WELCOME TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Information Days

WHAT IS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY?

Multi-disciplinary

Inventive

Technologically talented

Investigative

Enterprising

International

A NEW BROAD TECHNICAL BACHELOR: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Start in 2004

Industry needed a new type of engineer

Broad technical background, embedded in society

50 first-year students on average

International

BSc and MSc are separate programmes

Companies have international personnel

Student mobility is increasing

BSc AT fully in English since 2010

80 first-year students, 40% from abroad

HOT TOPIC: RENEWABLE ENERGY

21 Revolution Solar Car UT

Strategy Management

Engineering Materials Science

HOT TOPIC: HEALTH

NANO PILL Small micro robot travelling through the body

Lab on Chip for measuringmolecules PILL

Release of medicins

Motion controlData transfer

AT - THE PROGRAMME

Engineering

Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical

Science

Materials, Physics, Mathematics

Projects

Design

Academic Skills

Societal embedding

Interaction technology and society

Entrepreneurship

Laboratory skills

HOW IS THE BACHELOR STRUCTURED?

Master

University of Twente

JobMaster

Abroad

Master

University of Twente

STRUCTURE

Basic knowledge

B1

Master

Abroad

Job

Master

Specialisation, options

B3

More depth,

options

B2

THE FIRST YEAR

Introd. to Engineering 1, 2, 3Materials Engineering 1&2Fundamentals of Mathematical

Methods

Laboratory practice 1

Laboratory practice 2

Project 1: Renewable Energy

Project 2: Accelerometer

Analysis of Technology in Society

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

AFTER THE BACHELOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

1st -year AT student

Master course

Bachelor course

YOUR FUTURE WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

PROSPECTS FOR AT-STUDENTS

You will be prepared for a wide range of masters

You will be accepted at many high ranked universities all over the world

You will be the new engineer or manager of the future

You will solve tomorrow’s problems

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STUDENTS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Pim: MSc Materials Science, Berkeley (USA)

Mitchel: MSc Robotics, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Yoeri: MSc Automotive Engineering, Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Christien: MSc Industrial Engineering & Management, Tallinn (Estonia)

Geert: MSc Electrical Engineering in Twente, internship at MIT (USA)

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (1)

Brigitte Bruijns

BSc in Advanced Technology (UT)MSc in Chemistry and Forensic Science (UvA)

PhD student in Twente

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (2)

Jeroen Jansen

BSc in Advanced Technology (UT), MSc in Chemical Engineering (UT)

Improvement Engineer at DOW Chemical

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (3)

Maarten Flink

BSc in Advanced Technolgy (UT)MSc in Micro and Nanosystems (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Aeon Scientific

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The Dutch ‘VWO’ diploma with N&T profile.

Another pre-university diploma (for detailed information please contact the study advisor)

Not afraid of hard work

OUR STUDENTS

STUDENT SUPPORT

Study AdvisorScheduled self-study

Extra TuitionBinding

recommendation

WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE?

SO…. COME TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY !!

MORE INFORMATION

Information days

www.utwente.nl/bachelor/at

Be a student for a day

Help with your ‘profielwerkstuk’ (for Dutch students): www.twenteacademy.nl

Thank you for your attention!