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 semiconductor devices and technology. 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 | 20 EC | In addition, you have to choose one research course and one design course: Research courses Design courses |
Electives and homologation courses | 35 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 photonics and optoelectronics company, semiconductor manufacturing company, or research centre in the Netherlands or abroad. 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:
- Semiconductor design and manufacturing companies, such as NXP
- Semiconductor foundry companies, such as GlobalFoundries
- Leading suppliers of wafer processing equipment, such as ASM
MASTER'S THESIS
You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. You can conduct research within the research group Integrated Devices and Systems (IDS) or do an external master’s thesis at a company. In a previous assignment, a student investigated techniques to lower the contact resistance in photovoltaic cells for improved overall efficiency and better energy generation. Another project involved creating high-quality metallic and semiconducting films thinner than 10 nm.