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The Associate Degree in ICT is a shorter, higher professional education programme. In two years, you will prepare yourself for a specific ICT position. After that, you will be ready to enter the workforce.
You choose a professional profile and earn your diploma after two years.
You develop your knowledge and skills in a specific ICT profession.
You work with other students on real assignments for companies.
During the programme, you will work daily with your project group or individually at one of our locations and labs. Choose a profession in which you want to grow, learn everything about technology and apply it in real projects. Together, you will build the latest ICT applications such as smart systems, racing robots, healthcare applications, web shops or AR apps. You will do all this for real companies.
You will learn the basics of topics such as AI, big data and low-code.
Building websites, developing software, writing strategies or creating animations – the choice is yours!
You will learn to ask questions, brainstorm, collaborate and present.
At Associate degree ICT, you develop yourself without exams! Every six months, you complete a portfolio of your work, which is then assessed. Within your chosen professional profile, you take courses that match your interests. You do what you really enjoy!
Graduated? Great! You can start right away in an ICT position, such as ethical hacker, app developer, programmer, media designer or data analyst. Prefer to continue studying? Add two years of bachelor's study and earn your bachelor's diploma in ICT.
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Easily calculate your tuition fees with the tuition fees indicator. Besides tuition fees, you will also need to budget for study materials, a laptop, the introduction programme, and more. Find details about monthly living costs on our Finance page.
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September, February
English
2 year(s)
Associate degree
Full-time
Eindhoven
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The Associate degree ICT programme quickly prepares you for the job market and takes two years to complete. After that, you can move on to the Bachelor's programme in ICT. This programme offers you in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of ICT, including research methods. If you want to continue studying after that, you can make advancement to a master's degree programme in ICT, such as the Master's in Applied IT. This takes 1 to 1.5 years, depending on your study pace.
No, you do not need any prior knowledge. However, it is useful.
At the start of the study programme, any laptop will suffice. It is possible that a more powerful laptop will be needed during the course of the study programme. This depends on the choices you make from the second academic year onwards. We will advise you on this.
The ICT and Information Technology study programmes are similar. ICT is broader and offers different fields of study or themes to choose from. Computer Science is more focused on software engineering, such as building software and systems. Both programmes teach you about programming, networks, security and databases. Compare the content of both study programmes and choose the one that best suits you and your preferences.
The situation for new entrants to the IT labour market with a higher professional education diploma is still very good. A recent ICT graduate earns roughly between €3,200 and €4,100 gross per month, depending on the company, region, job and market supply. With a few years of experience, this salary can rise to between £55,000 and £75,000 per year. As a senior with more than seven years of experience, this can even be between £75,000 and £100,000 per year. Specialist jobs such as Ethical Hacker or Cloud Architect often command even higher salaries.
