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Education at the TechMed Centre

The healthcare programmes at the University of Twente provide pioneering and agenda-setting education aimed at preparing students for a career in this sector.  

Healthcare is in constant motion. Students are trained to implement innovative and relevant healthcare improvements in today’s unpredictable, complex and globalized world. In order to achieve this, the education focuses not only on providing students with the knowledge and skills in their field of study, but also on developing a broader range of ‘21st century’ skills and personal qualities. Read more about it in the educational vision of the health education programmes of the University of Twente.

Bachelor and master programmes 

Below you will find an overview of the bachelor's and master's programmes of the Technical Medical Centre. More information about the content of the education programmes can be found on the websites of the specific programmes.

Bachelor (BSc) & Master (MSc) programmes

  • Biomedical Engineering

    Do you want to improve healthcare with technological innovations? In this Master’s, you’ll design smart solutions – from artificial hearts to advanced diagnostics.
    5 SpecialisationsMSc2 yearsFull-time100% English

    Bioengineering Technologies

    In this specialisation, you learn to use living tissues and cells to develop technologies that can mimic or restore the function of diseased organs or damaged tissues.
    MSc2 yearsFull-time

    Biorobotics

    Robotics play an important role within healthcare. This specialisation teaches you to design, implement, and improve robots and other mechatronic systems that support patients or clinicians.
    MSc2 yearsFull-time100% English

    Imaging & In Vitro Diagnostics

    In this specialisation, you learn to visualise and interpret the processes in human cells and bodies in order to detect diseases and monitor health.
    MSc2 yearsFull-time100% English

    Medical Device Design

    What does it take to design a medical device, like an implant or medical robot? This specialisation focuses on the design process from ideation and fabrication to testing.
    MSc2 yearsFull-time

    Physiological Signals & Systems

    What is the impact of disease or trauma on physiological systems in the human body? This specialisation helps you to develop technologies that measure, monitor and restore bodily functions.
    MSc2 yearsFull-time

  • Biomedical Technology

    Learn to design, develop and maintain new healthcare technologies such as rehabilitation robots, artificial organs, prostheses and imaging technologies in this Dutch-taught Bachelor’s.
    BSc3 yearsFull-time80% Dutch

  • Health Sciences

    Healthcare efficiency, eHealth, public health: there’s more to healthcare than medicine. In this Dutch-taught Bachelor’s, you dive into the management of modern healthcare to improve its quality.
    BSc3 yearsFull-time80% Dutch

  • Health Sciences

    Want to improve the quality of healthcare and public health? This Master’s focuses on healthcare policy and organisation, with specific attention to the role of technology.
    3 SpecialisationsMSc1 yearFull-time100% English

    Digital Health

    Want to discover the role eHealth technologies can play in the future of healthcare? In this specialisation, you will learn about the development, implementation and evaluation of such solutions.
    MSc1 yearFull-time100% English

    Healthcare Management

    Quality improvement and process optimisation are key in healthcare. This specialisation teaches you to improve processes at an organisational level, within and between healthcare organisations.
    MSc1 yearFull-time100% English

    Innovation in Healthcare

    This specialisation will deepen your knowledge of the public health system and improve the quality of public healthcare services at a societal level.
    MSc1 yearFull-time100% English

  • Technical Medicine

    This Dutch-taught Master's equips you to use AI, medical imaging and smart sensors to improve diagnoses, personalise treatments and safely apply technology in clinical practice.
    2 SpecialisationsMSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch

    Medical Imaging & Interventions

    How do you use AI in cancer detection through X-ray imaging? In this specialisation, you will delve into imaging for diagnostics and image-guided (surgical) interventions.
    MSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch

    Medical Sensing & Stimulation

    This specialisation teaches you to interpret medical signals and use them in various treatment techniques, for example in movement disorders or epilepsy.
    MSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch

  • Technical Medicine

    Do you want to become the doctor of the future? In this Dutch-taught Bachelor’s, you learn to combine medicine and technology to find innovative ways to optimise diagnostics and treatment methods.
    BSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch

Overview of all UT bachelor's and master's programmes

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