Why study Electrical Engineering?
Electrical engineers play a crucial role throughout the entire chip lifecycle – from designing nanoscale transistors and creating high-speed electric circuits to optimising energy efficiency and ensuring system reliability.
Studying Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente, you will be in splendid company. The Integrated Circuit Design department at the University of Twente, headed by professor Bram Nauta, is one of the world’s leading groups in the analogue and radio frequency domains.
There are some unique specialisations to choose from within this Master’s, that are highly relevant to the chip tech industry. You can build expertise in areas like integrated circuit design, semiconductor devices and technology, power electronics, nanoelectronics, or microsensors and systems, amongst others.
Research groups within the programme work closely together with high-tech companies, and as a student, you will be able to participate in new research projects.
Thanks to close ties and partnerships with industry partners like ASML, NXP, Axign, and ItoM, and many other high-tech companies, you will be able to participate in new, impactful research projects. This way, students have already secured excellent internships during their studies, and started their career across the semiconductor industry as, microchip architect, reliability engineer, photonics engineer, or laser design engineer, for example.
Guaranteed housing for international students
Finding housing in the Netherlands can be challenging. But here’s some very good news: if you are an international student enrolling in Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente, you are guaranteed to receive a housing offer for the first year of your studies!
And that’s just one of the many reasons to choose the University of Twente:
- Join one of the world’s leading research groups in the chip tech domain
- Excellent research facilities
- Strong industry connections
- Close-knit community and personal support
- Guaranteed housing offer for international first-year master’s students enrolling in Electrical Engineering
