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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:

• Microfabrication Methods*
• 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*
• Lab on a chip microdevices
• 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 ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø 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.

Graduation project

In your graduation project you apply the know-how and skills acquired through your course program and internship project to an academic research project. Research topics can focus on detailed aspects of Advanced Manufacturing – such as computational modeling of material behavior, technology development, design questions or experimental methods. Your graduation project comprises two phases. In the first phase of the project, with the support of your AMS project supervisor, you detail your research questions and methodology. In the second phase, you perform your research under the supervision of an AMS researcher. This second phase will result in a master’s thesis. You defend your thesis before a panel of experts and present your findings in public.

These students include:

• Bachelor graduates from ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø programs (or other Dutch universities) who did not obtain a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Graduates from University of Applied Sciences (HBO) Mechanical Engineering programs or equivalent

The ME pre-Master’s typically takes one semester and is worth 30 ECTS. You acquire the necessary background to enable a seamless and successful transition into the AMS Master’s track. Included in this ME pre-Master’s are courses in calculus, mechanics and thermodynamics. For further information please consult the *.

*Note: current students use the Education Guide as a source of information. It contains detailed, practical information that is important during your study program. Prospective students can consult the Education Guide for additional information.