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'Delft University of Technology', ('Technische Universiteit Delft' in Dutch) in Delft, the Netherlands, is the largest, and most comprehensive technical university in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). In the Netherlands, it is considered to be among the most prestigious universities focusing on technology development, whose aerospace engineering, electrical engineering and hydraulic engineering are, according to the Dutch, on the leading level of the world. It is a member of the IDEA League.

Contents

History

Campus

Faculties

Education

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs

Institutes

Rectores Magnifici

Student societies

Notable Alumni

Engineering/Science

Government officials and executives

References

External links

History

The university was founded on the 8th of January, 1842 by King William II of the Netherlands as the ''Koninklijke Akademie ter opleiding van burgerlijke ingenieurs zoo voor 's lands dienst als voor de nijverheid en van kweekelingen voor den handel'' (''Royal Academy for the education of civil engineers for both service to the country and diligence''). On the 20th of June the Royal Academy was dissolved by Royal Decree and a Polytechnic School was to be founded in Delft. On the 22nd of May, 1905 it received the name ''Technische Hogeschool van Delft'' (''Delft Technical College'') by law, thereby becoming an academic and doctoral institution. Around this time there were approximately 450 students. On the 25th of September, 1985 it was decided by law to change the name to ''Technische Universiteit Delft'' (''Delft University of Technology'').

Campus

Initially, all 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 the historic centre was the University Library, which was relocated to a new building in 1997. On the 12th of September 2006 the design of the Mekelpark was officially approved^[7], giving a green light to the transformation of the area around the Mekelweg (the main road on the university terrain) into a new campus hart: the Mekelpark^[8]. The new park will replace the main access road and redirect car traffic around the campus, making the newly created park a more safe for bicycles and pedestrians. The completion of the project is due at the end of 2008.

Faculties

The Delft University of Technology comprises eight faculties:^[9]

★ 3mE; Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

★ BK; Architecture

★ CiTG; Civil Engineering and Geosciences

★ EWI; Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

★ IO; Industrial Design Engineering

★ LR; Aerospace Engineering

★ TBM; Technology, Policy and Management

★ TNW; Applied Sciences

Education

Undergraduate Programs

All undergraduate programs lead to a B.Sc. degree.

★ Aerospace Engineering

★ Applied Earth Science

★ Applied Mathematics

★ Applied Physics

★ Architecture

★ Civil Engineering

★ Computer Science

★ Electrical Engineering

★ Industrial Design Engineering

★ Life Science & Technology

★ Marine Technology

★ Mechanical Engineering

★ Molecular Science & Technology

★ Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management

Graduate Programs

The university offers the following graduate programs (sorted by faculty). All programs lead to a M.Sc. degree.

★ Aerospace Engineering

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★ Aerospace Engineering

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★ Geomatics

★ Applied Sciences

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★ Applied Physics

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★ Biochemical Engineering

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★ Chemical Engineering

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★ Life Science & Technology

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★ NanoScience

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★ Science Education & Communication

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★ Teacher programme (TULO)

★ Architecture

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★ Architecture

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★ Building Technology

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★ Real Estate & Housing

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★ Urbanism

★ Civil Engineering and Geosciences

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★ Applied Earth Sciences

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★ Civil Engineering

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★ Geomatics

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★ Offshore Engineering

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★ Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

★ Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

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★ Applied Mathematics

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★ Computer Engineering

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★ Computer Science

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★ Electrical Engineering

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★ Electrical Power Engineering (track)

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★ Microelectronics (track)

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★ Telecommunications (track)

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★ Embedded Systems

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★ Media & Knowledge Engineering

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★ Bioinformatics (track)

★ Industrial Design Engineering

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★ Design for Interaction

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★ Integrated Product Design

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★ Strategic Product Design

★ Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

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★ Biomedical Engineering

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★ Marine Technology

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★ Materials Science & Engineering

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★ Mechanical Engineering

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★ Offshore Engineering

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★ Systems & Control

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★ Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

★ Technology, Policy and Management

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★ Engineering & Policy Analysis

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★ Geomatics

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★ Management of Technology

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★ Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management

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★ Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

Institutes

The Delft University of Technology has the following legally recognised research institutes:

★ Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicron Technology (DIMES)

★ International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar (IRCTR)[1]

★ Kavli Institute of Nanoscience

★ Netherlands Institute of Metals Research (NIMR)

★ Reactor Institute Delft (RID) (former Interfacultary Reactor Institute)

★ The Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies (OTB)

Rectores Magnifici

★ 1993 - 1997: Prof.ir. K.F. Wakker

★ 1997 - 1998: Prof.dr.ir. J. Blauwendraad

★ 1998 - 2002: Prof.ir. K.F. Wakker

★ 2002 - present: Prof.dr.ir. J.T. Fokkema

Student societies

Part of student life in Delft is organised in student societies. About half of the Delft students are members.^[10] The list includes:

★ AEGEE-Delft

★ Civitas Studiosorum Reformatorum

★ CSFR, dispuut "Johannes Calvijn"

★ Delftsch Studenten Corps

★ Delftsche Studenten Bond

★ Delftsche Zwervers

★ DSV Nieuwe Delft, better known as De Bolk

★ Laga

★ Menschen Vereeniging Wolbodo

★ OJV de Koornbeurs

★ Outsite

★ Proteus-Eretes

★ Sanctus Virgilius

★ Sint Jansbrug

★ s.v. Life

★ Technologisch Gezelschap

★ VSV Leonardo da Vinci
For PhD students (or better, PhD candidates), there is a special organisation representing the interests of PhD candidates at TU Delft:

★ Promood, PROMOvendi Overleg Delft
There's also a students' union in Delft:

★ VSSD, Vereniging voor Studie- en Studentenbelangen te Delft

Notable Alumni

Engineering/Science

★ Lodewijk van den Berg, Space Shuttle astronaut

★ Dirk Coster, discoverd the element Hafnium

★ Herman Hertzberger, architect

★ Jacobus van 't Hoff, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Alexandre Horowitz, inventor of the Philishave

★ Walter Lewin, professor of physics at MIT

★ Simon van der Meer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics

★ Jan Arnoldus Schouten, mathematician

★ Bernard Tellegen, scientist and inventor of the penthode and gyrator

★ Johan van Veen, father of the Delta Works

Government officials and executives

★ Jan van Bemmel, former rector magnificus Erasmus Universiteit

★ Wim Dik, former executive for KPN

★ Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani scientist and spy

★ Anton Mussert, Dutch politician

★ Cornelis Lely, governor of Suriname and projectleader for the Afsluitdijk

★ Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau

★ Gerard Philips, founder of Philips

★ Frits Philips, former executive of Philips

★ Jo Ritzen, former Dutch Secretary for Education

★ Willem Schermerhorn, first Dutch Prime Minister after WWII

★ Paul Smits, former executive of KPN

★ Jeroen van der Veer, executive of Royal Dutch Shell

★ Karien van Gennip, former assitant secretary of Economy

★ Pieter Winsemius,former secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment

References

1. TU Delft: History of the university
2. TU Delft - Jaarverslagen
3. TU Delft: Structure of organization
4. TU Delft: Structure of organization
5. Over TU Delft - Feiten en Cijfers - Beknopt overzicht
6. Personeel TU Delft
7. Mekelweg wordt Mekelpark
8. [http://virtual.tudelft.nl/ Mekelpark in 3D
9. Delft University of Technology: Faculties
10. http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=41b57d17-a161-46f2-83f3-8f56fa843261&lang=nl

External links

★ Delft University of Technology homepage.

★ Delft University of Technology homepage

★ Promood, the representative body of PhDs at TU Delft

★ VSSD, Delft's students' union