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Master Digital Technology Engineering
Master Digital Technology Engineering

Your future

Your expertise. Every sector needs it.

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Digital transformation is happening in every industry. Graduates of this master work at companies like ASML, Philips, Signify, Canon, VDL and DAF, but also in hospitals, municipalities and logistics. Your skills are useful wherever organisations are trying to change how they work with technology.

Where do our graduates work?

After graduation you can start your career as a:

You map and optimise business processes, identifying where automation, AI or data solutions can reduce friction and improve outcomes. You bridge the gap between technical possibilities and organisational needs, turning complexity into clear improvements that stakeholders can act on.

You design and implement integrated technology solutions, considering hardware, software, data flows and human factors together. You translate complex requirements into structured architectures and ensure systems meet operational goals.

You collect, clean and interpret data to uncover insights that drive strategic decisions. You build machine learning models, design data pipelines and create dashboards that make complex information actionable for teams and leadership. You know the difference between what data shows and what it means.

You lead digital transformation projects from concept to delivery. You coordinate cross-functional teams, manage timelines and budgets and align technical work with organisational strategy. You ensure that technology actually changes how people work.

You translate business needs into a clear product backlog, working closely with development teams and stakeholders. You make prioritisation decisions that maximise value and ensure that digital products are built around real user needs.

Three real scenarios

Digital transformation is happening in every sector. Here are three real examples of what graduates do. Not job descriptions, actual work.

Predictive maintenance in high-tech manufacturing

Precision mechatronics supplier in the semiconductor value chain.

• Challenge: Machine downtime leads to delays and contractual disputes. Sensor data is available but underutilised. The company needs to move from reactive to data-driven maintenance.

• Your role: You map where the data is, find the gaps and build a dashboard that helps the service team make smarter decisions. You also put together a roadmap for what comes next.

• Impact: Fewer unplanned stoppages. Data-driven service contracts. A clear capability roadmap aligned with Industry 4.0.

Smart data for sustainable agriculture

Horticulture or agri-tech company working with sensor data, crop monitoring or precision farming.

• Challenge: The company collects large amounts of sensor and process data but struggles to turn it into decisions that improve yield, sustainability or efficiency. Current systems are fragmented and hard to act on.

• Your role: You map the data landscape, identify where the gaps and bottlenecks are and design a data-driven solution, whether a dashboard, a predictive model or a smart integration layer, that helps growers and operators make better decisions.

• Impact: More efficient use of resources. Better crop outcomes. A scalable foundation for data-driven agriculture.

Digital care pathways for chronic patients

Hospital and primary care with telemonitoring pilots that cannot scale. Healthcare network.

• Challenge: Wearable sensor data is not structurally integrated into care pathways. Clinicians experience alert fatigue. Scaling beyond pilots is blocked by a fragmented architecture and a lack of governance.

• Your role: You look at what is working and what is not in the existing pilots, build a plan to connect all the data sources and create a framework for scaling up. Safely and sustainably.

• Impact: Fewer avoidable hospital admissions. Improved patient self-management. Sustainable collaboration between hospital and primary care.

A master's degree: what changes?

A bachelor's degree teaches you to do the work. A master's degree teaches you to lead it.

With this master, you learn to take on challenges where there is no clear answer, where technology, people, and organisations all pull in different directions. You learn to navigate that. And you do it on real projects, not in simulations.

The result: you graduate with an MSc and with a track record. Two years of actual work, with actual companies. That is what makes the difference when you start your career.

In 2024, this master achieved the highest student satisfaction score within Fontys Technology (National Student Survey). A track record you can rely on.

Student experiences

Maarten

Student

The project resulted in a servitization model and a digital strategy for the SortiPack. After graduation, he joined Crux Agribotics as an R&D specialist, focusing on data analytics and further developing the research outcomes into a market-ready product. I advised choosing projects that address real company needs, not just internship tasks.

Samuel Addokwei

Alumnus Master Digital Technology Engineering

My design question was: "How can LLMs be sustainably implemented to empower people with low literacy?" led to an iterative, build-measure-learn process (RunningLean). This approach included a thorough exploration of social and technical aspects before designing and testing LLM-based solutions, particularly for the Werkplaats Financiën context.

Zoë

Student

I started with a bachelor's degree in Health and Technology, specialising in Orthopedic Shoe Technology. During my final year, I discovered that the technical and innovative side of the field was what excited me most. I wanted to keep developing myself, and that is how I found the Master Digital Technology Engineering.

What appealed to me straight away was that this is not a specialised follow-up programme. It is a broadening master. You can develop yourself towards technology, digitalisation or innovation, and across different domains such as healthcare. The assignments are open-ended and you have a lot of freedom to find your own approach. You are truly in the driving seat.

From the very start, you work on real challenges from the professional field. I did my placement at Saasen Groep, which develops emergency response training. But there are many possibilities: fellow students did their placements at organisations like Canon, and we also worked on projects for CSU. You quickly realise you are not working on fictional assignments. You are genuinely in conversation with companies, working on challenges that matter.

In my first year, I was on campus about three days a week. We had guest lectures, worked together a lot and had access to all the facilities to develop and improve our prototypes. Later on, the focus shifts more towards self-study and project work. I combine the master with a role as chair of the CMR, which means it takes me a little longer. But having a part-time job at the weekend is perfectly manageable. It does require a full working week and a lot of personal responsibility.

Sometimes a project does not go as planned. At one point, company data turned out to be difficult to access during a group assignment. You then have to work together with the company and the lecturers to find a way forward. The lecturers are there to support you, but they also expect you to take initiative yourself first. That is exactly where you learn the most.

The biggest change for me is in the way I look at problems. I no longer jump straight to a solution. I first ask why something is actually a problem and whether we are working on the right solution at all. That critical thinking stays with me in everything I do.My bachelor was quite specialised. Thanks to this master, my options have become much broader. I can see myself working in innovation management in healthcare. An ambition that grew precisely during this master.

Not sure whether this master suits you? Just come and meet us. It really does not matter what technical background you have. Every student brings something different, and it is exactly that mix of backgrounds that makes it so valuable.
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Please note! If you wish to apply for housing through Fontys, the housing application deadline is June 15.

Master Digital Technology Engineering

Admission timeline

Wondering what's to come after applying for this programme? Check out the entire admission process.

Start in September

  • Start your orientation

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  • Application deadline

    International students: 1 June. Dutch students: 31 August.

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  • Submit required files

    Submission and assessment of grade lists, diploma and proof of language. For non EEA-students: additional steps can be required.

  • Complete your payment

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  • Arrange student housing

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  • End of August

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  • 1 September 2026

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