Mechanical Engineering

As a mechanical engineer, you have a firm grasp of the technology our society is built on.

Are you eager to create technological solutions that make a difference in our society? Do you dream of being an expert in inventing, designing, improving and maintaining all kinds of machines, constructions and processes? From a roller coaster, an airplane or a future energy installation to an innovative hearing aid, or the hinges for a robotic hand? Are you looking for a university where you can learn to integrate and apply mechanical engineering theory in realistic team projects? If you are, the three-year, English-taught Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering (ME) is the right choice for you.

In order to feel at home in the field of mechanical engineering, you need to love technology, be versatile and keen to solve the challenges that people and society face today. Throughout this programme, you will become an expert in designing, improving and maintaining all kinds of machines, devices and installations, as well as structures and processes. We will equip you for a very broad field of work, teaching you to contribute to many different kinds of innovations and improvements. Some examples include: 3D-printing a ship propeller; making a power plant sustainable; building a window-cleaning robot, or an exoskeleton for rehabilitation processes; developing and applying new materials for lighter, stronger aeroplane wings; contributing to the development of the self-driving car, or the magnetic glider train

With this Bachelor’s you will become an academically educated and highly resourceful mechanical engineer – an independent thinker who understands the technology our society relies on, now and in the future.

Thanks to a unique collaboration between the two universities, you can study Mechanical Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) or the University of Twente (UT) in Enschede. Do you opt for Amsterdam? Then you will follow most of the lectures at VU Amsterdam, and part of the lectures in Enschede. You are taught by lecturers from both universities, and receive the technical expertise and personal attention UT is known for. You will graduate with a UT diploma.