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During your Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. You will follow (elective) courses related to the specialisation in High-Tech Systems & Materials, do an internship and you will end your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. What your curriculum will look like exactly, depends on the choices you make within this specialisation.
Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), which is widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work.
Number of EC
Specialisation coursesYou need to choose at least six of the specialisation courses.
30 EC
Elective courses
You can choose courses of the Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, but you can also choose (a maximum of three) courses offered by other programmes at UT. Of course, you can also choose more of the specialisation courses listed above.
Examples of electives that perfectly fit this specialisation:
Internship
15 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 ME with your master’s thesis.
Total EC
120 EC
During your Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, you will gain practical experience by doing an internship for approximately three months. There are many options open to you when it comes to choosing your internship. Because of the broad knowledge you will gain in the specialisation in High-Tech Systems & Materials, the topics you can focus on within your internship are widely varied.Examples of internships our students took on:
You will end your Master’s with your master’s thesis. You can either choose to complete your thesis at an external organisation or on an internal research-oriented topic. The choice of your specific graduation subject is largely up to you. There are many research areas you could focus on, such as large deformations, design and manufacturing of composites, design of precision mechanisms, system control, dynamics, computational mechanics, data analysis and machine learning, tribology and surface interaction and rubber technology. You will focus on researching and/or designing possible solutions that can improve people’s lives, whether it’s on an individual, social or societal level.