1. WELCOME TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Information Days

2. WHAT IS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY?
 Multi-disciplinary
 Inventive
 Technologically talented
 Investigative
 Enterprising
 International

3. 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

5. HOT TOPIC: RENEWABLE ENERGY
21 Revolution Solar Car UT
Strategy Management
Engineering Materials Science

6. HOT TOPIC: HEALTH
NANO PILL Small micro robot travelling
through the body
Lab on Chip
for
measuring
molecules PILL
Release of
medicins
Motion control
Data transfer

7. AT - THE PROGRAMME
 Engineering
Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical
 Science
Materials, Physics, Mathematics
 Projects
Design
Academic Skills
 Societal embedding
Interaction technology and society
Entrepreneurship
 Laboratory skills

8. HOW IS THE BACHELOR STRUCTURED?

9. STRUCTURE
Master
Basic More depth, Specialisation, Master
Job Master
knowledge options
options Abroad
University
University
B1 B3 Abroad
of Twente
of Twente
B2
Job

10. THE FIRST YEAR
Introd. to Engineering 1, 2, 3 Analysis of Technology in Society
Materials Engineering 1&2
Fundamentals of Mathematical Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Methods
Project 1: Renewable Energy
Laboratory practice 1
Project 2: Accelerometer
Laboratory practice 2

11. AFTER THE BACHELOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Master course
Bachelor course
1st -year AT student

13. YOUR FUTURE WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

14. 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

15. 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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16. 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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17. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (2)
Jeroen Jansen
BSc in Advanced Technology (UT),
MSc in Chemical Engineering (UT)
Improvement Engineer
at DOW Chemical
27-03-12 17

18. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (3)
Maarten Flink
BSc in Advanced Technolgy (UT)
MSc in Micro and Nanosystems
(ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Aeon Scientific
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19. 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

20. OUR STUDENTS

21. STUDENT SUPPORT
Scheduled
Study Advisor
self-study
Binding
Extra Tuition
recommendation

22. WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE?

23. SO…. COME TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY !!

24. 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

25. Thank you for your attention!