Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen
Bachelor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering – major Mechatronics
Groningen, Netherlands
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Electrical and Electronic Engineering – major Mechatronics
The Mechatronics specialisation is one of the three specialisations of the Electrical Engineering programme. From a fully automated production line to a robot who assists a surgeon in the operating theatre: mechatronics is everywhere. The Mechatronics specialisation focuses on the design and control of mechanical systems. It’s the ultimate combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and information technology. Will you become an expert in industrial robotics or PLC control and come up with the ultimate design?
During your programme, you will develop knowledge and skills in everything in the field of electrical engineering. For example, you will work on robotics, programming, control systems and data communication. You will immediately start working on assignments from real clients in the field and have plenty of room to organise your own studies.
Learn more about the programme components, course structure, projects and highlights on the programme webpage on our website, linked below.
Hanze UAS has various scholarship possibilities to aid students financially if they meet the requirements.
For more information, please visit the scholarships overview below.
Year 1
You will be introduced to the versatile, fascinating and broad world of electrical engineering. You do this with all new Electrical Engineering students. You will learn to design, build and program analog and digital electronics. In the meantime, you will lay a solid foundation in the mathematics and physics needed to understand electrical engineering. Of course, you will apply everything you have learnt in projects with your fellow students - such as building an electronic game or a robot. With electives such as sustainable energy technology or applied mechanics, you can discover which specialisation you like best.
If you discover during your first or second year that you prefer a different direction of Electrical Engineering (Sensors & Smart Systems or Energy & Power Electronics), it's not a problem. You can just switch!
Year 2
Here you will continue to lay a broad foundation in electrical engineering. But now no longer with separate courses, but in four periods, where everything you learn in each period comes together in a project. You will work on building your own control system, creating a dashboard for a customer in which you will show live, remotely measured data and creating an improvement plan for a drive system.
To conclude and highlight the year, you will design and build your own robot. But this time you will approach it from your own specialisation. You can choose whether you want to focus on designing a PCB or on choosing the right sensors and processing the data provided by the sensor or if you will focus on all the moving parts needed to be able to move forward and pick up blocks (packages).
Years 3 and 4
In years 3 and 4 you will have a lot of freedom, because you can determine the order of the following parts of your programme yourself:
Internship
You will work for a company of your choice, in the Netherlands or abroad, for six months to put all the knowledge and skills you have acquired into practice. You will do this by working on your own assignment under the supervision of a supervisor from your internship company.
Specialisation
You will work on the specialisation of your choice for six months. You can choose between Energy & Power Electronics, Sensors & Smart Systems or Mechatronics. Here you will acquire the specialisation that prepares you for the field of electrical engineering in which you are interested.
Free Elective Space
Here you can go wild and do what you like. You could follow six months of education abroad, or at another university of applied science in the Netherlands, or at the Hanze. And for your free elective space, you can choose whatever topic you want to study. You could delve deeper into Electrical Engineering by doing a second specialisation, but you could also study a language abroad for six months.
Year 4 - Graduation
You will graduate at the end of the fourth year. You will choose a company that has an interesting issue that you can turn into a graduation assignment. Next, you will conduct research for the company for six months and come up with an innovative, smart solution that will benefit the company. During your graduation, you will show that you are the independent professional that the field is so eagerly waiting for!
Learn more about the programme components, course structure, projects and highlights on the programme webpage on our website, linked below.
Degree: Bachelor of Science
On completion of the bachelor's programme in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, you'll be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science, which will open the door to the business community and a host of organisations (such as research institutes). 89% of graduates find their first job within a year. Many alumni find work in the local area, while a small fraction moves abroad for work.
Examples of possible jobs:
- Research and Development Engineer
- Research and Development Manager
- Industrialisation Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- Field Engineer
- Lead Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer