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The programme Electrical and Electronic Engineering will teach you how to understand the electronics in devices. This will lead you to be able to develop these electronics yourself. You will mainly be learning by doing, so the theory you’re taught during class will immediately be applied during a project. Examples of disciplines you need to master to build your own appliances are:
You will learn all about circuits, sensors, and power supplies. For example to improve the sound of your headphones.
You will develop software for electronic appliances, where you link functionalities to sensors. For example like they do when making video games.
You will design hardware like a CPU, the smart brain that makes sure your phone works super quick.
You will have a lot of freedom to study in a way that fits you personally at Electrical and Electronic Engineering! You will work on cool projects with your fellow students and are supervised and guided by a mentor. All these projects make up your portfolio which you use to show your progress.
As an Electrical and Electronic Engineering student, you will have a structured week which helps you finish projects successfully and study effectively. A day of classes looks as follows:
You will take theoretical and practical classes, where you will learn all the basic knowledge you need for your projects.
Time for self-study and time to work on your own projects. Here you use the theory you learned during the classes.
The first year of the programme Electrical and Electronic Engineering is the basis for your future career. You will start with classes on basic concepts of mathematics, programming and analogue electronics. Don’t worry if you are not confident in your skills in these subjects yet! Even though it is expected you have some background in science and maths, all subjects will be repeated to make sure everyone is on the same level.
You will discover how you’re going to use your knowledge to turn an idea into a real, working appliance. Together with a team of fellow students, you will work on cool projects. For example, you’re going to build your own speaker, a metal detector, and you’re going to design your own electrical vending machine!
You’ll be delving deeper into the world of electrical engineering during your second year of the programme. What was once basic mathematics now becomes signal processing, and analogue electronics transforms into power electronics.
You will elevate your technical skills to a higher level and discover where your passion lies in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The projects become even more challenging: for example, you build an autonomous car that you programme to navigate and avoid obstacles on its own. Or your work on a solar panel which you can use to charge your phone.
During the third year of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering programme, you’re going to do an internship and you’ll chose a minor.
After two years of theory, practical assignments and projects in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, you’ll be ready for an internship at a company. Here you will not only apply your knowledge to a real-world problem, but you will also experience what it’s like to work as an electrical engineer. You’ll develop both your technical skills and your social and economical knowledge. This way you’ll be well prepared for a successful career. Examples of internship projects are working on the development of the chip industry at ASML, designing advanced MRI or CT-scanners at Phillips Health or conduct research into sustainable electric drive systems at VDL.
During the third year you are also required to follow a minor with which you can give your programme a personal touch. You can broaden your professional perspective by choosing a minor outside of Fontys or a minor abroad. But you can also choose to specialise yourself in a certain field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Take the Fontys minor Be Creative, for example. You work together with a team of students from other programmes to work on a project which combines creativity and technology. One of the teams from this minor even works on an interactive art project that is displayed during the famous light art festival GLOW in Eindhoven!
At the start of the fourth year, you chose a field in which you wish to specialise.
You are taught to create the entire system of an appliance, from sensor to actuator. Examples of projects that former students have worked on are a robotic arm to reduce the workload of employees in a company, or systems to detect early signs of aggression in mental healthcare.
This specialisation focuses on digital programming of hardware, for example writing code for smart appliances like a fall detection system to ensure the elderly can live safely at home.
Ideal if you have the ambition to start your own business. This field combines product and business innovation, and teaches you marketing, how to apply for patents, and soft skills, aside from your engineering classes.
You take courses and work on projects from real companies that align with your chosen field. During these projects, you collaborate with students from all over the world in preparation of the international job market!
In the final semester of your studies, you work on a graduation project at a company. This can be done in the Netherlands, but you can also do you graduation project at a company abroad. You carry out the project from start to finish, write a report of your findings en proudly present the final results.
Projects previous students have worked on are a system to reduce the noise production of MRI scanners, resulting in less stress and anxiety for patients during their scans, and a device for horses to monitor their health and detect diseases.
With all your technical knowledge and skills, the world of innovation is at your feet, and you contribute to a better society.
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Please note! If you wish to apply for housing through Fontys, the application deadline is June 15 (start September) or December 8 (start February).
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