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KEY FACTS

• Track focus: Chip design, characterization and manufacturing for electronic chips and photonic integrated circuits
• Career outlook: Graduates enter a rapidly growing semiconductor sector, with opportunities right on their doorstep in Brainport Eindhoven 

WHY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES?

Semiconductors – or chips – are everywhere, enabling the current information society as we know it. The technology keeps growing in performance and use, as shown by Moore’s Law, and will play an ever-increasing role in our lives in the future. Chips are essential in computing, communication and sensing, powering technologies such as smartphones, medical equipment, solar panels and countless other innovations we use every day.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

The Brainport Eindhoven region is home to one of the world's leading semiconductor ecosystems, with leading companies ranging from ASML, NXP Semiconductors and Philips to innovative scale-ups such as SMART Photonics, EFFECT Photonics and Axelera AI. At the same time, the sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, supported in the Netherlands by national initiatives such as the Beethoven program. Combined with ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø's strong industry connections and the highest graduate stay rate in the Netherlands, this creates excellent career opportunities.

In this track, you will learn how chips work, how they are fabricated and how they are designed, to make processors or transceivers, for example. You will also learn about the various types of chips, such as analog, mixed-signal and digital chips, photonic integrated circuits, and power electronics, and how these are used in applications such as AI, communications, healthcare and sustainable energy.

Within this track, you can specialize in various research areas:

• Analog and mixed-signal electronics, such as data converters and RF transceivers
• Digital electronics, such as computer architectures and neuromorphic processors;
• Integrated photonics, with applications in, a.o., communications and sensors.

Within this track, you can build your own program. Students choose:

1) 2 track lines from different categories, with 2 courses per track line (20 ECTS)

2) 2 track electives (10 ECTS)
3) 3 free elective courses (15 ECTS)

• Build a high-demand career in the heart of the semiconductor industry: Study in Brainport Eindhoven, one of the world's leading semiconductor ecosystems, and benefit from excellent career opportunities in a rapidly growing sector.

• Explore electronics and photonics in one track: Discover how to design, fabricate and integrate electronic and photonic integrated circuits into next-generation chip systems.

• Learn from industry experts: Benefit from guest lectures, industry collaborations and lecturers with strong ties to the semiconductor sector.

• Access world-class facilities: Work in advanced laboratories, including the NanoLab cleanroom, Optics Lab and Electromagnetics Lab.

• Shape your own curriculum: Choose track lines and electives in areas such as analog and mixed-signal electronics, digital chip design, integrated photonics, AI hardware and heterogeneous integration.