Delft University of Technology

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Delft University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Delft
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Established	1842
School type	Public, technical
Rector magnificus	Prof.dr.ir. J.T. Fokkema
Location	Delft, The Netherlands
Enrollment	13,497 students (2004)
Faculty	2,100 (2004)
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Homepage	www.tudelft.nl

Founded in 1842, the Delft University of Technology, in Delft, the Netherlands, is one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive technical universities 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 link

Faculties

TU Delft comprises nine faculties:

• Architecture
• Civil Engineering and Geosciences
• Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
• Aerospace Engineering
• Industrial Design Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology
• Applied Sciences
• Technology, Policy and Management
• Materials Science and Engineering

Institutes

TU Delft has two legally-recognised research institutes:

• Interfaculty Reactor Institute (IRI)
• the Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies (OTB)

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
• Sanctus Virgilius
• Delftsche Studenten Bond
• Sint Jansbrug
• Civitas Studiosorum Reformatorum
• Proteus Eretes
• Koornbeurs
• Menschen Vereeniging Wolbodo
• Laga
• AEGEE-Delft

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.

External link

• Delft University of Technology homepage (in English) (http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=b226846d-f19f-4c34-97ed-165fecc5ad8f&lang=en).
• Delft University of Technology homepage (in Dutch) (http://www.tudelft.nl/)
• Promood, the representative body of PhDs at TU Delft (http://www.promood.tudelft.nl/)ca:Universitat Tècnica de Delftnl:Technische Universiteit Delft

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