Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology)

The impact of science and technology on modern society is greater than ever before. Sophisticated machines take over difficult or dangerous tasks, medicine evolves at high speed, new techniques reduce our mountain of waste, ... In all of the above, engineers have a crucial role to play. They come up with solutions to existing problems and develop new products and technologies. In short, engineers contribute to a better and more sustainable future for everyone.

The Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Engineering Technology (in Dutch: industrieel ingenieur) offer an application-oriented knowledge by means of basic course units. You then use that knowledge to improve existing designs and systems and to apply new concepts in the professional field. Characteristic of the programme are the many exercises and practicals in labs and the regular contacts with the professional field during project work and work placements.

The Bachelor’s curriculum introduces you extensively to the electronics as well as the ICT domain. Both have become indispensable in modern society and cover a wide range of aspects: mobile phones, chatting and Skyping, autopilots, hospital equipment, car engine injection, robots, railway traffic monitoring and many other things that still need inventing.

The ensuing Master's programme has three main subjects, i.e.: Electronics, ICT and Embedded Systems. The Electronics main subject covers advanced electronic circuits and systems design, analogous as well as digital. The ICT main subject covers systems development for the information and communication industry.The Embedded Systems main subjectoffers a practical and interdisciplinary approach on the technological aspects of embedded systems. Your designs enable computer scientists to make their software products operational. An ICT Engineering Technology graduate mediates between the disciplines of computer science and electronics.

The Engineering Technology programme is staggered across four academic years: three Bachelor’s and one Master’s year. Programme content (of the Bachelor’s as well as the Master’s programme) is built on five learning pathways: Mathematics and Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Project and Research, Communication, and Business Management. Mathematics and the sciences are covered in the first two years. They are the bedrock of what follows in later years. The other learning pathways are integrated into each year’s curriculum, with progressive depth and complexity. Our choice of electives allows you to tailor the curriculum to your interests.

The first year offers a common curriculum for all study programmes (Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology). We introduce you to the different engineering disciplines. Later on in your career, this will allow you to communicate with colleagues across disciplines. This is what distinguishes an engineer from a professional Bachelor or a ‘pure’ (theoretical) scientist. The second-year curriculum offers a choice of Civil Engineering, Electromechanics, Electronics-ICT or Informatics. Your choice of discipline becomes your field of specialization. We illustrate theory by means of exercises and in labs, which allows you to put the acquired knowledge into practice. After all, Engineering Technology graduates (in Dutch: industrieel ingenieurs) do not stop at theories and concepts. They are satisfied only when their application actually works. In addition, the curriculum also contains projects and/or work placements (either at home or abroad). This is a way for you to familiarize yourself with the profession during your studies.

Our alumni end up in a variety of sectors: in electronics, with suppliers of information and communication technology (incl. radio, tv, phone, internet and multimedia applications), software development, speech recognition, computer vision, sensor technology, micromachines, medical electronics, electronics for physics and optics, transportation, energy production and distribution, etc... . You are immediately employable in technical jobs as well as jobs that require a high degree of independence and creativity. You know how to initiate, plan and lead projects as a design engineer, an ICT engineer, a software engineer, an R&D engineer, an automation engineer, a systems engineer, a maintenance engineer, a service engineer, a quality engineer, as research staff, as high-ranking civil servant, as manager, as technical-commercial manager, or as study programme manager.

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