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A robot vacuum cleaner, an exoskeleton for healthcare: everywhere, mechanics, electronics and software work together. In the Mechatronics bachelor’s programme, you learn how to bring those parts together into one working system: from the first idea to design, build and testing.
You design the parts that make it possible and make them work together.
You learn about mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and programming, and discover along the way where your interests lie.
From day one, you have your own coach who helps you think through your choices and arranges extra support when you need it.
How can the latest robotic arm take even more work off the hands of healthcare staff? How do you make a car find its own way through a busy city? In the Mechatronics programme, you work on technical challenges like these. You learn the theory in the classroom, build and test in the workshop and work on assignments from industry.
From a factory production line to a drone or a lunar rover that finds its own way.
Students have designed a more energy-efficient vacuum cleaner and worked on a heart simulator.
A heavier motor, for example, needs a sturdier frame and different software.
During the programme, you learn to build a complete technical system, with classes in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science. In your first year, you already assemble a robot; in your second year, you design one yourself from scratch. After that come your internship, minor and graduation.
Mechatronics is in your sports watch, the coffee machine and a rollercoaster. But also in chipmaking machines and medical equipment. That means you can work in many different industries. Or you continue your studies with an applied master’s at Fontys or through a transfer programme with Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
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Explore your future at Fontys where you’ll meet innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity. 
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Starts September (Eindhoven, Venlo) & February (Eindhoven)
English
Bachelor
Full-time
4 year(s)
Eindhoven, Venlo
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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).
You can work as a system architect, service engineer, industrial automation engineer, designer, control engineer, technical consultant or project leader. And not just in high-tech: mechatronics engineers are also needed in healthcare, robotics and software engineering.
A mechanical engineer designs the mechanics, an electrical engineer the electronics. A mechatronics engineer looks at the entire system and sees how a choice in one part affects the other parts. That’s how you keep sight of the big picture.
Both locations offer the same Mechatronics degree. In Eindhoven, the focus is on high-tech systems and robotics in the Brainport region. In Venlo, you will work more on sustainability, smart manufacturing and innovations linked to the Greenport region.
Yes. The English-taught and Dutch-taught programmes have the same content. From your second year, you work on projects with students from the Dutch-taught programme, and in your fourth year, you also attend classes together. In Eindhoven, you can start in September or February.
Yes. You can choose an applied master’s at Fontys, such as Master System Design or Master Digital Technology Engineering. Prefer a research master’s? Fontys has agreements with Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) on a transfer programme.
By the end of your first year, you can already assemble a robot. In the workshop, you learn turning, milling, drilling and 3D printing, and you learn to program in C.
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