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Specialisation track of the English Bachelor's Degree Electronics-ICT

Embedded Hardware

Sint-Katelijne-Waver

English

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The control freak behind smart systems

  • Electronics and hardware are right up your street.
  • You are fascinated by smart electronic devices.
  • You are eager to learn and enjoy solving challenging problems.
  • During this course, you’ll have the opportunity to do a lot yourself.
  • You’ll develop your own hardware and web applications.
  • You’ll learn to design electrical circuits and advanced PCBs.
  • You’ll be introduced to digital signal processing and home automation.
  • You’ll discover how professional audio and video are created.
  • You’ll have free access to our machines, materials and tools.
  • Later on, you could become a hardware developer, analogue electronics designer or video technician.
  • Job security? Guaranteed. 96 per cent of students have secured a job or decided to continue their studies before graduating. 
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The programme in short

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Embedded hardware

  • This course is a full-time programme and you can graduate in three years.
  • You will take up 180 credits, divided into three phases.
  • Your classes are organised during the week as daytime classes.
  • Combine your bachelor’s thesis with an internship at a company or organisation in Belgium or abroad.
  • Start this 6-semester programme in September.

Practical information

  • Duration

    3 years

  • Where

    On campus

Programme

  • Phase 1 | In the first phase, we lay a solid foundation. You will build your first analogue and digital circuits and gain experience in programming microcontrollers. You will then apply this knowledge yourself in a project of your own choosing.
  • Phase 2 | In the Embedded Hardware specialisation, we’ll ensure that electronics holds no more secrets for you. During the Practice Enterprise 2 module, you’ll spend several months working on a project of your choice.
  • Phase 3 | In phase 3, you will learn how to develop PCBs be introduced to the possibilities of digital signal processing and home automation, and explore how professional audio and video are produced. During this final semester, you will be prepared for the world of work, and the Bachelor’s thesis will play a major role.

Below you can find an overview of the courses ( under reservation of changes), with the number of credits per phase. Credits express how many hours you need on average to process the subject matter (incl. lessons). Count about 25 to 30 hours for 1 study credit. 

  • We have explained the most important courses in a blue tooltip.  

There will be a change to the curriculum, and from the 2027–2028 academic year onwards, the programme guide will look different.

Phase 1 2 3
PROGRAMMING & TECHNOLOGY
C Programming Fundamentals i 6
Technology i 3
Electricity Fundamentals i 3
Web Engineering i 6
MYSQL & PHP i 6
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Interface Technology i 3
Digital Systems i 3 6
Embedded Fundamentals i 6
Electronics 1 i 6
Embedded Systems i 6
Digital Signal Processing i 6
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Computer Systems i 3
OS Fundamentals i 6
NETWORKS, COMMUNICATION & INDUSTRY 4.0
Network Fundamentals i 3
Phase 1 2 3
Measuring Techniques & Sensors i 6
Industrial Networks i 3
Data Communication i 6
Telecommunication i 6
Installation Technology & Domotics i 6
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ethical Entrepreneurship i 3
Projectmanagement and Communication i 3
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Practice Enterprise i 6 9
Bachelor Thesis i 30
SPECIALISATION: EMBEDDED HARDWARE
Electronics i 6 6
RF-Technology i 3
Mobile Communication i 3
Audio & Video Systems i 6
PCB Advanced i 6
This course does not start in February.

Eyecatchers

De Embedded factory op Campus De Nayer met enkele dure toestellen

Embedded factory

Campus De Nayer is the only institution in Flanders with an embedded factory lab complete with CAD tools, a Pick & Place machine, reflow ovens, drying cabinets, soldering stations and other equipment to turn your idea into an amazing end-product.

KNX certification

Immerse yourself in the world of home and building automation via the worldwide standard for smart lighting, security, water control, energy management and consumer electronics. Get your KNX certificate and add another asset to your CV! 

Makerspace

In our Doelandschap and Makerspace, you can work independently on your projects.

Experiment, build and test – whether for a school subject or for your own ideas. 

In practice

What makes our course unique is our focus on interdisciplinary project work, through which you’ll come into contact with the business world.

Right from the first year, you’ll be working on simple projects relating to electronics. In the second year of your course, you’ll choose a more complex project in an industrial and technological context or within your area of personal interest.

In the final semester, you will demonstrate the skills you have acquired through a work placement and a bachelor’s thesis at one of our partner companies in Flanders or abroad. During your work placement, you will be supervised by one or more members of staff from the company. You will also be assigned a supervising lecturer from the university college who will monitor your work placement and your bachelor’s thesis.

studenten aan de slag met hardware

Is Flanders getting a bit too small for you? Our programme is internationally benchmarked with other colleges and universities thanks to European partnership projects. Which means we have a large network that allows for study exchanges in countries such as Finland, France, Germany, Greece (Crete), Norway, the Netherlands and many more. Want to spread your wings even wider? The sky is the limit!

Don’t miss our annual International Week at Campus De Nayer where renowned international guest speakers present the latest technological developments from around the globe.

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Personal coaching

Have a question about one of your classes? Queries about your project work? Or are you simply keen on trying something new? Never hesitate to reach out to your tutors and lecturers. We prefer personal guidance and our doors are always open! Log in to your “doelandschap” to track the progress of your projects and find lecturers who can provide assistance or feedback. 

Got questions?

Programme Manager and Study Path Coordinator

Lars Struyf

For questions about the programme.

lars.struyf@thomasmore.be +32 15 68 83 94
Study Path Coach

Iris De Roover

For all your questions on your study path and your wellbeing in our programme.

iris.deroover@thomasmore.be
Admissions

Admissions Officer

For all your questions about Admissions & Application.
Available by phone 9.00 - 15.00

admissions@thomasmore.be +32 15 36 92 50

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