetings, the programme supports excellent UT master students that are in their graduation phase to develop knowledge and skills in the area of academic research.

4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge

Within the 4TU.RSC track, we bring academia to companies within a collaborative network of three technical universities (Twente, Delft and Eindhoven). The track uses an innovative Challenge-Based Learning approach to put students in the drivers seat of their professional development.

FOR AMBITIOUS AND MOTIVATED STUDENTS

The Master Honours programme is worth 15 EC, meaning that the average workload is about 10-14 hours per week. This is a significant increase in workload on top of a regular Master's programme students have to take into account. However, experience shows that students who meet the admission requirements of the track and have sufficient motivation should be able to successfully finish both their regular studies and their Honours programme without any study delays. Students who successfully complete the Master Honours programme receive a certificate and an Honours Pin.

INSPIRING AND INTENSE SESSIONS

Unlike regular lectures, Honours sessions take place in small groups of diverse students guided by the best teachers and researchers the University of Twente has to offer. These sessions are always dedicated to the specific Honours track. Aside from the inspiring and intense lectures within the track, students are encouraged to take an active role in the Honours Community, so students can meet and learn from others and expand their network.

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Upcoming Master Honours events

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A few of our many extra (optional) activities

Honours Association Ockham

Join drinks, symposia, dinner colloquia and many more activities with the Honours Association Ockham.

Dutch Honours Conference

Get inspired and connect with Honours students, alumni and teachers on a national level, powered by the Dutch Honours Community.

4TU Honours Challenge

A hackathon with real business cases, in collaboration with the Honours programmes of the 4 Dutch technical universities.

Intercultural Competences micro-module and challenge

Engage in the Intercultural Competences micro-module and challenge (UTwente Honours programmes spin-offs for the ECIU University) to meet and collaborate with students across Europe and develop your professional skills!

Thomas More programme

Embrace the rich Catholic tradition at the intersection of science, philosophy, life and society in the Thomas More study programme.

Honours Team @Create Tomorrow

Be part of the Honours Team, participating in Create Tomorrow, the world's largest student think tank.

Study trips with H.V. Ockham

Discover the world of science and technology, meet new friends and get to know a new culture in a European country.

Honours in short

Want to know more about the Honours programme, watch our short video!

The Negotiation Challenge 2024 @Twente

The international negotiation competition TNC 2024 is taking place in Twente in April 2024! Cheer on our Great Negotiators Honours team as they take on the best student negotiation teams in the world!

Netherlands - Asia Honours Summer School

Join the NAHSS to enlighten yourself on the facets of Southeast Asia and China through knowledge exchange and personal experience. This unique opportunity includes a preparatory trajectory and a study trip to Southeast Asia/China.

Waddenlab

Join the Waddenlab for an engaging adventure sailing on the Dutch Wadden Sea. By working in multidisciplinary teams of Honours students and teachers, you discover the complexity of the region and investigate methods of preservation.

15 Years of Honours Conference

This year we celebrate 15 Years of Honours education in the Netherlands with a conference celebration in Enschede in June 2024!