During your Master’s in Electrical Engineering, you will earn 120 EC within two years. In addition to the two compulsory courses for all master’s students in Electrical Engineering, you will take four mandatory specialisation courses to develop expertise in electronic integrated circuits. You will also take elective courses to deepen your knowledge or broaden your expertise by exploring related disciplines. In your second year, you will do an internship and conduct research for your master’s thesis.
STRUCTURE
Year 1 | Number of EC | |
|---|---|---|
Philosophical and societal courses | 5 EC | |
Mandatory specialisation courses | 25 EC | In addition, you have to choose one from the following mandatory courses: |
Electives and homologation courses | 30 EC | Suggested elective courses: |
Year 2 | Number of EC | |
Internship | 20 EC | In the second year, you will do an internship preparing you for the professional field. |
Master’s thesis | 40 EC | In the final three quarters, you will join a research group to complete your master’s thesis. |
Total EC | 120 EC |
Internship
In the second year of your Master’s in Electrical Engineering, you will do an internship. That way, you can apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your studies at a semiconductor manufacturing company, automotive electronics company, medical device manufacturer, or research institute in the Netherlands or abroad. The EEMCS faculty at the University of Twente has connections with a large number of high-tech companies, research centres, and other organisations where you can do your internship.
Previous students have done internships at:
- semiconductor designers and manufacturers, such as Texas Instruments, NXP, Analog Devices
- multinational engineering and technology companies, such as Bosch
- Bruco, MEMSIC, ItoM, and other analogue and radio frequency integrated circuit design companies
Master's thesis
You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. You can conduct research within the Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) group or do an external master’s thesis at a company. The research assignments within the ICD group encourage you to invent techniques and designs. For example, in a previous master’s project, a student created a circuit that, when placed atop a standard one, effectively eliminated phase noise from a Jitter signal, resulting in highly accurate timing signals. In another master’s assignment, a student made a breakthrough by inventing a circuit for an analogue-to-digital converter that maintained high quality while consuming 100 times less energy, which is now a widely adopted industry standard.