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 micro sensors and systems. Moreover, you can specialise in physical MSS, chemical MSS, or 3D printing MSS by completing a set of courses. 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 need to choose two from the following mandatory courses: Physical MSS profile: Chemical MSS profile: 3D printing MSS profile: |
Electives and homologation courses | 30 EC | Suggested elective courses: Physical MSS profile: Chemical MSS profile: 3D printing MSS profile: |
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 an automation and robotics company, semiconductor manufacturing company, organisation in the energy sector, or research centre in the Netherlands or abroad, to name a few. The EEMCS faculty at the University of Twente has connections with a large number of high-tech companies, research institutes, and other organisations where you can do your internship.
Previous students have done internships at:
- TNO and other applied scientific research organisations
- High-tech research start-ups developing lab-on-a-chip platforms, such as ECSens or Micronit
- Micralyne, Sensirion, and other MEMS manufacturing and product development companies
Master's thesis
You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. You can conduct research within one of our research groups: Integrated Circuit Design (ICD), BIOS Lab-on-a-Chip, or Robotics and Mechatronics (RaM) or do an external master’s thesis at a company. The research projects range from designing and fabricating chips in the cleanroom to analysing signals from sensors to extract meaningful data, such as measuring force applied in a particular situation. In a previous project, a student collaborated with physicists at the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef to engineer a sensor that could detect accelerations 10 to 8 times smaller than the Earth’s gravitational acceleration, allowing it to detect the most subtle changes in acceleration.