The Advanced Sensor Applications (Honours) Bachelor became an Honours Programme in September 2010. HIT’s Honours Programme is part of the wider Hanze Honours College, whereby 0.5% of talented Hanze University students are able to join honours programmes, by undertaking additional assignments. HIT is well-known for its excellent level of education and student satisfaction. This, in turn, means HIT holds a prestigious and unique position within the Hanze University Groningen, as all HIT’s bachelor students are honours students. To fulfil the honours status, students must complete three additional assignments alongside the regular curriculum. These assignments create a platform for students to demonstrate organisational, leadership and community skills.

Proving their creativity and ingenuity, 4th Year HIT students Christopher Gull, Jorn Salomons and Sjoerd Bakker took up the challenge of promoting and explaining HIT’s Honours Programme to the outside world. The group interviewed a number of fellow students about the specific assignments they had completed and made a short film of testimonials. The examples chosen are very interesting and diverse and show the dedication and enthusiasm of the students. It also becomes clear that the Honours Programme is an important part of daily life at HIT and that the assignments give students many valuable experiences and skills they would not gain from a traditional engineering degree. Planning events, designing competitions, cooperating with professional organisations and companies on new projects, working with the community and creating fun workshops for schools are just the tip of the iceberg. The video begins with an introduction by HIT’s Honours Programme Co-ordinator, Mrs Eti de Vries, who has pioneered the Honours Programme since HIT opened in 2008.