Eindhoven University of Technology

Eindhoven University of Technology was founded in 1956 in a city that had grown up around electronics manufacturing. It sits at the centre of the Brainport region, one of Europe's densest concentrations of high-technology industry, and its research is closely tied to it.

Faculties cover electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, applied physics, mathematics and computer science, industrial engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and the built environment. Master's programmes are taught in English.

Teaching is project-driven: students work in teams on defined engineering problems from early in the programme, often with an industrial partner, and assessment reflects that rather than resting on written examinations alone.

Requirements are technical and are checked closely.

• A secondary qualification recognised as equivalent, with strong mathematics and physics, for bachelor's entry.
• A bachelor's degree in a closely matching engineering or science discipline for master's entry — the admissions committee assesses the specific modules completed.
• English proficiency at the published minimum, including per-section scores.
• A motivation letter and CV explaining the fit between your background and the programme.
• GRE scores for some master's programmes, depending on the department and the applicant's prior institution.

The two-band Dutch structure again, at a technical university with a strong industry relationship in the surrounding region.

• Statutory fee for EU/EEA students; institutional fee for non-EEA students, set by the university.
• Set per programme within the institutional band.
• An application fee for non-EU applicants.
• Eindhoven living costs are below Amsterdam and Utrecht, which makes a real difference over a two-year master's.
• Doctoral candidates are employed rather than fee-paying, as elsewhere in the Netherlands.

Dutch institutional fees for non-EEA students are generally more moderate than in the UK, Ireland or the United States. Accommodation is the harder problem here, not the fee. Work from Eindhoven's tuition fee pages for your programme for your specific programme and year of entry — it is the only figure that will be correct for you, and it is republished every year. We will confirm the current cost and what it includes before you commit to an application.

Eindhoven focuses its funding on master's students in engineering and technology, with awards decided on academic record and, for the larger ones, on a separate application. Doctoral candidates are employed rather than funded as students.

• Master's scholarships — competitive awards for students entering an engineering or technology programme.
• National scheme participation — for students from outside the EEA.
• Departmental awards — attached to specific programmes.
• Doctoral positions — salaried research employment.

Dutch scholarship deadlines fall ahead of course deadlines and are enforced strictly. Treat the scholarship date as your real one.

A compact modern campus in a city built around technology industry, which shapes both the teaching and the opportunities around it.

• A single walkable campus close to the city centre and the station.
• A strong industry relationship — the surrounding technology region means internships, projects and thesis work with real companies are common.
• Student teams are a major feature — solar racing, autonomous vehicles and similar, run largely by students.
• Study associations per department, which organise much of the social and professional calendar.
• A smaller, quieter city than Amsterdam, cheaper to live in and easier to find housing in — though still not easy.
• Cycling everywhere, as across the country.

The industry proximity is the genuine differentiator here. For an engineering master's, the ease of getting a real industrial project or internship is worth as much as the syllabus.