General admission requirements
The Post-Master's Program Process and Product Design is open to recent university graduates and in particular to engineers and Master graduates from the discipline of Chemical Engineering. Graduates from Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Food Technology and Bio-process and Environmental Engineering can also be considered if they have a ferm background in Chemical Engineering.
To guarantee the quality of the program, the PPD Selection Committee applies strict selection criteria. Candidates must be among the top 25% of their discipline. Next to excellent grades, their motivation and personality will be extremely important. Applications can be sent in at any given time and even well in advance of graduation. The program starts two times a year: 1 April and 1 October. The application procedure will take about 2 to 3 months.
Applicants are requested to send:
- a well-motivated application
- an extensive curriculum vitae
- translated certificates certified by their University
- certified lists of marks
- two letters of recommendations from two professors
- a copy of their passport
- a passport photograph
- the address of the website of the university and department where they received their certificate (including a link to the course descriptions of your program)
Incomplete applications will not be considered by our Selection Committee.
If you wish to develop into an executive design engineer in industry, please send your application documents to:
Post Master's Program Process and Product Design
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Building Matrix 1.25
P.O.Box 513,
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
You can also send your application documents by email: info.ppd@tue.nl
Suitable candidates will be invited for an interview. Course participants are paid a monthly salary of about 1,700 euros gross by Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
Should you have any questions you'd like answered before applying, or just would like to come in for an informal talk, please contact:
Dr.ir. Mathieu Westerweele
Tel. +31 40 247 3533
Matrix 1.23
E-mail: m.r.westerweele@tue.nl or info.ppd@tue.nl
Diploma
After having completed all components of the curricular part and defended the design project in a public presentation and in a closed session with an examination committee, course participants will be presented with a certified diploma by their supervising professor during an graduation ceremony of the Stan Ackermans Instituut. The design engineers are entitled to bear the degree 'Professional Doctorate in Engineering' (PDEng) and will be entered as PDEng into the register of the Royal Dutch Institute for Engineers (KIvI).
Link to professional practice
As the design project is nearly always carried out in collaboration with a company it is very practice-based. During the curricular year, advanced knowledge and skills are taught in block courses by lecturers who nearly all come from industry. All courses have been set up specifically for trainee design engineers and are completed individually or in teams. The composition of the group of course participants in the program Process and Product Design is multidisciplinary and of an international nature. The design project for a company ensures that the course participants solve problems that actually need solving. All the elements of multidisciplinarity: structure of knowledge and skills, teamwork and practice-based design projects enable an easy transition to professional practice. You will be coached by experienced design engineers from industry and by TU/e staff with clear and relevant design experience. You will acquire independence and learn to make choices and work well in a project-based manner.
