Henrik from the Netherlands
Personal information
- Name: Henrik Jütte
- Age: 21
- Country of origin: the Netherlands
- Current residence: Delft
- Likes to do hockey and to go to the gym
Hi, future master students! This short story will be about my process of choosing a master programme and my experience with Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM). I hope it is helpful for your own choice of a master programme and that it might spark some interest in CoSEM.
My name is Henrik Jütte and I am 21 years old. I grew up in Delft and have been living here for 21 years. In my free time I like to play field hockey and go to the gym. I go the TU Delft university gym called X, it has a very nice atmosphere and I would recommend everyone to check out the different classes X has to offer. After finishing high school I chose to do the System Engineering and Policy Analysis (Technische Bestuurskunde) bachelor in Delft. While following this bachelor programme I found the law courses to be especially interesting, which led to me starting a pre-master in Law in the third year of my bachelor.
While starting the pre-master and finishing my bachelor I was still in doubt about my master programme. I attended the different events hosted by TU Delft and narrowed down my options to CoSEM and Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA). These two masters are closely related and have a similar set of courses. I came to the conclusion that these two masters were where my interest lies, because they both followed up nicely after my bachelor. I really enjoyed the mix of technical courses and social courses, which can be found in both of the masters. In the end I chose CoSEM because it focuses more on governance and is located in Delft. EPA is located in The Hague, which is also a very nice city, but I prefer the Delft campus.
After following some CoSEM courses I have to state that I am very content with my choice. CoSEM continues the multidisciplinary nature of my bachelor's degree. In the first quarter of CoSEM you have to choose a domain to further specialize, so I chose the Energy domain (there are two more domains, Transport & Logistics and Information & Communication). This means that a third of my courses are within my domain. For me this is also what makes CoSEM such a complete degree. You have a wide array of multidisciplinary courses, such as economics, law, energy market design, statistics and multi actor decision making.
After finishing CoSEM I hope to combine my passion for technology and law to work within the socio-technical field. CoSEM plays an important role in this, because it not only provides hard technical knowledge, but also the necessary skills to implement technical solutions in a world that is not purely technical. If this sounds like something that interests you, CoSEM could be the programme for you!
If you have any questions, want some more clarification or anything else, do not hesitate to contact me.