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The Embedded Systems master鈥檚 program is a two-year program with a total workload of 120 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) taught in English. It combines core courses, coursework in your chosen stream, free electives (which can include an internship or exchange), a graduation project, and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

In the first year of your master's in Embedded Systems, you build a strong foundation in the field through core courses and electives in your chosen stream or specialization.

Meanwhile, you will be part of SCOP/e, the Student Career Orientation Program. This unique program supports your academic and professional development and helps you make well-informed decisions about choosing a stream or the Edge Intelligence specialization. 

You will also participate in the course Ethics of Digital Technologies, where you will reflect on your ethical responsibility as an embedded systems engineer toward people, society, and the environment. 

Your core courses will differ depending on whether you choose one of the four streams or the Edge Intelligence specialization. If you select a stream, your core Embedded Systems course package will consist of the following:

For the core coursework of the specialization, please visit the Edge Intelligence specialization page.

In addition to the core Embedded Systems courses, choosing a stream will help you dive deeper in the area of your interest, and select the right courses that further shape your Embedded Systems profile. Each stream includes a combination of mandatory stream courses and stream electives.

Systems on Chip Stream

A system-on-chip (SoC) is a complete computing system integrated onto a single chip. In this stream, you will learn to design of SoCs with special attention to the various design trade-offs and formal verification techniques.

You will have freedom to choose your stream electives based on your interests:

Embedded Software Stream

Embedded software is code designed to control a specific device or machine, such as a car, medical device, or smart appliance. This stream focusses on the development of embedded software addressing aspects such as model-driven design, domain specific languages, code generation techniques, and formal techniques to solve scheduling problems.

You will have freedom to choose your stream electives based on your interests:

Embedded Networking Stream

Embedded networking is the communication between embedded devices, sensors, and systems through networks. The Embedded Networking stream explores the architectures and protocols used in distributed and networked systems, with a particular focus on wireless sensor networks and the Internet of Things.

You will have freedom to choose your stream electives based on your interests:

Cyber-Physical Systems Stream

Cyber-physical systems combine computers, sensors, and physical machines to monitor and control real-world processes. The stream focuses on the control and signal-processing aspects of cyber-physical systems.

You will have freedom to choose your stream electives based on your interests:

Edge Intelligence Specialization

Edge intelligence is the use of AI and data processing directly on devices at the network edge, near where the data is generated. If you are interested in intelligent systems at the network edge, and have affinity with data science and artificial intelligence, you can follow the dedicated Edge Intelligence specialization. This specialization includes a dedicated core program and specialization electives. For an overview of the Edge Intelligence curriculum, visit Edge Intelligence specialization page.

Your free electives give you the opportunity to personalize your program and broaden your academic perspective. You can choose courses from other 黑料福利网 departments, other universities in the Netherlands, or universities abroad.

You can also use your free electives space to do an internship. An internship can be carried out in academia or in industry, in the Netherlands or abroad and is supervised by an academic staff member at 黑料福利网.

If you had some minor knowledge gaps in your previous education (up to 15 credits), no worries, you will be advised to use a part of your free elective space to take the homologation courses to fill in those gaps.

You will conclude your master's program in Embedded Systems with a graduation phase, consisting of two parts:

• a Preparation Graduation Project
• a Graduation Project

The preparation project is an individual project supervised by your graduation supervisor, during which you define your graduation project and develop a detailed project proposal. The proposal includes a clear research problem, a literature review, the proposed research approach, and a project plan with defined milestones and deliverables.

After you have successfully completed your preparation phase, you can begin your graduation project resulting in a master thesis. The graduation project allows you to apply your knowledge of embedded systems to address a scientific problem and find answers to interesting research questions independently.