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52-575: The university was founded in 1961 as Technische Hogeschool Twente ( THT ). After Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology , it became the third polytechnic institute in the Netherlands to become a university. The institution was later renamed to Universiteit Twente (University of Twente) in 1986, as the result of the changes in the Dutch Academic Education Act in 1984. The Dutch government's decision to locate

104-469: A collection of documents, exhibits and memorabilia of two scientists historically connected with the university. Mineralogy-geology museum is a part of TU Delft Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences and contains around 200,000 geological , mineralogical and crystallographical items divided into numerous sub-collections. The oldest items date back to 1842 when the TU Delft (then Delft Royal Academy )

156-552: A three-year study. The test project finalizes the BSc studies. All BSc programmes are taught in Dutch, except for Aerospace Engineering , Applied Earth Sciences, Nanobiology, and Computer Science, which are taught entirely in English, and Electrical Engineering which is taught in a mixture of both. TU Delft offers around 40 MSc programmes. The MSc studies take two years to complete. TU Delft uses

208-459: Is a member of several university federations, including the IDEA League , CESAER , UNITECH International , ENHANCE Alliance, LDE, and 4TU . Delft University of Technology was founded on 8 January 1842 by William II of the Netherlands as Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade . One of the purposes of the academy

260-547: Is a successor of Technical Exhibition Center. Technical Exhibition Center was established by a group of TU Delft professors with the aim of presenting the recent advances in technology to a wider audience. Parts of the collection were shown outside of Delft: in the Netherlands and abroad, including Israel and Czech Republic . The collection was permanently hosted in the building of former department of geodesy . The historical collections of Technical Exhibition Center were moved Delft Museum of Technology, located at Ezelsveldlaan, in

312-859: Is also one of the founders of Novel-T, formerly Stichting Kennispark Twente , a startup accelerator and support program for university spin-offs. Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology ( TU Delft ; Dutch : Technische Universiteit Delft ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university , located in Delft , The Netherlands . It specializes in engineering , technology , computing , design , and natural sciences . With eight faculties and multiple research institutes , TU Delft educates around 27,000 students ( undergraduate and postgraduate ), and employs more than 3,500 doctoral candidates and close to 4,500 teaching, research, support and management staff (including more than 1,300 faculty members of all academic ranks in

364-488: Is an energy-producing building within the campus of Delft which aims at energy conservation to delve into the future. Echo won the prestigious World Prix Versailles (Campuses category) in 2023. In September 2016, TU Delft inaugurated a new campus in The Hague . The MSc programme Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA), which teaches students to operate at the intersection of technology and policy when tackling wicked problems ,

416-558: Is available on TU Delft website. Kennispark Twente Kennispark Twente (English: Knowledge Park Twente ) is a business park in the city of Enschede , Netherlands , adjacent to the public research university, University of Twente . The primary goal of Kennispark Twente is supporting startups , industrial companies and creating a business climate for high tech businesses. The Kennispark Twente ecosystem comprises more than 400 companies and institutions, employing over 5000 innovation workers and entrepreneurs. In March 2017,

468-740: Is run entirely by students, manages several premises, including the student social centre (De Pakkerij) and study centre (Wallstreet) in Enschede and The Water sports complex on the Twentekanaal . According to the Times Higher Education Ranking , the University of Twente is considered one of the 200 most prestigious universities globally. The university performed particularly strongly in the Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 2021 ranking. Here,

520-520: The European Credit Transfer System , where each year MSc students are required to obtain 60 ECTS points. An honours track exists for motivated MSc students, who obtained a mark of 7.5 or higher (in Dutch grading scale ) and did not fail any courses. This track, associated with 30 ECTS points, is taken alongside the regular MSc programme and must be related to student's regular degree courses or

572-448: The Aula. The TU Delft Library, constructed in 1997, was designed by Delft-based Mecanoo architecture bureau. It is located behind university aula . The roof of the library is covered with grass, which serves as a natural insulation. The structure lifts from the ground on one side allowing to walk to the top of the building. The library is topped by the steel cone, giving its unique shape. All

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624-611: The Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicron Technology, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Materials innovation institute, Astrodynamics and Space Missions, Delft University Wind Energy Research Institute, TU Delft Safety and Security Institute, and the Delft Space Institute, Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics is also an important research institute which connects all engineering departments with respect to research and academia. A complete list of research schools

676-550: The Hague region as well as Institute of Applied Sciences in Rijswijk, transferred to Delft, close to the location of the university, at the square between Rotterdamseweg and Leeghwaterstraat. In 2007 the three Dutch technical universities, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and University of Twente , established a federation , called 3TU . On 13 May 2008, the building of the Faculty of Architecture

728-581: The Mekelpark. It was designed by architect Vera Yanovshtchinsky and opened to TU Delft students and staff in 1995. Since then it has undergone expansions and renovations. Three musea are associated with the university: Science Centre Delft, Mineralogy-geology museum and Beijerinck en Kluyver archive. Science Centre Delft was opened in September 2010 and is located at Mijnbouwstraat 120 in Delft. Science Center Delft

780-664: The Netherlands ). The university was established on 8 January 1842 by King William II as a royal academy, with the primary purpose of training civil servants for work in the Dutch East Indies . The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1864 and an institute of technology (making it a full-fledged university) in 1905. It changed its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986. Dutch Nobel laureates Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff , Heike Kamerlingh Onnes , and Simon van der Meer have been associated with TU Delft. TU Delft

832-434: The TU Delft education system is divided into three tiers: the bachelor's degree , master's degree , and doctorate . The academic year is divided into two semesters: the first semester from September until January and the second semester from the end of January until July. Most of the lectures are available through OpenCourseWare . As of 2016 , TU Delft offers 16 BSc programmes. TU Delft students obtain their degree after

884-489: The University of Twente range from business administration and psychology to applied physics , engineering and biomedical technology . In the applied sciences, the emphasis is on nanotechnology , process technology, engineering, information and communication technology , and the biomedical sciences . So far, the UT has produced over 1,000 spin-off companies and start-up companies ; more than any other Dutch university. UT

936-518: The University of Twente; each faculty is in turn organized into several departments: Next to the programmes administered by the faculties mentioned above, University College Twente offers the broad honours BSc programme in Technology and Liberal Arts and Sciences, or ATLAS for short, and the Twente Graduate School offers post graduate education (PhD and PDEng). Since 2019, this study is part of

988-480: The buildings of the former department of naval architecture ( Werktuig- en Scheepsbouwkunde ), next to the city center of Delft. As Delft city council together with TU Delft decided to move the collection close to the university campus (currently the building of the former museum are transformed into lofts ), Science Centre Delft shows visitors current TU Delft research projects are available, including Eco Runner and Nuna . Beijerinck en Kluyver archive hosts

1040-818: The buildings set on the side of the river Schie , in the Wippolder district. Student organizations grew together with the university. The first to be established on 22 March 1848 is the Delftsch Studenten Corps housed in the distinctive Sociëteit Phoenix on the Phoenixstraat. This was followed by the Delftsche Studenten Bond (est. 30 October 1897) and the KSV Sanctus Virgilius (est. 2 March 1898). In 1917, Proof Garden for Technical Plantation ( Dutch : Cultuurtuin voor Technische Gewassen )

1092-531: The campus, making the newly created park a safer place for bicycles and pedestrians. A new university neighborhood called Mekelpark (its name commemorating TH Delft professor and WW II resistance fighter, Jan Mekel, who was executed by the Nazis on 2 May 1942 in Sachsenhausen ) was opened on 5 July 2009. Mekelpark replaced old parking structures, bike lanes and filling stations , constructed between faculty buildings of

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1144-432: The coming years. According to Keuzegids Universiteiten , the most significant national university ranking, the University of Twente is the best technical university in the Netherlands. The current rector magnificus of the university is professor Tom Veldkamp. The other two members of the executive board are Vinod Subramaniam (president of the executive board) and Machteld Roos (vice-president) There are five faculties at

1196-729: The committee returns to the room where the defense was held, and if the doctorate is granted the promoter presents the laudation praising the new doctor . The entire ceremony is chaired by the rector or a representative. TU Delft also offers Professional Doctorate in Engineering . TU Delft has three officially recognized research institutes : Research Institute for the Built Environment, International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar, and Reactor Institute Delft . In addition to those three institutes, TU Delft hosts numerous smaller research institutes, including

1248-468: The committee. Sometimes the candidate is accompanied by one or two paranymphs , who theoretically might help defend a question asked by a committee member. The defense is ended by the pedel , who enters the room and says in Latin Hora est ( It is time ), stamping the university staff on the floor. The committee then moves to a separate room to decide whether to grant the candidate a doctorate or not. Then

1300-465: The country's third technical university in Enschede, the main city of Twente , had much to do with the north-eastern province's rich manufacturing industry (textiles, metal, electrical engineering, chemicals). Another important consideration was the fact that the local economy needed a boost to compensate for the dwindling textile industry. The municipality of Enschede made the Drienerlo estate available for

1352-402: The course of the years the logo of the TU Delft changed a number of times, along with its official name. The current logo is based on the three university colors cyan, black and white. The letter "T" bears a stylized flame on top, referring to the flame that Prometheus brought from Mount Olympus to the people, against the will of Zeus . Because of this, Prometheus is sometimes considered as

1404-442: The doctoral candidate must prove capability for performing research on a doctoral level. The candidate must pass the evaluation performed at the end of the year by his/her promoter in order to continue doing research the following three years. The research the candidate performs must be finalized by submitting a doctoral thesis . The thesis is evaluated by a doctoral committee composed of TU Delft professors and external opponents. Once

1456-488: The faculty ITC. The University of Twente has the following faculties with corresponding bachelor- and master programmes: BMS (Behavioural, Management & Social Sciences) ET (Engineering Technology) EEMCS (Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science) (a.k.a. EWI) ST (Science and Technology) (a.k.a. TNW) ITC ( International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation ) The degree programs at

1508-464: The first campus University of the Netherlands. The University of Twente was built on the former country estate of Drienerlo, situated between Hengelo and Enschede. The 140-hectare estate consists of woodland, meadows and water. Architects Van Tijen and Van Embden designed the first — and so far only — Dutch campus university along American lines where students and staff live, work and pursue their leisure activities on campus. The Student Union, which

1560-415: The first engineer, and is an important symbol for the university. His statue stood in the center of the newly renovated TU Delft campus, Mekelpark, until it was stolen in 2012. Initially, all of the university buildings were located in the historic city centre of Delft. This changed in the second half of the 20th century with relocations to a separate university neighbourhood. The last university building in

1612-674: The historic Wijnhavenkwartier , was converted into Campus The Hague in 2016. In 2023, TU Delft announced plans to further expand its footprint in The Hague by launching a joint university facility with Leiden University at Spui , set to open in 2025. This new location is expected to accommodate around 600 TU Delft students in the city centre of The Hague. TU Delft comprises eight faculties. These are (official Dutch name and faculty abbreviation are given in brackets; departments by faculty are listed): There are also two Research Institutes: Since 2004,

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1664-480: The historic centre of Delft was the university library, which was relocated to a new building in 1997. On 12 September 2006, the design of the new university neighbourhood, Mekelpark, was officially approved, giving a green light to the transformation of the area around the Mekelweg (the main road on the university terrain) into a new campus heart. The new park replaced the main access road and redirected car traffic around

1716-482: The historical city center of Delft. The relatively new building of Material Sciences department was sold, later demolished in 2007 to give place for a newly built building of the Haagse Hogeschool . Closer cooperation between TU Delft and Dutch universities of applied sciences resulted in physical transition of some of the institutes from outside to Delft. In September 2009 many institutes of applied sciences from

1768-417: The increasing needs of systematized development of tropical agriculture in then Dutch colony of Dutch East Indies . Over 7000 different species of plants, including tropical and subtropical plants, herbs , and ornamental plants cover the area of almost 2.5 ha. Furthermore, more than 2000 unique species are preserved in university's greenhouses . All facilities of TU Delft botanical garden are open to

1820-401: The increasing number of students, in 1974 the first Reception Week for First Year Students ( Ontvangst Week voor Eerstejaars Studenten , OWEE) was established, which has become a TU Delft tradition since then. On 1 September 1986, the Delft Institute of Technology officially changed its name to Delft University of Technology, underlining the quality of the education and research provided by

1872-403: The institution. In the course of further expansion, in 1987 Delft Top Tech institute was established, which provided a professional master education in management for people working in technology-related companies. On 1 September 1997, the 13 faculties of the TU Delft were merged into 9, to improve the management efficiency of the growing university. In the early 1990s, because the vast majority of

1924-443: The name of the school to Technical College (Institute) of Delft ( Technische Hoogeschool Delft , from 1934 Technische Hogeschool Delft ), emphasizing the academic quality of the education. Polytechnic was granted university rights and was allowed to award academic degrees. The number of students reached 450 around that time. The official opening of the new school was attended by Queen Wilhelmina on 10 July 1905. First dean of

1976-472: The newly established college was ir. J. Kraus, hydraulic engineer . In 1905, the first doctoral degree was awarded. From 1924 until the construction of the new campus in 1966, the ceremonies were held in the Saint Hippolytus Chapel . Corporate rights were granted to the college on 7 June 1956. Most of the university buildings during that time were located within Delft city centre, with some of

2028-587: The public. Building 28 is the main building of Computer Science on campus. It hosts research groups of Intelligent Systems and Software Technology departments, educational and research labs, student study areas, meeting rooms, and the support staff of Computer Science. Along with Delft, UNStudio developed the 'Echo' building on the TU campus for interfaculty lecture halls and project rooms, student study areas, Computer Science (Cybersecurity section and Sequential Decision Making section) research offices, and meeting rooms. It

2080-446: The role of technology in society . The honours track must be completed within the time allowed for the MSc programme. MSc programmes are also offered through the 3TU federation, Erasmus Mundus programmes, IDEA League joint MSc programs and QuTech Academy. Doctoral studies at TU Delft are divided into two phases. The first phase, lasting one year, serves as a trial period during which

2132-403: The rules of secondary education . On 20 June 1864, Royal Academy in Delft was disbanded by a Royal Decree, giving a way to a Polytechnic School of Delft ( Politechnische School te Delft ). The newly formed school educated engineers of various fields and architects, much needed during the rapid industrialization period in the 19th century. Yet another Act, passed on 22 May 1905, changed

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2184-414: The students of the university were male, an initiative to increase the number of female students resulted in founding a separate emancipation commission. As a result, Girls Study Technology ( Meiden studeren techniek ) days were established. In later years the responsibilities of the commission were distributed over multiple institutes. Since 2006 all buildings of the university are located outside of

2236-428: The thesis has been revised and comments have been taken into account, the candidate gives a formal doctoral defense. In contrast to US graduate school, other duties such as following lectures and giving TAs form only a small portion of the programme. The doctoral defense is of ceremonial nature and is held in the senate room. It lasts exactly one hour, during which the doctoral candidate must answer all questions from

2288-425: The university in the late 1950s. Its 832-meter-long promenade eased the commute between faculty buildings. Both sides of the promenade are covered by stone benches, 1547 meters long in total. Some of the university buildings around the Mekelpark deserve certain attention. TU Delft Aula was designed by Van den Broek en Bakema architecture bureau, founded by two TU Delft alumni Jo van den Broek and Jaap Bakema . It

2340-503: The university was ranked eleventh in the world rankings. At the same time, psychology and social sciences also performed well, receiving 101–125 in the world rankings. In the Shanghai Ranking 2021, the University of Twente's Geoinformation and Earth Observation Sciences were awarded. In the field of remote sensing, the university landed among the top ten universities in the world. The commitment in this area will be further expanded in

2392-474: The walls are completely filled with glass. The library won the Dutch National Steel Prize in 1998 in the buildings of steel and hybrid constructions category. The library is also host of the 4TU.Centre for Research Data, the archive for research data in the technical sciences in the Netherlands. The TU Delft Sports and Culture Center, recently renamed X, is located at Mekelweg 10, at the edge of

2444-399: Was destroyed by fire, presumed caused by a short circuit in a coffee machine due to a ruptured water pipe. Luckily, the architecture library, containing several thousands of books and maps, as well as many architecture models, including chairs by Gerrit Rietveld and Le Corbusier , were saved. The Faculty of Architecture is currently housed in the university's former main building. Through

2496-450: Was established by Gerrit van Iterson , which today is known as Botanical Garden of TU Delft. In that period, a first female professor, Toos Korvezee, was appointed. After the end of World War II, TU Delft increased its rapid academic expansion. Studium Generale was established at all universities in the Netherlands, including TU Delft, to promote a free and accessible knowledge related to culture, technology, society and science. Because of

2548-406: Was established. TU Delft botanical garden dates back to 1917, where Proof Garden for Technical Plantation ( Dutch : Cultuurtuin voor Technische Gewassen ) was established by Gerrit van Iterson Jr., TU Delft graduate and assistant to Martinus Beijerinck . Gerrit van Iterson Jr. was the first director of the garden until 1948. Creation of botanical gardens at TU Delft was partially a result of

2600-505: Was officially opened on 6 January 1966 by Dutch Prime Minister Jo Cals . It is a classical example of a structure built in Brutalist style. TU Delft Aula, which symbolically opens the Mekelpark, houses main university restaurant and store, as well as lecture halls , auditoria , congress center, and administrative offices of the university. All doctoral promotion , honoris causa ceremonies, as well as academic senate meetings take place in

2652-585: Was relocated to this new site to capitalize on its proximity to government ministries, international bodies, and multinational organizations. TU Delft operates the 5th floor of the Wijnhaven Building at Turfmarkt 99 in The Hague, with the rest of the building being occupied by Leiden University . Originally the Ministry of the Interior 's headquarters at Schedeldoekshaven 200, the Wijnhaven Building, named after

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2704-469: Was to educate civil servants for the colonies of the Dutch East India Company . The first director of the academy was Antoine Lipkens, constructor of the first Dutch optical telegraph , called simply as Lipkens. Royal Academy had its first building located at Oude Delft 95 in Delft. On 23 May 1863 an Act was passed imposing regulations on technical education in the Netherlands, bringing it under

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