MSc Nanotechnology study programme

In your first year, you will take a number of specialized courses and lab classes. You will learn more about the characterization and fabrication of nanomaterials and the design and application of nanodevices.

You will also take some courses related to the profile you choose. The profiles you can choose from are Solid State Matter, (Bio)Molecular Matter and Soft Matter combined with Components and Systems. You can select courses from all three profiles.

The last quarter is focused on your Internship & Job Orientation Project, which is a preparation for the professional field. Your Internship & Job Orientation Project (20 credits) will be hosted by a nanotechnology company, a research group at another university or an institute active in the field.

The following courses and programme components (worth a total of 55 ECTS credits) are mandatory in the first year:

• Fabrication of Nanostructures (7,5 credits)
• Characterization of Nanostructures (7,5 credits)
• Nanoscience (5 credits)
• Nano-Lab: Fabrication & Characterization (5 credits)
• Nanotechnology Design Project (10 credits)
• Internship & Job Orientation Project (20 credits)  

In the first quarter of your second year you will take courses related to your chosen profile (at least 5 EC). Furthermore, you will have the opportunity for further specialization by choosing elective courses from a range of relevant Master’s programmes, such as Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Electrical Engineering (5 credits). As of the second quarter, you may choose a Capita Selecta course from a research group to help you prepare for your research project and Master’s thesis. Your nanotechnology research project will form the basis of your Master’s thesis. Together they take up 40 credits.

In recent years our students have completed their projects at the BIOS Lab-on-a-Chip group, the Interfaces and Correlated Electron Systems group, Inorganic Materials Science group, Nanobiophysics group, Physic of Fluids group and the Nanoelectronics group.

Only the Master’s research project is mandatory. The project is carried out under the supervision of a professor of one of the nanotechnology research groups participating in MESA+ (40 credits).

You can acquire the remaining 30 credits by taking electives, as long as you cover at least 15 credits by taking three courses from the following three categories:

Solid State Matter

• Nano-optics/photonics (5 credits)
• Nano-electronics (5 credits)
• AMM Inorganic Materials Science (5 credits) 

(Bio)molecular Matter

• Bionanotechnology (5 credits)
• Nanomedicine (5 credits)
• (Bio)molecular Chemistry & Technology (5 credits) 

Soft Matter & Systems

• Lab on a Chip (5 credits)
• Nanofluidics (5 credits)
• Soft & Biological Matter (5 credits)
• Colloid & Interfaces (5 credits)  

How you acquire the remaining 15 credits is up to you: you can get them by taking more of the courses listed above or by following courses connected to other Master’s programmes at the University of Twente. You will find more information on electives below.

During your second year you may choose several electives that match your own interests. Below is an overview of the electives we offer (please note that you may also opt for other technical or non-technical electives. For more information, contact your study adviser.)