MSc in Systems & Control
Groningen, Netherlands
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 2,314 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Flying to the moon, monitoring and stabilizing the energy grid, cruise control in a car, unloading a container ship with a crane; these are typical examples of methods from systems and control.
Systems and Control is an engineering discipline that is concerned with analyzing and influencing dynamical systems that interact with their environment via inputs (influenced via actuators) and outputs (measured via sensors). It is highly multidisciplinary because the underlying mathematical models and methods cover many different domains. These include electronics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, medicine, economy, and social sciences.
The Master's degree programme Systems and Control at the University of Groningen focuses on complex systems and networks, which means systems are analyzed and controlled by decomposing them into an interconnection of simpler systems. Understanding how the interplay between simple systems can lead to novel emergent behaviors is important and highly relevant in many application fields.
Why study this programme in Groningen?
- Learn from internationally leading experts in Systems and Control
- You have the choice between more fundamental, mathematical courses and more application oriented courses
- Benefit from the close collaboration between applied mathematics and engineering within the Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Get hands on experience through a design project within a company or international research institution
Curriculum
This is a 2-year master's programme, where in the first year you will follow 5 core courses and 7 elective courses (5 ECTS each), while in the second year you will participate in a design project (20 ECTS) and a research project (40 ECTS).
The majority of courses will be taught by staff members of the Jan C. Willems Center of Systems and Control which encompasses the following research groups:
- Systems, Control and Optimization (SCO), Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial intelligence
- Discrete Technology and Production Automation (DTPA), Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen (ENTEG)
- Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS), ENTEG
- Optimization and Decision Systems (ODS), ENTEG
Furthermore, the final research project will be carried out within one of these groups.
Study abroad
- Study abroad is unaccommodated
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Career Opportunities
A Master's degree in Systems and Control opens up many interesting job opportunities. Your abilities to analyze complex systems or networks in a multidisciplinary environment and your knowledge about available methods to control such systems make you a highly sought employee in established high tech companies as well as technology start-ups. Furthermore, you can deepen your theoretical knowledge by pursuing a PhD in Systems and Control at the University of Groningen or other internationally lead
Examples of companies regularly hiring students with a systems and control background are ASML, Philips, Tennet, and many companies within the Innovation Center Drachten. Examples of research institutions are National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) and TNO.