{"id":6950,"date":"2021-11-11T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2022-01-19T17:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:55:35","slug":"masters-mechanical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/en\/nieuws\/masters-werktuigbouwkunde\/","title":{"rendered":"First Masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Groningen receive their diploma"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 11 November, the first graduates of the two-year master's program in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Groningen will receive their diploma. Two students even graduate cum laude! Congratulations to all!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new, English-taught engineering program offers students the opportunity to prepare for a career in the digital and high-tech industry or in scientific research. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official graduation ceremony was attended by representatives of the Province of Frysl\u00e2n, the municipality of Smallingerland, and the Innovatiecluster Drachten, the cooperation partners in the Smart Factories specialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information for the Masters in Mechanical Engineering can be found on the following page: https:\/\/www.rug.nl\/masters\/mechanical-engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 2019-2020 academic year, the University of Groningen (RUG) has started the master's program in Mechanical Engineering. This engineering program falls under the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) and offers the specializations Advanced Instrumentation, Smart Factories and Smart and Green Energy Systems 2022-2023. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Factory of the future<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the collaboration between the University of Groningen (Campus Frysl\u00e2n), Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD)<\/a>, the municipality of Smallingerland and the province of Frysl\u00e2n, the specialization Smart Factories could be developed within the Mechanical Engineering course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is unique is that students in the second year of this program do their graduation project at a company that is affiliated with ICD. For example, the RUG, together with the high-tech companies, trains students to design intelligent, coherent and tailor-made production processes for the factory of the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technical career <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This set-up also makes it easier for students to come into contact with the high-tech SMEs in the northern region and they can experience that they can simply stay in the northern Netherlands for an interesting and challenging technical career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Internship assignment at Philips Drachten<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the graduates, Johannes Tjepkema, completed his master's degree with a design assignment at Philips Drachten. There he worked in the R&D team on the development of a new machine. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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