Completing the Master’s in Chemical Science & Engineering with a specialisation in Molecular & Materials Engineering (MME) will open up interesting career opportunities. You could start an exciting career as a researcher and follow up your Master’s with a PhD, or you could find a job at a research and development department of an innovative, high-tech company. You can also become an entrepreneur and start up your own business.
Type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in MME, you will receive a Master’s degree in Chemical Science & Engineering. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in molecular and materials engineering, including the electives you followed.
Job opportunities
With many different industries advancing in terms of technology and sustainability, the chemical industry finds itself at a turning point. Novel, innovative materials and structures play a key role in these advances in many different sectors, such as the (bio)medical industry, the energy sector, agriculture, the automotive sector, the food industry, construction, and so on. That is why graduates specialised in Molecular & Materials Engineering will continue to be in high demand on the job market.
As a graduate, you will be able to contribute to many different breakthroughs in the chemical industry. You could for example take on a job as a scientist or R&D engineer and work on promising developments in e.g. targeted medicine, battery technology, carbon capture, solar panels, waste processing, and the list continues. We have graduates working for a range of diverse organisations, varying from companies such as Shell, Teijin Aramid, Dow, FrieslandCampina, NX Filtration and IamFluidics to research institutes and universities such as TNO, University of Barcelona or the University of Twente
Continue as a researcher: obtain a PhD
Many graduates of this specialisation choose to pursue an academic career and go on to study for a PhD, with opportunities right here at many different research groups at UT, but also throughout the world. As a PhD candidate, you will conduct independent research for several years under the supervision of a senior researcher within a research group, culminating in the public defence of your PhD dissertation. Obtaining your PhD will earn you the title of Doctor (Dr).
Interested in continuing with a PhD after your Master’s? You can find vacancies below, but you can also explore your options during your Master’s, for example at the research group in which you complete your master’s thesis. Note that you always need to apply for a PhD-position. The application procedure is similar to an actual job application.
Start a business
At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. The University of Twente is the birthplace of a large number of high-tech spin-off companies that market developed technologies. You could use your research or even inventions stemming from your master’s thesis and/or your PhD research to start up your own innovative company as well! UT has been voted the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands four times in a row. We have a unique approach of putting scientific knowledge to practical use and turning our expertise and yours into solutions that people and society actually need. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and the start-up hub on campus.
Former students have gone before you. For example, Eurekite, a company specialised in developing flexible ceramic fibres, was started up by a CSE graduate. Will you be next?
Follow an EngD programme
For excellent professionals and graduates with a Master’s degree from a university, Twente Graduate School (TGS) offers five different Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programmes. These two-year, tailored programmes are aimed at you becoming a high-level technological designer. The EngD programme most likely to match your interests as a Master’s in Chemical Science & Engineering would be Energy & Process Technology. On successfully completing the programme, you will receive a certified diploma and the academic degree title, Engineering Doctorate (EngD). Interested in doing an EngD? You can check below if there are any vacancies. If not, you can also send in an open application.