As a graduate of the Master’s in Computer Science with a specialisation in Sustainable Computing, you can look forward to an exciting career as a sustainable solutions architect, performance & sustainability engineer, sustainable AI engineer, cloud computing engineer, or system architect, to name but a few. You can also choose to pursue an academic career with a PhD or EngD programme, or even launch your own tech start-up!
Upon completion of the Master's with a specialisation in Sustainable Computing, you will receive a Master’s degree in Computer Science. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc). Your specialisation will be mentioned on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in the field of sustainable computing.
As a graduate of this specialisation, you have in-depth knowledge and skills in the assessment, monitoring, design, evaluation, and operation of sustainable computing systems. You understand the core trade-offs between system requirements and the needs of various stakeholders. With deep architectural expertise in large-scale heterogeneous systems, cloud computing, and digital services, you can co-design low-impact technological solutions across diverse application domains. With this expertise, you will be well-prepared to work at high-tech companies, semiconductor manufacturers, cloud and data centre operators, research institutes, and IT consultancy firms, among others.
Whichever career path you choose, you will be sure to find exciting opportunities at various private and public organisations worldwide. You could join semiconductor and high-tech giants such as ASML, NVIDIA, or Qualcomm, work with data centre operators and cloud providers, or drive innovation at specialised tech firms like StreamHPC, QBayLogic, and El Nino. If you prefer research and development, you can also build a career at major research institutes or labs, including CERN, imec, and SURF.
At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. This University 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 their start-up hub Incubase on campus.
You can use your master’s research - or prototypes from the research you have done - to start your own business just like Marten Sytema who launched Sytematic: a company that builds modern custom business software! Will you be next?
Instead of pursuing a professional career right after obtaining your Master’s degree, you can opt for an academic career by completing a PhD or an EngD. An EngD programme is more practically oriented and aligned with direct problem solving and addressing design needs of a particular industry whereas a PhD programme is more focused on research. You can follow both types of programmes at the Twente Graduate School (TGS).
A PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) entails studying and carrying out research in a particular area for a period of four years. You can do this within one of our research groups or our structured PhD programmes. An integral part of a PhD is writing your PhD thesis and presenting and defending your research publicly. Obtaining a PhD gives you the title Doctor (Dr).
You can also choose to follow an EngD programme after graduation. Such a programme usually takes two years and prepares you to become a high-level technological designer. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certified diploma and the academic degree title Professional Doctorate in Engineering (EngD).