Education BSc & MSc | Technical Medical 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 ‘21^st 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
Contribute to better healthcare by designing and developing medical innovations for improved diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention and a better quality of life.
5 SpecialisationsMSc2 yearsFull-time100% English
Bioengineering Technologies
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-time
Biorobotics
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
Imaging & In Vitro Diagnostics
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-time100% English
Medical Device Design
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
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 (disturbed) body functions.
MSc2 yearsFull-time
Biomedical Technology
Within this Bachelor's, you will learn to design and develop new healthcare technologies, from rehabilitation robots, artificial organs, medical scans, to prostheses.
BSc3 yearsFull-time80% Dutch
Health Sciences
Do you want to contribute to optimisations and innovations in the healthcare sector? Throughout this Bachelor'’s you will learn to look critically at healthcare processes from different perspectives.
BSc3 yearsFull-time80% Dutch
Health Sciences
This Master’s focuses on healthcare policy and organisation, with specific attention to the role of technology in healthcare.
3 SpecialisationsMSc1 yearFull-time100% English
Innovation in Public Health
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
Optimisation of Healthcare Processes
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
Personalised Monitoring & Coaching
This specialisation focuses on using technology to create innovative personalised eHealth services that substantially contribute to sustainable, efficient and effective (personalised) healthcare.
MSc1 yearFull-time100% English
Technical Medicine
This Master’s will equip you to become a technical doctor who can use medical technologies to their full potential.
2 SpecialisationsMSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch
Medical Imaging & Interventions
This specialisation turns you into a specialist in the field of imaging 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
As a technical physician you are the linking pin between medicine and technology. You will learn to apply existing technology in innovative ways in order to optimise diagnostics and treatment methods.
BSc3 yearsFull-time100% Dutch

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