The biggest breakthroughs in engineering are happening where disciplines meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next generation of computer chips depends on advances in physics and materials science. Autonomous systems bring together mechanical engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence and systems control. The energy transition requires engineers who can work across chemistry, materials, technology and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the University of Groningen, this way of thinking is part of the engineering environment. You can build deep technical expertise while looking beyond the boundaries of a single discipline, and connect your education to research, innovation and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Master’s in Engineering should give you more than a strong technical foundation. It should also prepare you to work on problems that don’t fit neatly into one field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Groningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering brings together research and education across areas including mechanical and industrial engineering, materials engineering, artificial intelligence, systems and control, energy, chemical engineering and biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This creates opportunities to combine perspectives that might normally sit in separate departments. Depending on your programme, you can take courses outside your immediate specialisation, work on interdisciplinary projects and connect your Master’s research to research groups working in other fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result is not breadth for its own sake. It is the ability to apply your technical knowledge in a wider context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One example is the research taking place around next-generation computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today’s computer architecture faces growing challenges as AI applications demand more computing power and energy. Researchers at Groningen are exploring whether new materials and new approaches to computing can help overcome some of these limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor Tamalika Banerjee, Professor of Physics and Spintronics, works on semiconductor and magnetic materials and brain-inspired computing. Her research has contributed to the development of memristor-based technologies in which memory and processing can be brought closer together, potentially enabling faster and more energy-efficient computing. Her work has also led to IMChip, a Groningen-based academic startup developing next-generation AI chip technology.
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