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university of the Netherlands 2015, the UT Accommodation stimulates staff and students to found spin-off The University of Twente has a variety of companies. accommodation available on and off campus for international students. Prices range from Education Structure approximately €300 to €600 per month. We The study workload at the UT is 60 European actively support exchange students from our Credits annually (European Credit Transfer partners in finding housing. System / ECTS). According to Dutch law, one credit represents 28 hours of study and 60 EC Visa represent one year of full-time study, where Students staying for more than 3 months UNIVERSITY INFORMATION the academic year consists of 42 weeks. The cannot apply for visa themselves; admitted UT Profile fall semester starts the first week of students requiring visa will be contacted by The University of Twente (UT) is a research September, whereas the spring semester our International Office and assisted with all university, dedicated to research that drives starts the first week of February. Half a visa procedures. society. The university has close ties to local semester (15 EC) is generally referred to as a industry, ensuring our fundamental research is Location quartile or module. based on market demand. The University of Twente (UT) is located in Study programmes use problem-based Enschede about two hours east of Amsterdam The university focuses on Engineering, learning and include lectures, projects, and four hours west of Berlin. Science and Technology, Geo-information practical assignments, lab work and self- sciences, Human Behavioural Sciences and study. Management & Governance. The UT is the Netherlands' only true campus university, and is the highest ranking Dutch university in LIVING INFORMATION terms of campus environment and Living Costs As a guide to living costs, a single student at atmosphere. The UT consistently provides the UT will need around €700 to €900 per international students with the best overall month for on campus living, including study study experience in the Netherlands, while material. ranking among the top-ten universities world- wide on overall general satisfaction (ISB 2013). Awarded as most entrepreneurial coherent, well-structured and self-contained university. You meet and interact with all sorts sets of courses at a final year BSc or first year of people with different backgrounds and MSc academic level. different forms of pre-education. This interaction gives you a broader view, and that WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY experience helps when solving problems that Name you encounter. It also supports in developing Roderik Kluin and recognizing your own interests. If you would like to develop yourself personally and Programme as an engineer, the University of Twente is a Mechanical Engineering great place to be!” FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY The Faculty of Engineering Technology Country comprises three engineering disciplines: The Netherlands Industrial Design, Civil and Mechanical “After the Bachelor’s programme in Engineering. These three disciplines are Mechanical Engineering it was a logical step covered in our BSc programmes. Most BSc for me to choose for the subsequent Master’s programmes are taught in Dutch, while all programme in Mechanical Engineering. MSc programmes are taught in English. The

MSc Programmes offered at the Faculty of The Bachelor’s was a good preparation, it Engineering Technology are: taught me all I needed to know to continue. WEBLINKS The Master’s has challenging courses on a - Industrial Design Engineering, Academic Calendar wide range of subjects. During my Bachelor’s I https://www.utwente.nl/ces/planning- - Mechanical Engineering, discovered my interest in fluids, therefore I roosters/en/academic-calendar/ - Sustainable Energy Technology, have chosen the specialization Engineering - Construction Management and Fluid Dynamics. The university is surrounded Application deadlines Engineering, by a lot of high-tech companies. That gives https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/internatio - Civil Engineering and Management. students numerous job and internship nal-students/deadlines/ opportunities, both on and off the campus. I Exchange students at a final year BSc level Websites am about to start my internship in Fluid are allowed to follow MSc level courses. www.utwente.nl/ctw/student-mobility/ Dynamics in Brazil. A great opportunity to When choosing your courses it is strongly www.utwente.nl/internationalstudents/ learn more about the field and it is also recommended to choose subjects within one www.utwente.nl/coursecatalogue/ exciting to see this in the context of another bachelor or one master programme to reduce culture. the risk of overlapping courses. Social Media www.facebook.com/groups/utinternational/ What I like most about the University of The UT also offers Exchange Study www.facebook.com/groups/utwente.et/ Twente is the fact that it is a campus Packages. These ESPs are balanced,