Engineering

During the first year, you will be introduced to broad technical basic skills. In practice, you will carry out assignments that come close to the professional field. This will help you find out which specialization suits you best.

After year one, you will choose a field of study: the technical track (Energy Transition Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering) or the creative track (Commercial Engineering and Product Engineering).

• In the technical track, you will focus on the underlying technologies and you will strongly concentrate on deepening your beta knowledge.
• If you choose the creative track, you will mainly focus on realising solutions for people and society with the help of technological developments.

In the third year of the programme, you choose your minor. A minor will enable you to deepen or broaden your knowledge and skills. You can do this at the HZ or at another university of applied sciences at home or abroad.

The HZ offers various minors that complement the Engineering programme:

• Minor Offshore Renewable Energy Mechatronic
  In this minor you will work on the development of robots and drones. These are used to carry out maintenance on wind farms in the North Sea.
• Minor Energy Transition
  You will make sure that companies switch to clean fuels, such as hydrogen.
• Minor Product Design
  Are you a fan of design? Then get started with the minor Product Design
  

During the other semester, you will do an internship where you gain work experience. You can choose whether you stay in the Netherlands or go abroad.

In the final year, you choose one of the 4 study tracks. In the first semester, you will have classes and projects.

In the second half of the year, you will work on your graduation project at a company. You will design and research technical improvements and innovations in a company during your final project. The choice is yours whether to do this in the Netherlands or abroad.

In this year, all your knowledge and skills come together and you can prove you have mastered the profession. With your diploma in your possession, you can start working as an engineer!

In the Netherlands, the standard of higher education is maintained through an accreditation system that ensures legal regulation and quality assurance. All programmes at HZ University of Applied Sciences are examined and approved by the accreditor, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). This means that they meet the quality requirements for accredited higher education set by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, ensuring that you are always choosing a programme of high standard.