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.
Engineering Solid Mechanics (ESM) prepares you to design, analyze, and optimize the products, structures, and materials that shape modern society. This specialization combines mechanics, materials science, and advanced numerical methods to address engineering challenges in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, robotics, medical devices, and high-tech systems.
You will gain expertise in structural design, material behavior, durability, manufacturing processes, and fracture mechanics, while learning to predict and improve the performance of components and structures. Through access to advanced laboratories, materials characterization facilities, and state-of-the-art simulation tools, you will combine theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to solve complex engineering problems. ESM prepares you for impactful careers in industry and research, enabling you to develop innovative, reliable, and sustainable solutions across a wide range of applications.
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
You choose at least four core courses (20 ECTS) from the list below:
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics
- Advanced Computational Continuum Mechanics
- Experimentation for Mechanical Engineering
- Scientific Computing for Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering Optimization
- Fracture Mechanics 鈥� Theory and application
Specialization Courses
In addition, you choose at least four specialization courses (20 ECTS) from the list below:
- Structural Performance of Polymers and Polymer Composites
- Composite and Light-weight Materials
- Multiscale Modeling for Polymer Mechanics
- Computational and Experimental Micro-mechanics
- Advanced Discretization Techniques
- Advanced and Additive Manufacturing
You are welcome to customize your course program in the 15 ECTS of free electives. We offer suggestions to expand your capabilities in design, mathematics. or dynamics. Should you plan to set up your own company, 黑料福利网 offers excellent courses on entrepreneurship. Physics and chemistry courses can be selected by students who would like to dig deeper into the fundamental properties of matter. There are a lot of possibilities 鈥� including an exchange with our partner universities in the Netherlands and throughout Europe. 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.