Within the Master's program, you can tailor your education by choosing one or more dedicated specializations. Each specialization is fully integrated within the 120 ECTS Mechanical Engineering master's program and will be recognized on your diploma supplement upon completion. You may also choose to graduate without a specialization.
Advanced Manufacturing across the Scales (AMS) prepares you to drive innovation in high-tech and sustainable manufacturing. This specialization combines materials science, advanced manufacturing technologies, and digital engineering to help you develop the products and systems of the future.
You will gain expertise in areas such as multiscale fabrication, computational modelling, optimization, digital twins, and multiphysics design. Through hands-on experience in the Microfab Lab, Multiscale Lab, and the upcoming AM Lab, you will learn to combine experimental and digital approaches to solve complex engineering challenges. Located in the heart of Brainport Eindhoven, AMS prepares you for impactful careers in industry and research.
Year 1 | Core program | 20 ECTS |
| Specialization courses | 20 ECTS |
| Free electives | 15 ECTS |
Professional skills | 5 ECTS | |
Year 2 | Internship | 15 ECTS |
| Graduation project | 45 ECTS |
Core Courses
The first-year course program comprises a selection of four core courses (20 ECTS), training you as a future AMS graduate in mechanical engineering. On top of the Microfabrication Methods, you choose three core courses from the list below:
- Advanced Micromanufacturing*
- Advanced computational continuum mechanics
- Experimentation for Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering optimization
- Scientific Computing for Mechanical Engineering
- Fracture Mechanics
*Indicates a mandatory course
Specialization courses
With four specialization courses (20 ECTS), AMS trains you to become a disciplinary expert. On top of Soft Materials Processing and Advanced and Additive Manufacturing, you select three more courses from the following:
- Optics for mechanical engineers
- Structural performance of polymers and their composites
- Composite and light-weight materials: design and analysis
- Integrated system design
- Heat and flow in microsystems
- Multiscale modelling for polymer mechanics
- Computational and experimental micro-mechanics
- Physical and data driven modelling
- Opto-Mechatronics
- Engineering optimization
- Soft materials processing*
- Microfluidics put to work
- Modelling and control of manufacturing networks
- Rheology
- Advanced and Additive Manufacturing*
*Indicates a mandatory course
Your course program is complemented by 15 ECTS of free electives. These free electives enable you to customize your program to your specific interests by following courses in related disciplines or even in other 黑料福利网 departments. As part of the first-year course program, you also follow professional skills courses (5 ECTS), focused on career development, teamwork, academic writing and more.