The MSc Mechanical Engineering is a two-year master's programme. Each year is divided into four quarters, each consisting of ten weeks. The study workload at the UT is 60 European Credits annually (European Credit Transfer System / ECTS). According to Dutch law, one credit represents 28 hours of study and 60 EC represents one year of full-time study. The academic calendar details the holidays taken into account.
In the MSc Mechanical Engineering programme you will choose a specialisation. On this page, you will find more information on the specialisations, as well as an overview of the courses.
Course overview
Below you will find an overview of all the Mechanical Engineering courses, listed per specialisation. Please know changes can be made in the quartiles of the courses, the information on the quartiles in Osiris is leading. For more information on the content of the courses, you could use the Osiris course catalogue. In case the link in the course overview is not working, the information in Osiris has not been updated yet or will refer to the latest known course information.
Specialisations
The Master of Mechanical Engineering is finished with a master thesis assignment. The objective of this assignment is to deepen knowledge and use this for tackling a fundamental problem. Because Mechanical Engineering is a very broad discipline it is necessary to choose a certain area for the assignment, therefore a specialisation has to be chosen. Within the master Mechanical Engineering are seven specialisations: Aeronautics, Design and Manufacturing, Energy and Flow, Maintenance Engineering & Operations, High-Tech Systems and Materials, Personal Health Technology and Smart Sustainable Industry.
- Aeronautics (Prof.dr.ir. C.H. Venner)
- Design and Manufacturing (Dr.ir. T.H.J. Vaneker & Ir. M.E. Toxopeus)
- Energy and Flow (Prof.dr.ir. W. Rohlfs)
- High-Tech Systems and Materials (Dr.ir. R. Loendersloot)
- Maintenance Engineering and Operations (Dr.ir. W. Haanstra)
- Personalized Health Technology (Prof.Dr.-Ing. J. Arens)
- Smart Sustainable Industry from February 2024 (Dr.-Ing. S. Yang)
- Robotics until August 2023 (Prof.dr.ir. D.M. Brouwer, PDEng)