Associate Degree ICT
Eindhoven, Netherlands
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 May 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,601 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* deadlines can differ for non-EEA students
** for EEA students | โฌ 12.480 per year for non-EEA
Introduction
ICT can take you in any direction
In the Associate degree ICT, you follow a shorter yet complete ICT programme. In two years, you prepare yourself for a specific ICT job. After that, you will be ready for the professional field.
Does the associate degree ICT programme suit you?
- You want to start working in the ICT field quickly - You can have your diploma in 2 years.
- You learn by doing - You develop your knowledge and skills in a specific position in ICT.
- You enjoy working together - You work together with other students on real assignments for companies.
What will the next two years look like?
In the Associate degree ICT, you get plenty of practical experience without the stress of exams. Each semester, you conclude with a portfolio in which you show your work. You will be assessed on this. One moment you are programming robots, the next you are designing an app. You can do what you really like.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The NL scholarship provides a partial scholarship for the first year of your studies at our University and is financed by Fontys University of Applied Sciences and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
Scholarship
The scholarship amounts to โฌ 5,000. You will receive this in the first year of your studies.
Some of the Fontys' programmes offer the NL Scholarship for non-EEA students. Visit the website to see which programmes offer this scholarship. You might also be eligible for other scholarships not provided by Fontys.
Curriculum
Structure of the next two years
The Associate degree in ICT full-time is taken in Eindhoven. The programme lasts two years and consists of four semesters. In the first semester, you will orientate yourself to the entire ICT field. This is how you discover your preferences and talents. In the subsequent semesters, you will specialise more and more so that you can start working in the field immediately after graduation.
Propaedeutic year
You work and learn with other students five days a week in an Open ICT Lab, your study environment. In the first semester, you get a broad orientation. Then you choose your topic.
- Business
- Infrastructure
- Media Design
- Software Engineering
- Technology
- Open Learning
We guide you well in making your choice. In the second semester, you develop further in one specific function. For example, if you choose to specialise as a test engineer, you will learn which tasks and skills are associated with that job and how to master them.
Second year
Also in the first semester of year 2, you focus further on your specific job. You will develop your computer and professional skills.
In semester four you will graduate. For eight weeks, you study methods, techniques and tools appropriate to your chosen assignment. In the last 12 weeks, you will show in your graduation assignment at a company that you are ready to put your job into practice. At the end of the internship, you will show your results in a graduation session. You wave goodbye as a brand-new ICT graduate.
Program Outcome
What will you be learning?
- You will be introduced to the full breadth of the ICT field - You have basic knowledge of different topics such as Artificial Intelligence, big data or low-code.
- You deepen your knowledge in an aspect you really like - Designing websites, developing software or creating animations: What will you do?
- You will work on your soft skills - You will learn to ask critical questions, brainstorm, collaborate and present.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Start your career
With your degree, you can get straight to work. After all, you graduate in a specific ICT function. Whatever your specialisation, you will have plenty of job opportunities. You can work for companies, governments, healthcare, educational institutions and IT service providers.
What kind of work can you do?
- Junior data analyst
- Technical support engineer
- User experience designer
- Programmer
- Software engineer