Delft University of Technology

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Delft University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Delft

Established	1842
Type	Public, technical
Rector	Prof.dr.ir. J.T. Fokkema
President	ir. G.J. van Luijk
Staff	2,100
Students	13,497
Location	Delft, The Netherlands
Website	http://www.tudelft.nl/

Founded in 1842, the Delft University of Technology, in Delft, the Netherlands, is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive technical university in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). The university is a member of the IDEA League.

Contents 1 Faculties 2 Institutes 3 Student societies 4 External links

[edit] Faculties

TU Delft comprises eight faculties:

• lr; Aerospace Engineering
• tnw; Applied Sciences (including Applied Physics ,Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Life Science and Technology)
• bk; Architecture
• citg; Civil Engineering and Geosciences
• ewi; Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
• io; Industrial Design Engineering
• 3mE; Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
• tbm; Technology, Policy and Management

[edit] Institutes

TU Delft has the following legally-recognised research institutes:

• Reactor Institute Delft (RID) (former Interfacultary Reactor Institute)
• The Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies (OTB)
• Kavli Institute of Nanoscience
• Netherlands Institute of Metals Research (NIMR)
• Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicron Technology (DIMES)
• International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar (IRCTR)[1]

[edit] Student societies

Student life in Delft is mostly organised in student societies. Most Delft students are a member in one or another. They include:

• Delftsch Studenten Corps
• VSV Leonardo da Vinci
• Sanctus Virgilius
• Delftsche Studenten Bond
• Sint Jansbrug
• Civitas Studiosorum Reformatorum
• CSFR, dispuut "Johannes Calvijn"
• Proteus-Eretes
• OJV de Koornbeurs
• Menschen Vereeniging Wolbodo
• DSV Nieuwe Delft, better known as De Bolk
• Laga
• AEGEE-Delft
• Delftsche Zwervers
• Outsite

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

[edit] External links

• Delft University of Technology homepage (in English).
• Delft University of Technology homepage (in Dutch)
• Promood, the representative body of PhDs at TU Delft
• VSSD, Delft's students' union

Universities in the Netherlands (list)

University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam Free University | Delft University of Technology | Eindhoven University of Technology | Groningen University | Kampen Theological University | Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Church (Liberated) | Leiden University | Maastricht University | Nijmegen Radboud University | Nyenrode Business University | Open University | Rotterdam Erasmus University | University of Tilburg | University of Twente | Utrecht University | University for Humanistics | Wageningen University