Further studies and job market
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With your Bachelor’s diploma in Electrical Engineering, you can directly enter the job market, start your own business, or specialise with a master’s at the University of Twente. Most graduates choose this last option.
Further studies with a Master’s
Most Electrical Engineering alumni decide to enter the University of Twente’s two-year, English-taught Master's Electrical Engineering. With your Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering you have direct access to this master’s, which teaches you how modern technology can be applied to make electronic systems better, faster or smaller. With the skills and expertise you gain in this master’s, you can tackle almost all aspects of technology. You will be challenged to improve high-tech systems, with an emphasis on themes such as sustainability, health and safety. Here are some of the specialisations you can choose from:
- Power Electronics
- Communication Systems
- Integrated Optical Systems
- Nano Electronics
- Integrated Circuit Design
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See all Electrical Engineering Master’s specialisations
Other Master’s degrees
The University of Twente also offers other master’s that are a good fit with this bachelor’s. With a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering you are directly admissible to most engineering and technology master’s. This also applies to master’s at other (inter)national universities. In some cases, taking a pre-master’s may be necessary.\ \ Master’s that complement the Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering include:
Programmes
Technological advances are at the heart of innovation in healthcare. In this Master's, you'll learn to develop medical innovations that contribute to better care, from organ-on-a-chip to exoskeleton.
5 SpecialisationsMSc2 yearsFull-timeEnglish-taught
### 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-timeEnglish-taught
### 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-timeEnglish-taught
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 - ### Embedded Systems
Become an expert in designing the software and hardware of complex embedded systems in vehicles, pacemakers and chipsets, amongst others.
MSc2 yearsFull-timeEnglish-taught - ### Interaction Technology
Delve into the field of human-computer interaction and design and develop intelligent and interactive technologies that are meaningful to people and society.
MSc2 yearsFull-timeEnglish-taught - ### Nanotechnology
Tackle big challenges on the tiniest scale: become an expert in nanotechnology and develop smart, innovative solutions for major societal issues in healthcare, ICT and sustainability.
MSc2 yearsFull-timeEnglish-taught - ### Robotics
Become an expert in robotics: design smart, human-centred robots and combine AI, mechatronics, systems integration and ethics to make a real impact in industry and society.
3 SpecialisationsMSc2 yearsFull-timeEnglish-taught
In this specialisation, you will learn how to make robots operate and move independently. You will teach them to understand signals and turn them into smart actions.
MSc2 yearsFull-time
### Human-Robot Interaction & Social AI
This specialisation focuses on how robots effectively communicate, move, and collaborate with people in social settings, from robot butlers to assistants, with real added value for organisations.
MSc2 yearsFull-time
### Mechatronics & Physical AI
Learn how robots move and interact using mechatronics, computer science, and control theory. Build smart hardware and understand robots as systems governed by natural laws.
MSc2 yearsFull-time - ### Sustainable Energy Technology
Work towards the energy transition! In this Master's, you will learn to conceive, develop and apply sustainable energy solutions for a future without fossil fuels.
MSc2 yearsFull-timeEnglish-taught
All master’s at the University of Twente
Finding a job
This bachelor’s will equip you to innovate in at least one of the sub-areas of Electrical Engineering. You will be able to help shape tomorrow’s world. Especially if you add a master’s degree to your bachelor’s, you will find many job opportunities as an Electrical Engineer – for example right here in Twente, a region gaining more and more prominence in the industrial world. Many graduates enter positions in which they get to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical setting.
Get to work
- In robotics – designing robot arms for ASML, NXP or Philips, for example
- At a design house – where chips are designed, but not produced
- In the chip industry – where chips are manufactured
- At a tech or engineering company, such as DEMCON, Salland Engineering or NEDAP
Start your own business
You can also start your own business with a solution that you have developed. The UT is recognised as ‘the most entrepreneurial university’ in the Netherlands. Applying our expertise by developing solutions that are meaningful to society is one of our strengths. Together with our students, we work closely with the innovation specialists at Novel-T, who like to get involved in to promising innovative business cases.
Within this programme, numerous students have launched successful startups, such as:
- Axign
- Demcon
- Lionix
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