Delft University of Technology

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Delft University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Delft
Image:Delft-University-of-Technology.png
EstablishedJanuary 8, 1842[1]
Type:Public, technical
Endowment:€ 470M[2]
President:ir. G.J. van Luijk[3]
Rector:Prof.dr.ir. J.T. Fokkema[3]
Staff:2,633[5]
Students:13,383[4]
LocationDelft, The Netherlands
Website:http://www.tudelft.nl/

Delft University of Technology, (Technische Universiteit Delft in Dutch) in Delft, the Netherlands, is the largest and most comprehensive[citation needed] technical university in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). It is a member of the IDEA League.

Contents

[edit] History

The university was founded on the 8th of January, 1842 by King William II of the Netherlands

[edit] Campus

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 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[6], 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 Mekelpark[7]. The new park will replace the main access road and redirect car traffic around the campus, making the newly created park a safer place for bicycles and pedestrians. The completion of the project is due at the end of 2008.

[edit] Faculties

Image:Aula TU Delft.jpg
Auditorium of Delft University of Technology.
Image:BibliotheekTUDelft.jpg
The snow-covered grass roof of the library.
Image:Faculty EEMCS.JPG
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science.

The Delft University of Technology comprises eight faculties:[8]

[edit] Education

[edit] Undergraduate Programs

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

[edit] Graduate Programs

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

  • Aerospace Engineering
    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Geomatics
  • Applied Sciences
    • Applied Physics
    • Biochemical Engineering
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Life Science & Technology
    • NanoScience
    • Science Education & Communication
    • Teacher programme (TULO)
  • Architecture
    • Architecture
    • Building Technology
    • Real Estate & Housing
    • Urbanism
  • Civil Engineering and Geosciences
    • Applied Earth Sciences
    • Civil Engineering
    • Geomatics
    • Offshore Engineering
    • Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics
  • Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Computer Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Electrical Power Engineering (track)
    • Microelectronics (track)
    • Telecommunications (track)
    • Embedded Systems
    • Media & Knowledge Engineering
    • Bioinformatics (track)
  • Industrial Design Engineering
    • Design for Interaction
    • Integrated Product Design
    • Strategic Product Design
  • Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Marine Technology
    • Materials Science & Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Offshore Engineering
    • Systems & Control
    • Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics
  • Technology, Policy and Management
    • Engineering & Policy Analysis
    • Geomatics
    • Management of Technology
    • Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management
    • Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Student societies

Part of student life in Delft is organised in student societies. About half of the Delft students are members.[9] The list includes:

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] Notable Alumni

[edit] Engineering/Science

[edit] Government officials and executives

[edit] Trivia

Han van Meegeren, the notorious art forger, studied architecture in Delft from 1907 to 1912. He was intelligent, took most of his exams but decided to be a artist-painter before his final exams. During his student-days he designed the club-house of the Delft rowing club "DDS", nowadays a protected monument. His influence in the art-world was large; a surge of self-criticism surged through the art-museums after Van Meegeren's confession in 1945 that he had forged so many well-known Vermeers and Pieter de Hoochs.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Universities in the Netherlands
ca:Universitat Tècnica de Delft

de:Technische Universität Delft es:Universidad Técnica de Delft fr:Université de technologie de Delft id:Universitas Teknik Delft lt:Delfto technologijos universitetas nl:Technische Universiteit Delft ja:デルフト工科大学 pt:Universidade Técnica de Delft ru:Делфтский технический университет sv:Delfts tekniska universitet tr:Delft Teknik Üniversitesi zh:代尔夫特理工大学

Retrieved from "http://india.smashits.com/wikipedia/Delft_University_of_Technology"
Views
Personal tools

Toolbox