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Your Master’s in Robotics is worth 120 EC. In addition to the six compulsory specialisation courses, you will take two courses from the profile you have chosen and electives to shape your expertise in a specific application area. In your second year, you will do an internship, take more elective courses, or do an Academic-Skills project. You will complete your Master’s by conducting research for your master’s thesis project.
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 coursesMandatory for all students in Mechatronics & Physical 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 profile
Design prof
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Elective coursesYou can choose courses that match your interests and career ambitions. 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
You will finish your Master’s in Robotics by conducting your master's thesis project, including writing your thesis.
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 Mechatronics & Physical 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. For example, you can design an MRI-compatible surgical robot. What about teaching a robot with limited control to move and operate effectively? You might also investigate how a robot can smoothly grasp and handle objects of changing shapes and sizes.