The Technical University in Delft (TU Delft) was founded in 1842 by King Willem II. Back in the day it was called the ‘Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade’. Quite a mouthful. Only 20 years later it was decided by law that the academy had to make place for a ‘Polytechnic School’ where architects and engineers were being educated. This went on for about 40 years until the name and purpose of the school changed again in 1905. It became an ‘Institute of Technology’ and an official act acknowledged the academic level of the school . In 1986 the school became a real university: the Delft University of Technology, which made the academic level visible to all inhabitants of the Netherlands. Nowadays, the university still has the same name and a reputation for its high quality education on technical subjects.
Level of education
The TU Delft offers education on research university level. Its high quality academic education is focused on research. However, everything you learn during your lectures will be applied in projects where you will work in a team. In short, you will receive high quality education at research university level and will be able to apply the knowledge during projects. When you’ve finished the programme you will be awarded a BSc or MSc degree.
Scholarships
The TU Delft offers several scholarships for excellent students. If you want to know more about the scholarships or how to apply for them, visit this website.
International student programs
The university of Delft offers an introduction week for new students during the last week of August. Here you will have the opportunity to get to know your fellow students and the city of Delft. You will start with a meet and greet and the Schiphol airport. This way you will not have to find the way to the city yourself, but you will get some help. Furthermore, during this week you will get help with insurances, registrations and bank accounts. But the most important thing of the week is getting to know the university, the city and the social life. This assures you that you will have a great start of your stay abroad. For more information on services for international students at the TU Delft visit this website.
Information on international students
In 2010, the TU Delft had a total of 17037 students of which 2640 students were international. This means that approximately 15% of the students were from abroad.
Courses at TU Delft
TU Delft offers both bachelor and master programmes. However, for international students the master programmes are most interesting while the bachelor programmes are mostly taught in Dutch (except for the Aerospace Engineering programme). All master programmes are taught in English so you will have no problem following these. We have listed the master programmes which are taught in English below, so you can see whether TU Delft has to offer you what you are looking for:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Earth Sciences
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
- Biochemical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Construction Management and Engineering
- Design for Interaction
- Electrical Engineering
- Embedded Systems
- Engineering and Policy Analysis
- European Wind Energy Master
- Geographical Information Management and Applications
- Geomatics
- Industrial Ecology
- Integrated Product Design
- Life Science & Technology
- Management of Technology
- Marine Technology
- Materials Science & Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environmental Programme
- NanoScience
- Offshore Engineering
- Science Education and Communication
- Strategic Product Design
- Sustainable Energy and Technology
- Systems & Control
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