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DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Located in Delft, Netherlands

  • Motto: "Challenge the future"

  • Students: 26 417 (2023)

  • Doctoral candidates: 3000 (2023)

  • Staff: 4000+ (2023)

  • Rector: Prof.Dr.Ir. T.H.J.J. Tim van der Hagen

  • Founded in 1842 by William II. Of the Netherlands as Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers

  • 1864 – 1905 Polytechnical School

  • 1905 – 1986 Institute of Technology (emphasizing the quality of education)

  • 1986 – now Delft University of Technology

DEGREE PROGRAMMES:

BACHELOR

  • 16 programmes

  • 3-year courses

  • Finalized by a test project

  • Most taught in Dutch: Civil Engineering, Applied Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Clinical Technology...

  • English courses: Aerospace Engineering, Applied Earth Sciences, Nanobiology, Computer Science

 

MASTER

  • 40 programmes

  • 2 year courses

  • Uses the European Credit Transfer System

  • Also offered through Erasmus Mundus, 3TU federation, Idea League

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  • Most taught in English: Nanobiology, Robotics, Sustainable Energy Technology, Technical Medicine

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ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

  • Nobel Prize awarded: Jacobus van Hoff (Chemistry – work with solutions), Simon van der Meer (Physics – work on stochastic cooling)

  • Affiliated with TU: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (studies related to liquefaction of helium)

  • Mathematics: Jan Arnoldus Schouten (tensor calcucus)

  • Chemist: Willem Alberda van Ekenstein

  • Computer science: Adriaan van Haartsen (developer of Bluetooth)

  • Political: Abdul Quadeer Khan (father of Pakistan nuclear programme)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • University park: Mekelpark

  • Aula designed by Van den Broek en Bakema

  • Library, located behind the Aula (roof covered in grass)

  • Delft Musea: Science Centre Draft, Mineralogy-geology museum, Beijenrinck en Kluyver archive

  • Botanical garden

  • Building 28 (main), Building 29 (Echo)

  • Many sports activities, cultural and social activities

  • Diverse and inclusive environment

  • Sustainably developing campus

  • Workshops and student psychologists for mental wellbeing

  • Various restaurants and coffee shops

  • Fun and games

  • The majority is accessible to disabilities

REQUIREMENTS:

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