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.
MSc2 yearsFull-time
In this specialisation, you will focus on the use of living tissues and cells in the development of technologies that can mimic or restore the function of diseased organs or damaged tissues.
MSc2 yearsFull-time100% English
Robotics play an increasingly important role within healthcare. This specialisation helps you to develop, enhance and control robots and other mechatronic systems that support patients or clinicians.
MSc2 yearsFull-time100% English
In this specialisation, you will focus on the visualisation and interpretation of the processes in human cells and bodies in order to detect diseases and monitor health.
MSc2 yearsFull-time
What does it take to design a medical device, like an implant or medical robot? This track focuses on the design process of various types of medical devices, from ideation, fabrication to testing.
MSc2 yearsFull-time
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 (disturbed) body functions.
MSc1 yearFull-time100% English
The aim of this specialisation is to identify the most effective ways to organise, manage, finance and deliver high quality care in our society from a public point of view.
MSc1 yearFull-time100% English
In this specialisation students learn to apply methods of early health technology assessment in order to optimise processes in and over healthcare organisations.
MSc1 yearFull-time100% English
This specialisation focuses on using technology to create innovative personalised eHealth services that substantially contribute to sustainable, efficient and effective (personalised) healthcare.
MSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch
Medical Imaging & Interventions deals with minimal invasive technology, reconstruction of damaged tissues, medical robotics, computer-controlled interventions, biomaterials and imaging techniques.
MSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch
Medical Sensing & Stimulation focusses on the acquisition, processing and interpretation of medical signals and the use of signals to stimulate and thereby correct or improve impaired functions.
Overview of all UT bachelor's and master's programmes
