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The first yearLearn the language of technology

In the first year you get a solid foundation in mathematics and learn about networking, analogue electronics, digital electronics, and programming. You will put this knowledge to good use as you work on various projects. Among other things, you will make a safe with an electronic code lock and a self-driving, energy-efficient robotic racing car. All the projects are controlled with C, running on the popular Arduino microcontroller.

Difference between Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Applied Computer Science

The first half year of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Applied Computer Science is almost the same. Then Electrical and Electronic Engineering focuses a little more on the hardware, the electronics. In Applied Computer Science, you will increasingly work with the software that runs on the hardware. In Electrical and Electronic Engineering you can also use your knowledge on large systems for industry or the energy generation and distribution network.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering has two specialisations:

• Electrical Information Engineering (EIE)
  You will learn all about microelectronics and the link to the ‘real world’ with sensors. You will also learn techniques for making chips work properly, how to program chips, and about wireless communication.

• Electrical Engineering for Energy Transition (EEET)
  How do you make electrical energy available to people as sustainably as possible? This includes the smart use of wind turbines and solar farms as well as the range of the electric car or solutions in Industrial Automation.

The second yearWill you choose EIE or EEET?

If you choose the EIE specialisation in the second year, you will work together with Applied Computer Science students. For example, you will work on a wireless heart rate monitor. In the EEET specialisation you will work on an industrial automation project and on the latest developments in the field, such as sustainable energy transistion systems, direct current networks, and sustainable generation. This is done in collaboration with companies.

The third and fourth yearsInternship, research, minor and graduation

In the third and fourth years you do a half-year internship, complete a minor, conduct your research in the Smart Solutions Semester, and work on a research project with students from various degree programmes. A good example of such a research project is the Cleantech house, a house that generates its own energy. After that, you do your final project, which may be at a company or in your own start-up for example, and there are even options for doing it abroad. The programme has contacts in China and Vietnam and participates in the European Project Semester, which is a collaboration involving ten European universities.