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As a mechatronics engineer, you work in teams with mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and programmers. You learn how all those disciplines come together to form one working system. You’re a logical thinker and a true doer: one moment you’re doing calculations for a design, the next you’re testing it in the lab.
You program in C and PLCs: the computers that control factory machines.
Together with Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering students, you work on one technical system.
Your classmates come from many different countries, and you can do your internship abroad.
Want to work with high-tech systems and robotics? That’s the focus in Eindhoven. Companies such as ASML, Prodrive, MI-Partners and Actemium help shape what you learn. That way, the programme keeps pace with developments in the Brainport region, the high-tech region around Eindhoven. You study in the Nexus building on the TU/e campus, in labs designed specifically for teaching.
In the first year, your weeks consist of:
In your first year, you lay the foundations. You take subjects such as mechatronic design, electrical networks, statics, digital fundamentals, mathematics and C programming. In the workshop, you learn turning, milling, drilling and 3D printing. In projects, you learn to design systematically, work as a team and present your results. By the end of the year, you can already assemble a robot.
In your second year, you design a robot completely from scratch. You take subjects such as PLC programming, dynamics, digital technology and measurement and control engineering. You apply that knowledge in a project based on a question from industry, together with students from Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and with students from the Dutch-taught programme. You choose a project that matches what you want to learn. For example, students have designed a more energy-efficient vacuum cleaner for a manufacturer and helped develop a heart simulator.
In your third year, you do an internship and take a minor.
During your internship, you work at a company in the region or abroad. You work on a current design assignment, such as developing autonomous mobile robots for warehouses, improving assembly and packaging machines, or creating vision applications that measure, inspect or position products. Or you choose an internship with the Mechatronics & Robotics research group at Fontys, where you contribute to ongoing research. We’re happy to help you make your choice.
TIn your third year of Mechatronics, you take a minor. A minor lets you give your studies your own twist and specialise in one of your interests. Go deeper with the Adaptive Robotics or Smart Product Development with Additive Manufacturing minor, or broaden your horizons with one of the many other minors in the Netherlands or abroad.
Before you graduate, you choose your direction.• Adaptive Automation Systems focuses on industrial automation: robots that work independently in a factory.• Advanced Motion Control focuses on high-tech precision engineering: machines that move with extreme accuracy, such as in the chip industry.In multidisciplinary projects, you choose your role, such as designer, researcher or project leader, and you work together with students from the Dutch-taught programme. You also get to know machine learning.
You complete a graduation assignment at a company in the Netherlands or abroad and write your bachelor’s thesis.
During your studies, you can contribute to research by the Mechatronics & Robotics research group. Researchers and students work together on questions from practice. For example, whether a cobot, a robot that works safely alongside people, can do its job in an extremely clean room. As a third-year student, you can do an internship there; as a fourth-year student, you work on projects there.
At Fontys Venlo, the programme Mechatronics emphasises the design of energy-efficient systems and smart automation solutions. Located in the Greenport region near the international Ruhr area, you access cutting-edge green technologies. Our project-based learning offers you specialisation and real-world problem-solving skills.
In your first year you delve into a range of subjects including mathematics for engineers, mechanics, electronics and software design. Additionally, a significant portion of this year will be spent collaborating with fellow students on various projects where you apply theory to real prototypes and systems.
In your second year of Mechatronics at Fontys Venlo, you deepen your understanding of mechatronic system design and control. Moreover, you learn to integrate mechanical, electrical and software engineering effectively in hands-on projects with companies, enhancing your practical skills and preparing you for real-world applications.
In the third year of Mechatronics, you have the opportunity to spend one semester on an intership in the Netherlands or abroad, followed by a minor (free choice course). Choose to broaden or specialise, either at Fontys, another Dutch university, or one of our 125+ partner universities worldwide.
In the fourth and final year of the Mechatronics programme at Fontys Venlo, you immerse yourself in both on-campus and off-campus learning. Work on a personal project in your chosen theme on a real company assignment. In the final semester you complete your graduation internship with bachelor thesis.
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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).