All programs work closely together with high-tech industry, offering trainees the opportunity to participate in large-scale, interdisciplinary design projects.
Participation in a program that awards the abbreviation EngD requires either a Master's degree in a related field[1] or an accredited B.Sc.
degree (at least three years and 180 ECTS) in computer science (or a strongly related scientific or engineering discipline) combined with min.
[4] The CCTO's main goal is to ensure that such degrees hold to the high standards established by both academia and industry.
The Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng) name owes its existence to the adoption of the Bachelor/Master (Ba/Ma) degree system after the Bologna Process.
While most Dutch universities adopted the Ba/Ma system in 2001, the PDEng was known as the official Master of Technical Design (MTD) degree until 2004.