Eindhoven University of Technology

Eindhoven University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Motto Mens Agitat Molem
Motto in English The mind brings matter into motion[1]
Established 23 June 1956[2]
Type Public, Technical
Endowment €287.4M[3]
Rector Prof.dr. ir. C.J. van Duijn
Admin. staff 2200
Students 7100
Location Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Campus Urban, 121 ha (300 acres)
Former names Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven
Colors Red and dark blue[4]
         
Affiliations

Domestic: 3TU

International: CESAER, Santander, CLUSTER and EUA
Website www.tue.nl

The Eindhoven University of Technology (Dutch: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, abbr. TU/e) is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The motto of the university is: Mens agitat molem (The mind brings matter into motion). The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (abbr. THE). In 2011 QS World University Rankings[5] placed Eindhoven at 146th internationally, but 61st globally for Engineering & IT.

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Overview

See also: List of rectores magnifici of the Eindhoven University of Technology

The Eindhoven University of Technology was founded as the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (THE) on June 23, 1956 by the Dutch government. It was the second institute of its kind in the Netherlands, preceded only by the Delft University of Technology. It is located on its own campus in the center of Eindhoven, just north of the central station. It is currently home to about 240 professors, 7200 students, 250 PDEng-students, 600 Ph.D. students, 200 post-doc students and 3000 regular employees. It also supports about 100 student associations and 15 alumni associations.[6] Yearly, the Eindhoven University of Technology produces almost 3000 scientific publications, 140 PhD-awards, and 40 patents.

The Eindhoven University of Technology is main participant in the technological top institutes DPI and M2i. One of the former students of the university is Gerard Kleisterlee, a former CEO of Philips.

The university is located in an area where several companies active in technology are doing their research, like Philips, ASML and DAF. The university maintains close contacts with most of these companies. As of April 29, 2005, Prof.dr.ir. C.J. van Duijn has the position of rector magnificus. In 2006, the University celebrated its 50th birthday.

In a 2003 European Commission report,[7] TU/e was ranked as 3rd among European research universities (after Cambridge and Oxford, at equality with TU Munich and thus making it the highest ranked Technical University in Europe), based on the impact of its scientific research. In 'The Times Higher Education Supplement World University Ranking 2005'.[8] it was ranked 74th among world universities, and 67th in 2006.

The university operates several international cooperations with other universities all over the world; the Brain Bridge with Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China, is an example of such a cooperation. Also, the university maintains partnerships with several Dutch universities and announced a "preferred partnership" with the Universiteit Utrecht on 3 January 2011.[9]

Strategic Vision 2020

On January 3, 2011, ir. Arno Peels presented the university's strategic vision document for the period up to 2020, the "Strategic Plan 2020".[10] Despite the economic crisis and the budget cutbacks announced by the Dutch government for the period up to 2014, the university has set itself an ambitious strategic vision for the period up to 2020. This vision includes establishing a University College to foster both in-depth and wide-interest, society-interest driven education for upcoming engineers; establishing a combined Graduate School to manage the graduate programs; an increase of the student body by 50 percent; a 50 percent increase in the number of annual Ph.D graduations; an increase of knowledge valorisation to a campus-wide score of 4.2; increasing the international position of the university to within the top-100 universities; and increasing the embedding of the university within the city and the Brainport region by transforming the campus into a high-grade science park with laboratories, housing facilities for 700 students and researchers and supporting facilities. Particularly the science park park of the vision is costly, with an expected 700 million euro investment in the campus needed for realization of the plan.[11]

Organization

The Eindhoven University of Technology is a public university of the Netherlands. As such its general structure and management is determined by the Wet op het Hoger Onderwijs en Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (English: Law on Higher Education and Scientific Research). Between that law and the statutes of the university itself, the management of the university is organized according to the following chart:[12]

Executive College

The day-to-day running of the university is in the hands of the Executive College (Dutch: College van Bestuur). The College provides oversight for the departments, the service organizations and the Innovation Lab, plus the local activities of the Stan Ackermans Institute. The College consists of three people, plus a secretary:

The chairman
The chairman is the chairman of the college and the main face of the university to the outside world. Technically almost anybody can be chairman, as long as they have plenty of management experience. Over the last few years the post has been held by people from outside the university, chosen from industry top levels, in order to strengthen the ties between the university and industrial partners. The current chairman is dr.ir. Arno Peels, who was chairman of the board and CEO of Thales Nederland before being appointed chairman.
The rector magnificus
The rector magnificus is the one member of the College whose membership is mandated by law. The law allows the university to appoint a rector in any way, but the university statutes determine that the rector magnificus must be an active professor at the university (and must have been that before being appointed rector); in practice the rector is always a former department dean. The rector is the voice of the academic staff in the College and guards the academic interests of the university in the College. The current rector magnificus is prof.dr.ir. Hans van Duijn.
The third member
The third member is a "tie-breaker" member of the College. The post is open to anybody (but generally not filled by an academic staff member). The current third member is mr. Jo van Ham.
The secretary
The secretary is not a member of the College, but a university functionary who does secretarial work for the College: he keeps the minutes and the records, plus takes care of the communication between the College and the university (posting announcements and so on). The College secretary is usually the secretary for the entire university. The current secretary is Harry Roumen.

Oversight of the Executive College

There are two bodies that provide oversight over the Executive College:

Departments and service organizations

Most of the work at the university is done in the departments and the service organizations.

Both for the departments and the service organizations, the staff (and students) are involved with the running of the body. For that reason both types of bodies have advisory councils which have advisory and co-decision authorities.

TU/e Holding B.V.

Over the past two decades, the TU/e has increasingly developed commercial interests and off-campus ties. These include commercial agreements and contracts directly between the university and external companies, but also interests in spinoff companies. In order to manage these kinds of contractual obligations the university started the TU/e Holding B.V. in 1997. The Holding is a limited company, dedicated to the commercial exploitation of scientific knowledge.[13]

Education

Departments

The scientific departments (or faculties; Dutch: faculteiten) are the primary vehicles for teaching and research in the university. They employ the majority of the academic staff, are responsible for teaching and sponsor the research schools and institutions.

The vast majority of education is undergraduate education provided by the departments to students, who are adults with no other academic qualifications than a secondary education diploma. Some education is also provided to members of the postgraduate designer programs, but they are employed by the university and do not count as part of the student body.

Undergraduate education was given in four or five year programs until 2002, styled along the lines of the German system of education; graduates of these programs were granted an engineering title and allowed to prefix their name with the title ir. (an abbreviation of ingenieur; not to be confused with graduates of technical hogescholen, who were engineers abbreviated ing.). Starting in 2002, following the entry into force of the Bologna Accords, the university switched to the bachelor/master structure (students graduating in 2002 were given both an old-style engineering title and a new master's title). The undergraduate programs are now split into two programs each, a three-year bachelor program and a two-year master program. These programs are completely independent, in the sense that a bachelor can leave the university with his title and go to work, can enter a master's program at another university or continue on to the master's program of his department at the university. Of course bachelors from other universities can also enroll in the new master's programs.

The departments also offer Ph.D programs (Dutch: promotiefase) whereby a qualified master may earn a Ph.D. Unlike in anglo-saxon countries these are not educational programs, however; rather, a person working towards promotion is a research assistant, employed by the department, with teaching responsibilities in addition to his research work.

The TU/e has nine departments:

Honors programs

The university offers two honors programs for "top students": students who have proven to have a knack for studying, have the capacity to handle a higher academic load and have an interest in more depth in their programs. There are two honors programs, both aimed at the bachelor students:[14]

Honors Horizon
The Honors Horizon program (started in September 2006) is aimed at bachelor students who are interested in introducing a multidisciplinary component into their program. Honors Horizon is intended to "expand students' horizon", by offering multidisciplinary honors classes, research activities and other activities that encourage academic well-roundedness. The Horizon project is an addition to the second and third years of the bachelor program.[15]
Honors Star
The Honors Star program (started in September 2010) is complementary to the Horizon program; where Horizon is multidisciplinary, Star is aimed at providing more depth within the program of the student's own department. Activities are still being fleshed out, but are expected to include more in-depth questions in exams and more practical projects. The Star program is an addition to the full duration of the bachelor program.[16]

Qualifying students can choose between the Honors programs, or follow both at the same time.

Shared minors

As of September 2010 the university offers bachelors in their third year a minor on sustainable energy. This minor will focus on providing students with skills needed to work in the sustainable energy industry, or to start their own company in this industry. For that reason the minor is driven entirely by problems supplied by industry and knowledge institutes, which minor students must solve in multidisciplinary teams. In addition, students must come up with an innovative plan and develop a start-up company.[17]

Postgraduate designer programs

The university started a number of postgraduate designer programs together with the other Dutch technical universities in 1986. These programs are currently managed by the Stan Ackermans Institute on behalf of the 3TU Federation.[18] Each program is two years in length and graduates earn a Professional Doctorate in Engineering and may call themselves "technical designers". There are a total of eleven program active, of which eight are available at the TU/e:[19]

The post-MSc program as a whole graduated its 3.000th technical designer (Dipl.-Eng. Sissy Papatheologou, PDEng) on 16 September 2010.[20]

Other educational programs

The university hosts a number of other educational programs that are in some way related to the main educational programs. These include the teacher's program and an MBA program.

Eindhoven School of Education
Teacher's education for masters, to get their higher education teaching certificate. Also does research into educational sciences and innovation in education.
TiasNimbas
A shared MBA program with the University of Tilburg, for university graduates.
HBO minor program
Bachelor programs for students of HBO universities (four year bachelor programs), to allow them access to university master programs.

Research

The TU/e does not only host research in its departments. The TU/e participates in a large number of research institutes which balance in different ways between pure science and applied science research. Some of these institutes are bound strictly to the university, others combine research across different universities. Some have even been designated to be of national importance.

Top in research partnerships with industry

The TU/e is among the world’s ten best-performing research universities in terms of research cooperation with industry in 2011 (Number 1 in 2009). Ten to 20 percent of the scientific publications of these ten universities in the period 2006-2008 were the result of partnerships with researchers in industry. As well as TU/e and Delft University of Technology, the top 10 also includes two universities in Japan (Tokyo Institute of Technology and Keio University in Tokyo), two in Sweden (University of Gothenburg and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm), and one each in Denmark (DTU Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby), Finland (University of Helsinki), Norway (Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim) and the USA (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York).[21]

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Technological Topinstitutes

A Technological Topinstitute is a research institute that is a combined effort of different universities, commercial entities and the government. The Dutch government has identified a number of areas of research as "key areas" of vital, national interest and has commissioned a Top Institute for each of them. The TU/e hosts and manages two of them:

Research schools

The TU/e is commissioner and participant of a number of research schools:

Commissioner Participant

Off-campus activities

The TU/e plays a central role in the academic, economic and social life of Eindhoven and the surrounding region. In addition the university maintains relations with institutions far beyond that region as well and participates in national and international events (sometimes through the student body).

Economic and research motor

The TU/e is enormously important to the economy of the Eindhoven region, as well as the wider areas of Brabant Stad and the Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven. It provides highly skilled labor for the local knowledge economy and is a knowledge and research partner for technology companies in the area.

The historic basis for the university's role as an economy and research motor was the interaction with Philips. The university was founded primarily to address the need of Philips for local personnel with academic levels of education in electronics, physics, chemistry and later computer science. Later that interest spread to DAF and Royal Dutch Shell (which became the primary employer for graduates of the chemistry department). There was also a synergy with these companies in that senior personnel were hired from them to form the academic staff of the university (which led to the Eindhoven joke that the university trains the engineers and Philips trains the professors).

Changing economic times and business strategies changed the relationship during the 1980s and 1990s. As Philips started moving away from the region, its importance to the region and the university decreased. A struggle for economic survival forced the university to seek closer ties with the city and region of Eindhoven in the 1989-1995 period, resulting in the creation of the Brainport initiative to draw high tech business and industry to the region. The university started expending more effort in knowledge valorisation, in incubating technology startups, in providing direct knowledge support for local technology companies. Also the academic interests of the research shifted with the times, with more effort going into energy efficiency research, green technologies, and other areas of interest driven by social relevance (the call for better technology in the medical field, for example, led to cooperation with the Catharina Hospital and the University of Maastricht medical department and finally the creation of the Biomedical Technology department).

The TU/e is host (and in some cases also commissioner) of a number of highly successful research schools, including the ESI and the DPI. These research institutes are a source of high-tech knowledge for high-tech companies in the area, such as ASML, NXP and FEI. The university also plays a large role as knowledge and personnel supplier to other companies in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven and helps incubate startups through the Eindhoven Twinning Center. It is also a knowledge supporter of the automotive industry in the Helmond region.

In the extended region, the TU/e is part of the backbone of the Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle.[52] This economic cooperation agreement between three cities in three countries has created one of the most innovative regions in the European Union (measured in terms of money invested in technology and knowledge economy); the agreement is based on the cooperative triangle that connects the three technical universities in those cities.

Eindhoven Energy Institute

As of the summer of 2010, the TU/e is host to the Eindhoven Energy Institute (EEI). The EEI is a virtual research institute (meaning that it doesn't have any actual offices or facilities), which manages and coordinates the activities of a large number of groups and subinstitutes in the general area of sustainable and alternative energy technologies.[53]

The scientific director of the institute is prof.dr. René Borst, who is also the dean of the Mechanical Engineering department. He is pro forma head of the research department, which is split into four key areas: Built Environment (energy usage and patterns in building, headed by prof.dr.ir. Jan Hensen from the Architecture and Building Department), Future Fuels (headed by prof.dr. Philip de Goey of Mechanical Engineering), Energy Conversion (headed by prof.dr.ir. René Janssen from Chemical Engineering) and Fusion and Plasma (headed by prof.dr. Niek Lopes Cardozo from Physics). The EEI also incorporates the Graduate School on Sustainable Energy, which the TU/e had already established together with the TU Munich and DTU Lyngby. Secretarial services will be provided by the Center Technology for Sustainable Development (TDO) which also already existed at the TU/e (since 1994).[54]

Energy research at the TU/e is among the best in academic Europe (a February 2010 study by Reed Elsevier puts it second only to Imperial College London).[55] This fact, as well as the unique attention to energy in the built-up environment, drew the attention of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The EEI is now a full co-location of EIT's KIC on Sustainable Energy (InnoEnergy).[53]

International cooperation and appeal

The TU/e sets a lot of store by international contacts and cooperation. The university maintains active, academic cooperation with sister institutions in several different countries, for example:[56][57]

The TU/e also provides education to an increasing number of foreign students and graduates. According to the 2009 annual report[58] in the academic year 2008-2009 there were 490 exchange students, 103 foreign nationals registered in a bachelor program, 430 in a master program, 158 in a professional doctorate program (79% of the total). In 2009 the university employed 37 foreign professors (15.9% of the total) and 16 foreign associate professors (12.8%). Overall, 29.5% of the university staff was non-Dutch.

In 2011/2012, the TU/e has Erasmus bilateral agreements with many universities in 30 countries across Europe in a diverse range of subjects for student exchange[59].

Technological sports

In addition to the "regular" types of sports practiced among the student body and by the staff, the TU/e collaborates with the student body in a number of "technology sporting efforts". These usually take the form of cross-department projects, which makes them multidisciplinary efforts. Some examples include:

Robot football
In 2010 TechUnited, the university's robot football team, won the European Championship[60] and came second for the third time in a row at the world championship in Singapore.[61] The team is part of the Mid-Size league of RoboCup.
Auto racing
The TU/e hosts and sponsors a student race team, University Racing Eindhoven (URE). This team competes annually in the Formula Student and other races with self-built racers. Starting in 2010 the team switched from a petrol engine to an electric car; this car came third at Silverstone, second at Hockenheim and won the Formula Student in its first year.[62]

Student organizations and facilities

The university offers many different facilities for its student dy and hosts many different student organizations[63] on campus as well.

Student and study associations

There are two main types of student clubs at Dutch universities: student associations (Dutch: studentenvereniging) and study associations (Dutch: studievereninging). The first are somewhat analogous to fraternities and sororities in the United States, except that they tend to be coed. The second are linked to the departments and educational programs.

Study associations

Department Study association Alumni association
Biomedical Engineering Protagoras Willem Einthoven
Architecture, Building and Planning Cheops VEBI
Electrical Engineering Thor EDUNA
Industrial Design Lucid Not yet incorporated
Chemical Engineering T.S.V. 'Jan Pieter Minckelers' VSI
Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences Intermate/Industria VBI/ITEM
Applied Physics SVTN "J.D. van der Waals" VENI
Mechanical Engineering W.S.V. Simon Stevin WIE/ASE/Schoone Leij
Mathematics and Computer Science Studievereniging GEWIS WIRE/VIE

Student associations

There are three main student associations associated with the TU/e, plus a number of independent clubs:

Culture, international association and spirituality

There are several associations, clubs and circles associated with the TU/e, which are meant to help students and staff develop themselves in non-academic areas. Such areas include cultural development, building international contacts and investigating spiritual beliefs.

Cultural activities

The following associations organize activities with cultural or social/societal relevance:

Bigband Studentproof
A big band consisting of university students.
Cultuurcentrum.nl
Organizes courses on dance, music, theater and so on.
ESDV Footloose
Student dance association.
ESFF Dekate Mousa
Film and photography association
ESMG Quadrivium
Student classical music ensemble
ESRG Knights of the Kitchen Table
Board game and role play
JCES Kinjin
Japanese culture association
La Tuniña
The tuna for female students
Studium Generale
Group that organizes lectures, expositions, outings and other activities
Toneelvereniging Doppio
Acting association
Tuna Ciudad de Luz
The university tuna.
Virus festival
The organization of the cultural festival that is open for all students, staff and all other comers

International associations

Spirituality and philosophy

4u2 Int. Studenten Groep Eindhoven
Christian student group
Emèt Qenee (C.S.F.R.)
Bible study group
Humanistisch Studentenraadswerk
Humanist organization
Ichthus
Eindhoven Christian student association
Mosaic
Multicultural student union
TINT
oecumenical association
VGSEi
Eindhoven reformed student association

Sport associations

There are many sports associations within the university. They are overseen by the general sports council ESSF.

Association Sport Association Sport Association Sport Association Sport Association Sport
ESAC Mountain climbing Asterix Athletics Panache Badminton Tantalus Basketball Samourais Budo
Vertigo Frisbee De Club Golf Oktopus Handball Da Vinci Archery Concorde Horseback riding
Ice Hawks Ice hockey Okawa Canoeing Attila/Euflex Korfball All Terrain Outdoorsport Thêta Rowing
Hoc Habet Fencing Avalanche Boarders Snow boarding Quatsh Squash Ilyeo Taekwondo TAVERES Table tennis
Suca Gymnastics Pusphaira Football Hajraa Volleyball Nayade Water polo/swimming Weth Windsurfing
Boreas Sailing ZES Gliding Impulsão Capoeira Blub Diving Don Quishoot Hockey
THE Studs Baseball/softball The Elephants Rugby Isis Ice skating Fellenoord Tennis Squadra Veloce Cycling/triathlon
Qi Dao Wushu Totelos Indoor football

Service organizations

There university is more than just the departments, research bodies and the students. There are several ancillary activities necessary to the running of the university, activities that cross the boundaries and interests of the different departments. These activities are carried out by the universities' service organizations.

The university has the following service organizations:

Organization Full name Purpose

DAZ

 General Affairs Service
(Dutch: Dienst Algemene Zaken)		 Organizational and secretarial functions for varied activities, the alumni organization and the Student Sport Center

CEC

 Communications Expertise Center
(Dutch: Communicatie Expertise Centrum)		 Responsible for all university communications and announcements, including interacting with the press and communications regarding external billing and payments. CEC also handles the printing and distribution of university brochures and guards the uniform application of the university's house style.

DPO

 Human Resources Management
(Dutch: Dienst Personeel en Organisatie)		 All HR-related activities, from vacancies and pension plans to regulations about health and workplace safety, to the bicycle plan (a tax break for personnel to buy a bicycle).

DFEZ

 Financial and Economic Services
(Dutch: Dienst Financiële en Economische Zaken)		 University finances.

DH

 Housing service
(Dutch: Dienst Huisvesting)		 Management of all real estate belonging university

ICT

 ICT Service
(Dutch: Dienst ICT)		 Management of university computers and student laptops, networks, network security, shared storage facilities, university Sharepoint sites, plus codes of conduct relating to those systems

IEC

 Information Expertise Center
(Dutch: Informatie Expertise Centrum)		 The university library (both physical and digital).

DIZ

 Internal Affairs Service
(Dutch: Dienst Interne Zaken)		 Internal services, such as the BedrijfsHulpVerlening (Emergency Assistance for catastrophes like fires, heart attacks and so on), Logistics, Purchasing and Contract Management.

STU

 Student Service Center
(Dutch: Onderwijs en Studenten Service Centrum)		 Student services (admission and registries, information for highschool students and other, future students, laptop service, et cetera).

GTD

 Common Technical Service
(Dutch: Gemeenschappelijke Technische Dienst)		 Provides technical services to departments (e.g. building of experiments, bespoke machinery, prototypes, specialized software).

Distinguished alumni

Distinguished and otherwise notable faculty

Notable honors for research done at the university

Spinoffs

Over the years several spin off companies have been started by TU/e graduates, based on some research done at the university. Examples include:

International acclaim

On the 2009 THE–QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two separate rankings will be produced by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings) list, the Eindhoven University of Technology was ranked inside the top 200 for the fifth consecutive year. An overview of the 2005-2009 rankings can be seen below. In 2010 the QS World University Rankings[70] ranked the university 126th in the world. On the Times Higher Education ranking of 2010[71] Eindhoven University of Technology is the highest ranked (#114) University of the Netherlands. They are followed by Leiden University (#124).

Year THE Ranking (Change) QS Ranking (Change)
2005 70 -
2006 67 ( 3) -
2007 130 ( 63) -
2008 128 ( 2) -
2009 120 ( 8) -
2010 114 ( 6) 126
2011 115 ( 1) 146 ( 20)

In a 2003 European Commission report, TU/e was ranked as third among European research universities (after Cambridge and Oxford, at equality with TU Munich and thus making it the highest ranked Technical University in Europe), based on the impact of its scientific researches.[72]

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