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During your Master’s in Robotics, you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. The specialisation in Algorithms and Software AI consists of six compulsory courses. In addition, you attend two courses within the profile of your choice and at least four free electives. In the second year, you can attend further electives, do an internship or an academic skills project. You will complete your Master's by writing your master’s thesis.
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.
Specialisation coursesFor all students in Algorithms & Software AI.
30 EC
Profile coursesEach profile consists of two courses. You can choose one profile or combine courses from different profiles.
10 E
Some of the courses from which you can choose are:
Research
Design
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Elective coursesYou can choose courses that match your interests and career ambitions. Also, you can select courses from the other specialisations or profiles. You will do this in consultation with your programme mentor.
20 EC
Some of the elective courses from which you can choose are:
There are plenty more courses you can choose from. Ask your study adviser or meet online with a student to gain first-hand experience.
Internship, elective courses, or Academic-Skills project
You have a lot of freedom to compose the first part of your second year. You can do an internship or take courses from other specialisations and related Master’s programmes. If you have a degree from a university of applied science (Dutch HBO), you need to do an Academic-Skills project instead of an internship.
Master’s thesis
40 EC
In the final part of your programme, you will join one of the robotics research groups and work on your master’s thesis project.
Total EC
120 EC
In the second year of your Master’s in Robotics, you will gain practical experience through a three-month internship. Your extensive expertise in Algorithms & Software AI opens up numerous opportunities, allowing you to choose both the topic and place of your internship. However, if you are a student from a university of applied science (Dutch HBO), you will do an Academic-Skills project and take courses instead of pursuing an internship.
You will complete your Master’s by joining one of the robotics research groups and doing research for your master’s thesis project. There are many research and design areas on which you can focus. Your choice of a research group and thesis topic depends on your interests. Possible assignments are applying LiDAR and pattern recognition for better gas pipeline detection to improve a robot's autonomy using simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) or building software that enables a robot to complete a task in real time.