During your Master’s in Chemical Science & Engineering (CSE), you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. The specialisation in Molecular & Materials Engineering (MME) consists of six compulsory courses, an internship and your final master’s assignment.
In addition, you can fill up your free space with elective courses that interest you, both in and outside of the Master’s in CSE. Choosing a Capita Selecta is also an option. This is a self-study course in which you explore a specific topic of your interest, supported by a researcher of the related research group.
Structure
Year 1 | Numer of EC |
Compulsory courses | 32,5 EC |
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Elective courses You can choose electives that are either related to the MME-specialisation or courses from other specialisations or even other UT-master’s. | 22,5 EC | Examples of electives:
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Year 2 | ||
Internship & Job Orientation Project | 20 EC | In the first quartile of your second year, you will do an internship as preparation for the professional field. |
Master’s thesis | 45 EC | You will finish your Master’s in CSE with your master’s thesis. You will complete this assignment at one of the research groups related to this specialisation. |
Total EC | 120 EC |
Internship
In the second year of your Master’s, you will do an internship of approximately three months as preparation for the professional field. Within the specialisation in Molecular & Materials Engineering, there are many options open to you when it comes to choosing your internship.
A popular option is to complete your internship at a research group of a university or a renowned research institute, both in the Netherlands or abroad. For example, former students have gone to universities in Barcelona (Spain), Queensland (Australia), Aarhus (Denmark) or Hefei (China), or completed their internship at CERN in Switzerland or the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB). You could also choose to do your internship at a research & development department of a chemical company, such as ASML, AkzoNobel, Shell, Nestlé Cooperations, Cargill, Teijin Aramid, IBM or Lipocoat, to name a few examples.
Master's thesis
You will complete your Master’s in CSE with your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject will be largely up to you and you can decide for yourself how fundamental or applied you want your research project to be. You could for example contribute to the research and development of materials and molecules for circularity, focus on the design of novel sensor technologies or develop coatings for various applications, from antibacterial coatings for medical applications to lubricious coating for wind turbines.
Whether you want to focus on bio-inspired and smart materials, lab-on-a-chip solutions, inorganic materials science, (bio)molecular nanofabrication or thin films, it is up to you! You will write your thesis under the supervision of a professor of one of the research groups. Under certain conditions, you could (partially) execute your research project at an external institution or organisation as well.