Energy & Power Electronics

Projects with impact

What makes studying at Hanze UAS unique is that you will work on projects for real clients and contribute to concrete solutions for current issues impacting society. Below, you can find some examples of projects our students engage in.

About this programme

The Energy & Power Electronics specialisation is one of the three specialisations of the Electrical Engineering programme. The Energy & Power Electronics specialisation focuses on the energy system of the future and electronics for high power. 

During your education you will develop knowledge and skills in everything in the field of electrical engineering. For example, you will work on robotics, programming, control systems and data communication. You will immediately start working on assignments from real clients in the field and have plenty of room to organise your own studies. 

Why study the Electronics major at Hanze UAS?

• Programme developed jointly with the business community: you do challenging, practical assignments in, for example, the Energy Academy Europe or in our Energy Transition Center (ENTRANCE). You’ll work with real companies in a real working environment. So you gain work experience during your studies and help companies become more effective, innovative and sustainable. 
• Passionate, driven groups: the degree programme is small-scale and personal: you work in small, motivated groups. The teachers know you and there is plenty of room for one-on-one contact. You also have a mentor who plays an important role in your personal and professional development. We also have a really fun study association where you are very welcome. 
• Great job prospects: Upon completing your studies you can work for a wide variety of companies. As an electrical engineer or electronics engineer, but also as a software developer or application developer. Your can do this at many companies from pure product development agencies to multinationals where electronics are central, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Many of our students go on to work in sectors such as healthcare, (sustainable) energy or transportation. The chance of finding a job is very high, because the world is eager for well-trained energy and power electronics specialists. 

Course overview

Year 1

You will be introduced to the versatile, fascinating and broad world of electrical engineering. You do this with all new Electrical Engineering students. You will learn to design, build and program analog and digital electronics. In the meantime, you will lay a solid foundation in the mathematics and physics needed to understand electrical engineering. And of course you will apply everything in projects with your fellow students - such as building an electronic game or a robot. With electives such as sustainable energy technology or applied mechanics, you can discover which specialization you like best. 

Do you discover during your first or second year that you prefer a different direction of Electrical Engineering (Energy & Power Electronics or Mechatronics)? No problem! You can just switch! 

Year 2 

Here you will continue to lay a broad foundation in electrical engineering. But now no longer with separate courses, but in 4 periods, where everything you learn in that period comes together in a project. You will work on building your own control system, creating a dashboard for a customer in which you will show live, remotely measured data and creating an improvement plan for a drive system. 

To conclude and highlight the year, you will design and build your own robot. But this time you will approach it from your own specialization. You can choose whether you will focus on designing a PCB or if you will focus on choosing the right sensors and processing the data provided by the sensor or if you will focus on all the moving parts needed to be able to move forward and pick up blocks (packages). 

Years 3 and 4 

In years 3 and 4 you have a lot of freedom, because you can determine the order of the following parts of your programme yourself:

Internship 

You will work for a company of your choice in the Netherlands or abroad) for six months to put all the knowledge and skills you have acquired into practice. You do this by working on your own assignment under the supervision of a supervisor from your internship company. 

Specialisation 

You will work on the specialisation of your choice for six months. You can choose between Energy & Power Electronics, Sensors & Smart Systems or Mechatronics. Here you will acquire the specialisation that prepares you for the field of electrical engineering in which you are interested. 

Free Elective Space 

Here you can go wild and do what you like. You could follow six months of education abroad, or at another university of applied science in the Netherlands, or at the Hanze. And for your free elective space, you can choose whatever topic you want to study. You could delve deeper into Electrical Engineering by doing a second specialisation, but you could also study a language abroad for six months. 

Year 4 - Graduation 

You will graduate at the end of the fourth year. You will choose a company that has an interesting issue that you can turn into a graduation assignment. Next, you will conduct research for the company for six months and come up with an innovative, smart solution that will benefit the company. During your graduation you will show that you are the independent professional that the field is so eagerly waiting for!

After your studies

Pursue a master’s degree

After your bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, you can continue studying for the title of Master of Science by taking a master's programme. For example, you can choose to follow a subsequent master's degree at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, such as our Masters in Smart Systems Engineering or Renewable Energy. You can also continue your studies at another university, for example the University of Groningen (RUG). 

Students of the Electrical Engineering programme who pursue a master’s degree often choose: 

• Smart Systems Engineering, Hanze University of Applied Sciences
• Renewable Energy, Hanze University of Applied Sciences 
• Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen (RUG) 
• Mechanical Engineering, University of Groningen (RUG)

Career prospects

After the Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering you will be awarded a Bachelor of Science degree and you will be able to work for companies and (research) institutions. 89% of graduates find their first job within a year. A large part of the alumni stays employed in the region, a small part is working abroad. Examples of positions are:

• Research and Development Engineer
• Research and Development Manager
• Industrialisation Engineer
• Automation Engineer
• Field Engineer
• Lead Engineer
• Manufacturing Engineer