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University of Twente Master Nanotechnology
University of Twente

Master Nanotechnology

Enschede, Netherlands

2 Years

English

Full time

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Sep 2025

EUR 17,000 / per year *

On-Campus

* EUR 2,530 ┃for EU/EEA students

Introduction

Tackle big (societal) issues at the smallest level: become an expert in the field of Nanotechnology and invent, design, and develop innovative solutions on the extremely small nanoscale.

How can you diagnose diseases, such as cancer, at an early stage? Are there more sustainable ways to store energy to make the energy transition possible? And how can you make a sensor that checks water pollution levels on a large scale? These important, societal questions all have one thing in common: nanotechnology might be the answer! In the two-year, English-taught Master’s in Nanotechnology at the University of Twente (UT), you become an expert in this exciting, upcoming field.

You start your studies in September. If you need to follow a Pre-Master’s first, you can start in September as well and continue with the Master’s in the following September.

Small scale, big impact

The research field of nanotechnology might focus on an extremely small scale, but if you think it is a small discipline: think again. Nanotechnology is everywhere. It’s in our phones, our computer chips, our solar panels, our food, our cars, our medicine, our cosmetics, and the list goes on and on. The scope of nanoscience is exceptionally wide, with five main application areas: Health, Energy & Sustainability, Security, Agriculture, and Water & Technology.

Nanotechnology in Twente

If you’re interested in the upcoming field of nanoscience and nanoengineering, then the University of Twente is the place to follow your Master’s. Not only is our university the only research university in the Netherlands to offer a Master’s in Nanotechnology, but the region Twente is also home to the MESA+ Institute, one of the world’s leading institutes in nanotechnology.

In this research institute, over 500 scientists collaborate on cutting-edge research at the highest level in the field of materials science, lab-on-a-chip technology, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, membranes, MEMS, and nanofluidics. Many high-tech spin-off companies are rooted in this institute and the market-developed technologies, such as Lionix, Micronit, LipoCoat, U-Needle, Medspray, and IamFluidics, all of which operate within Twente and the MESA+ institute.

What will you learn?

As a graduate of this Master’s, you have acquired specific, scientific knowledge and skills.

Knowledge

After completing this Master’s, you:

  • have solid knowledge in the techniques that are available for creating nanostructures, both top-down (e.g. optical lithography techniques) as well as bottom-up (self-assembly/nanochemistry).
  • have a broad overview of the application areas of nanotechnology.
  • have a fundamental understanding of various aspects of molecular, nanoscale and continuum (macroscopic) scale characterisation that are essential for the study of nanostructure.

Skills

After completing this Master’s, you:

  • can design a nano-device, both in terms of device physics and the clean room fabrication process.
    are able to analyse the social consequences (economic, social, cultural) of new developments in nanotechnology and integrate
  • the consequences in your scientific work.
  • can involve multiple scientific disciplines when conducting research in the field of nanotechnology.

Value

  • are aware of the changeability of the research process due to external circumstances or progressive insights and you are able to adjust this process accordingly.
  • can identify gaps in your knowledge, and you have a mindset to enhance and extend your knowledge through study.
  • are aware of social, environmental, sustainability and safety aspects of nanotechnology and you are able to analyse and understand these aspects and to integrate these elements in your scientific work.
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