Embedded Systems

master’s degree

Embedded Systems

Welcome to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science!

For us the world is flat. Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science have created a level playing field for science and innovation where national boundaries and time zones are irrelevant.

Mathematics is at the heart of this; without optimization algorithms and simulation of processes with many variables, the internet would still be a pipe dream. Without the cost-effective and time-effective protocols developed by computer science engineers, computers would not be connected and without electrical engineering, electrical or optical signals would not process our information. That much is obvious...

Prof.dr.ir. Ton Mouthaan, dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science What’s not so obvious is the next phase: truly seamless integration of technology with human behaviour... cost-effective health support at home... optimization of systems with ‘embedded’ intelligence... real cyber security... exploring novel electronic concepts... developing sensing techniques at living cell level... medical robotics... The limits are only set by the boundaries of our imagination.

Join our international group of scientists who supervise over 250 research projects in these areas. Master’s students always play an active part in this research.

Our two-year Master’s programmes offer coursework

and substantial research experience, all with a dose of design and an emphasis on the societal implications of our work.

Nerds? We are happy to be the most human-friendly, enthusiastic, out-of-the-box-thinking and serious group of nerds around!

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programme The Master’s programme in Embedded Systems focuses on signal processing in hardware and software applications for controlling a device, process or system.

3TU The three leading universities of technology in the Netherlands - the University of Twente, Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology - have joined forces in the 3TU.Federation. This federation maximizes innovation by combining and concentrating the strengths of all three universities in research, education and knowledge transfer. Together they offer five Master’s programmes including Embedded Systems. The core programmes of the 3TU Master’s programmes are largely identical and can be taken at any of the three locations. You will benefit from the special strengths of the three universities by choosing a specialization at any of the three locations.

You will be registered at the location of your choice, but Embedded systems are hardware and/or software systems whose purpose is to control a device, a process you will automatically be co-registered at the other two locations to ensure access to the facilities of all three. or a larger system. These systems may be a mobile phone, audio/video processing applications, cars, robots or production machines. All of these systems place heavy demands (real-time, reliability, maintainability, costs) on software (user interfaces, data processing, machine control) and hardware (I/O, Asics, DSP, FPGA).

The Master’s programme in Embedded Systems focuses on the design methodology of embedded systems in hardware and software: a combination of computer science and electrical engineering.

You will have the opportunity to focus on a wide variety of topics ranging from control engineering, integrated circuit design and computer architecture to communication networks, real-time operating systems, software engineering and formal methods for embedded applications.

Embedded Systems focuses on the design methodology of embedded systems in hardware and software

This programme has no specializations.

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Admission requirements Dutch HBO students

International students

Graduates with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study of a Dutch HBO may be considered for admission.

In most cases students need to complete a pre-Master’s programme first.

University of Twente students

International students with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telematics/ Telecommunication or an equivalent qualification and a CGPA of at least 75% of the maximum score are welcome to apply for admission. In addition international students need to pass an English language test.

Students holding a BSc degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente qualify for direct admission, conditions may apply.

More detailed admission requirements are available at www.utwente.nl/master/esys

Dutch university students Students holding a BSc degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering from a Dutch research University, qualify for direct admission.

Career OPPORTUNITIES The Master’s programme in Embedded Systems provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the interaction of embedded systems within their physical and network environments. You’ll get to know all about resource boundedness, dependability and systems design approach.

Embedded systems are becoming more and more important. The exponential increase in computing power, ubiquitous connectivity and the convergence of technology have resulted in hardware/software systems being embedded within everyday products and places (for example: today 20% of the value of each car is attributed to embedded electronics and this will increase to an average of 35-50% by 2020). You can imagine that embedded systems engineers are highly employable.

You’ll build your own future based on your personal interests, whether you’d like to be a researcher, a designer (developer of new products and services) or an organizer (managing an engineering department or providing consultancy services).

You can imagine that embedded systems engineers are highly employable Many programme graduates start their careers in R&D departments. Our research groups enjoy close ties with big companies like Thales, Nedap, Benchmark Electronics and NXP (semiconductors), but also with SMEs. These connections might help you find your first job, often with an internship as a first step. You might also decide to specialize further by becoming a PhD researcher with one of our research groups or elsewhere. You could even start your own business as many of our past graduates have done.

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Student’s Touch ‘What I really like about the programme is the cooperation between the three technical universities in the Netherlands’ NAME Gerald Otter

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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN the Netherlands

Gerald studied for his university of applied sciences (HBO) Bachelor’s in IT. He is now studying for his Master’s in Embedded Systems at the University of Twente. He is not yet sure about what he wants to do after he graduates: “I am sure there are plenty of jobs available in the Netherlands, but maybe I will look for a job elsewhere to broaden my perspective.”

“What I really like about the programme is the cooperation between the three technical universities in the Netherlands. I liked the ability to choose different courses from multiple universities. Especially because Embedded Systems is a field with many different aspects, so the range of options to choose from made it easier for me to add a lot of diversity to my programme.

I really enjoy working on problems that exist on the boundary of hardware and software. The key factor for me in choosing the University of Twente was the location and the size of the university. I enjoy the fact that it is small, giving you more chances to interact with

CONTACT For general information about the Master’s programme or the University of Twente, as well as for questions about the application form of your enrolment status, please contact:

University of Twente Study Information Desk Phone: +31 (0)53 489 5489 master@utwente.nl www.utwente.nl/master

the lecturing staff and be part of the research group. The great environment the university is situated in, is a good reason for me as well.

For the Design of Digital Systems course, we had to use Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) to implement a processor of our choice on field-programmable gate array. The course itself was well-organized and gave me the general structure to solve the problem by breaking it down into smaller subjects.”