Pre-master

Interested in starting the Master’s Spatial Systems & Society after your bachelor’s degree? In some situations, you will need to complete a pre master first.

What is a pre-master programme?

A pre-master programme is a transfer programme for bachelor's students from a university of applied sciences (HBO) or a (Dutch) research university who want to continue with a master's at our University but do not have the required level of education.

The programme exists to help you make up for any deficiencies between the entry requirements of Spatial Systems & Society and your previous university bachelor’s or Dutch HBO programme.

Direct access for UT Bachelor's

Students who successfully completed their Bachelor's at the University of Twente and followed the minor GIS or the minor Adapting to Climate Change with Spatial Engineering (mandatory) and the minor Remote Sensing (optional), have direct and unconditional access to the Master’s Spatial Systems & Society.

Full-time, one-semester programme

This online pre-master programme, or transfer minor, dominantly aims at preparing you for the Master's Spatial Systems & Society. Upon successful completion of the programme, you have direct and unconditional access to this Master’s Spatial Systems & Society. It is a full-time online study programme of one semester with four courses:

Challenge: climate adaptation (5 credits)

Upon completion of the climate adaption challenge, you can:

identify and describe gaps in your knowledge
plan, execute and reflect on the learning process needed to bridge the gap
integrate knowledge in formulating an actionable challenge using the challenge-based learning approach.

Explore key areas: an exciting opportunity

The climate-related challenge in the minor course of spatial engineering is your chance to dive into three key areas: technical engineering, spatial planning, governance, and spatial information science. In this minor, you’ll apply your knowledge from one of these core areas to tackle a real-world case and gear up for the master’s programme in Spatial Engineering.

Valencia: a city with bold ambitions

This challenge focuses on the Municipality of Valencia, a city grappling with climate-related challenges like extreme heat, drought, water shortages, and heavy rainfall. Valencia just earned the title of EU Green Capital and aims to become the most sustainable and climate-resilient city in Europe.

Be part of the solution: creating adaptation strategies

As part of this challenge, you’ll help Valencia develop and implement adaptation strategies. You’ll join a "technical support" programme, offering tailored assistance to help this vibrant Spanish city navigate its climate challenges.

Make a real impact: your moment to shine

We want you to deliver an 'actionable challenge statement' using everything you've learned and what you already know. This is your chance to make a real impact, apply your skills to real-world problems, and be part of an inspiring journey towards sustainability. Plus, this minor is designed to seamlessly prepare you for the master’s programme in Spatial Engineering. Join us in this exciting challenge and help shape the future of Valencia

Core knowledge (12.5 credits)

The pre-master will provide you with core knowledge in:

Spatial Information science
Spatial Planning and Governance
Technical Engineering as in modelling the processes in system Earth.

Academic Research Skills (7.5 credits)

Upon completion of the academic research skills course you are able to:

review scientific literature
plan and design scientific research
systematically process the results of scientific research
write scientific documents (literature review/research proposal/paper)
orally present and discuss scientific research
reflect upon the scientific research of peers.

Basis statistics (5 credits)

Upon completion of the basic statistics course you are able to:

Probability density functions and concepts of correlations and regressions
Describe parameter uncertainty like variability, RMSE and R2
To be determined.

Starting date

You can enrol in the (online) pre-master in September.

Tuition fee

Admission

Motivation and capacity

It is good to know that this pre-master aims to attract students from universities of applied sciences (HBO) who have adequate motivation and capacities to complete an English-taught degree programme at university level.

Mathematics and English

At the University of Twente, we assume that your knowledge of mathematics and English is at VWO level. In any case, you need 120 credits from your current related bachelor’s before starting this pre-master's.

Is my programme sufficiently related?

In order to determine whether your current study is sufficiently related to Spatial Systems & Society, please check the transfer natrix.

Please note

If your current bachelor's involves a non-related programme, your application will be judged on the basis of an individual educational curriculum/portfolio and motivation letter. The admission board will review your application and decide based on the bachelor’s education (technical focus) if you are directly admissible, admissible under conditions (pre-masters) or not admissible.

How to enrol

For Dutch HBO students

How you apply depends on whether you take the Pre-Master's during or after your HBO bachelor.

If you take (part of) the Pre-Master's during your bachelor's, you apply for a transfer minor via the website Kiesopmaat.
If you decide to do the Pre-Master's after completing your bachelor's, you apply via the website Studielink, we will alter this to a Pre-Master's registration. Once you are admitted, you will automatically get access to the Pre-Master's.

Note: the programme Spatial Systems & Society is listed in Studielink as Spatial Engineering with code 60962, so make sure you select that one when you apply.

FOR STUDENTS OF University of Twente or other DUTCH UNIVERSITIES

You don't need to sign up for the Pre-Master's itself. You apply by signing up for this Master's via the website Studielink (Spatial Systems & Society is listed in Studielink as Spatial Engineering with code 60962). We will alter this to a pre-master's registration. Once you are admitted, you will automatically get access to the Pre-Master's.

For students of the University of Twente

Have you successfully completed your Bachelor's at the University of Twente and followed the minor GIS or the minor Adating to Climate Change with Spatial Engineering (mandatory) and the minor Remote Sensing (optional)? Then you have direct and unconditional access to the Master’s in Spatial Systems & Society!