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 | name                   = Delft University of Technology
 | native_name            = {{lang|nl|Technische Universiteit Delft}}
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 | mottoeng               = Challenge the Future
 | established            = {{start date and age|January 8, 1842}}<ref name="History">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=300c4edd-74f6-4f4d-a5cd-42a70682cb98&lang=en|title=History of TU Delft|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2009-05-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228094426/http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=300c4edd-74f6-4f4d-a5cd-42a70682cb98&lang=en|archive-date=2008-02-28}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]], [[Technical University|technical]]
 | campus                 = Urban ([[university town]])
 | budget                 = [[Euro|€]] 1,093 million (2024)<ref name="Jaarverslag 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/organisatie/feiten-en-cijfers/jaarverslagen|title=TU Delft – Annual Reports|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2024-11-16}}</ref>
 | president              = {{ill|(Tim) van der Hagen|nl|Tim van der Hagen}}<ref name="Executive Board">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/organisation/executive-board/|title=Executive Board|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref>
 | rector                 = (Tim) van der Hagen<ref name="Executive Board"/>
 | faculty                = 4,415  (including 1,365 faculty members of all ranks, 29.9% female, 49.6% international, full-time equivalents in 2024) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures|access-date=2024-11-16|website=TU Delft|language=en-US}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 2,870 (2024)
 | students               = 26,971 (2024)
 | undergrad              = 13,484 (2024)
 | postgrad               = 13,047 (2024)
 | doctoral               = 3,549 (2024)
 | city                   = [[Delft]]
 | country                = [[Netherlands]]
 | former_names           = Koninklijke Akademie van Delft<br/>Polytechnische School van Delft<br/>Technische Hoogeschool van Delft
 | affiliations           = [[IDEA League|IDEA]]<br/>[[Climate-KIC]]<br/>[[CESAER Association|CESAER]]<br/>[[European University Association|EUA]]<br/>[[4TU]]<br/>[[UNITECH International|UNITECH]]<br/>[[European Society for Engineering Education|SEFI]]<br/>[[Stichting Academisch Erfgoed|SAE]]<br/>[[Transatlantic Policy Consortium|TPC]]<br/>[[ATHENS Programme|ATHENS]]<br/>[[Partnership of a European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universities|PEGASUS]]<br/>
ENHANCE Alliance
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.tudelft.nl/en/|tudelft.nl/en/}}
 | colors                 = [[Cyan]], [[black]] and [[white]]<ref name="TU Delft Colors">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tu-delft-corporate-design/components/colour|title=TU Delft corporate design: Colour|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref><br />{{color box|#00A6D6}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
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The '''Delft University of Technology''' ('''TU Delft'''; {{langx|nl|Technische Universiteit Delft}}) is the oldest and largest Dutch [[public university|public]] [[Institute of technology|technical university]], located in [[Delft]], Netherlands. It specializes in [[engineering]], [[technology]], [[computing]], [[design]], and [[natural science]]s.

It is considered one of the leading technical universities in Europe and is consistently ranked as one of the best schools for architecture and engineering in the world. According to the [[QS World University Rankings]] it ranked 3rd worldwide for [[architecture]] and 13th for [[Engineering|Engineering & Technology]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Architecture & Built Environment 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/architecture-built-environment |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Engineering & Technology 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/engineering-technology |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> It also ranked 3rd best worldwide for [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[aerospace engineering]], 3rd for [[Civil engineering|civil]] and [[structural engineering]], 11th for [[chemical engineering]], and 12th for [[design]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/mechanical-aeronautical-manufacturing-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Civil and Structural Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/civil-structural-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Chemical Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/chemical-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Art & Design 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/art-design |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

With eight [[Faculty (division)|faculties]] and multiple [[research institutes]],<ref name="TU Delft Research Institutes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/research/faculties-and-institutes|title=Faculties and institutes|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2024-09-21|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014094303/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/research/thematic-cooperation/42457/research-institutes-tu-delft-institutes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> TU Delft educates around 27,000 students ([[undergraduate]] and [[postgraduate]]), and employs more than 3,500 [[doctoral]] candidates and close to 4,500 teaching, research, support and management staff (including more than 1,300 faculty members of all [[academic ranks in the Netherlands]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures|access-date=2021-05-18|website=TU Delft|language=en-US}}</ref>

The university was established on 8 January 1842 by King [[William II of the Netherlands|William II]] as a royal academy, with the primary purpose of training [[civil servants]] for work in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1864 and an institute of technology (making it a full-fledged university) in 1905. It changed its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986.<ref name="History"/>

Dutch [[Nobel laureates]] [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]], [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], and [[Simon van der Meer]] have been associated with TU Delft. TU Delft is a member of several university federations, including the [[IDEA League]], [[CESAER Association|CESAER]], [[UNITECH International]], ENHANCE Alliance, LDE, and [[4TU]].

==History==
===Royal Academy (1842–1864)===
[[File:Jan Adam Kruseman William II King of the Netherlands 1840.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[William II of the Netherlands]], founder of Royal Academy in Delft.]]
Delft University of Technology was founded on 8 January 1842 by [[William II of the Netherlands]] as ''Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade''.<ref name="History"/> One of the purposes of the academy was to educate [[civil servants]] for the colonies of the [[Dutch East India Company]]. The first director of the academy was Antoine Lipkens, constructor of the first Dutch [[optical telegraph]], called simply as Lipkens. Royal Academy had its first building located at Oude Delft 95 in Delft. On 23 May 1863 an Act was passed imposing regulations on technical education in the Netherlands, bringing it under the rules of [[secondary education]].

===Polytechnic School (1864–1905)===
On 20 June 1864, Royal Academy in Delft was disbanded by a Royal Decree, giving a way to a ''Polytechnic School of Delft'' ({{lang|nl|Politechnische School te Delft}}). The newly formed school educated [[engineer]]s of various fields and architects, much needed during the rapid [[Industrial Revolution|industrialization period]] in the 19th century.

===Institute of Technology (1905–1986)===
Yet another Act, passed on 22 May 1905, changed the name of the school to ''Technical College (Institute) of Delft'' ({{lang|nl|Technische Hoogeschool Delft}}, from 1934 {{lang|nl|Technische Hogeschool Delft}}), emphasizing the academic quality of the education. Polytechnic was granted university rights and was allowed to award academic degrees. The number of students reached 450 around that time. The official opening of the new school was attended by Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Wilhelmina]] on 10 July 1905. First [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the newly established college was [[Ingénieur|ir.]] J. Kraus, [[hydraulic engineer]]. In 1905, the first doctoral degree was awarded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/alumni/inspiring-alumni/alumni-walk-of-fame/historical-alumni-lustrum-edition-2017/jacob-kraus/|title=Jacob Kraus|publisher=Delft University of Technology|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044602/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/alumni/inspiring-alumni/alumni-walk-of-fame/historical-alumni-lustrum-edition-2017/jacob-kraus/|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1924 until the construction of the new campus in 1966, the ceremonies were held in the [[Saint Hippolytus Chapel, Delft|Saint Hippolytus Chapel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historischgis.delft.nl/emap/gemeentedelft/data/monumenten/toeristisch/8.pdf |title=St.-Hippolytuskapel |publisher=Delft municipality |language=nl |access-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809142610/http://historischgis.delft.nl/emap/gemeentedelft/data/monumenten/toeristisch/8.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2016 }}</ref>

[[Legal personality|Corporate rights]] were granted to the college on 7 June 1956. Most of the university buildings during that time were located within Delft city centre, with some of the buildings set on the side of the river [[Schie]], in the Wippolder district.

Student organizations grew together with the university. The first to be established on 22 March 1848 is the ''Delftsch Studenten Corps'' housed in the distinctive ''Sociëteit Phoenix'' on the Phoenixstraat.  This was followed by the ''Delftsche Studenten Bond'' (est. 30 October 1897) and the ''[[Sanctus Virgilius|KSV Sanctus Virgilius]]'' (est. 2 March 1898). In 1917, ''Proof Garden for Technical Plantation'' ({{langx|nl|Cultuurtuin voor Technische Gewassen}}) was established by [[Gerrit van Iterson]], which today is known as Botanical Garden of TU Delft. In that period, a first female professor, Toos Korvezee, was appointed.

===Delft University of Technology (1986–present)===
After the end of World War II, TU Delft increased its rapid academic expansion. [[Studium generale#Contemporary usage|Studium Generale]] was established at all universities in the Netherlands, including TU Delft, to promote a free and accessible knowledge related to culture, technology, society and science. Because of the increasing number of students, in 1974 the first ''Reception Week for First Year Students'' ({{lang|nl|Ontvangst Week voor Eerstejaars Studenten}}, OWEE) was established, which has become a TU Delft tradition since then.

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On 1 September 1986, the Delft Institute of Technology officially changed its name to Delft University of Technology, underlining the quality of the education and research provided by the institution. In the course of further expansion, in 1987 Delft Top Tech<ref name="Top Tech">{{Cite web|url=http://www.delft-toptech.nl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020528151434/http://www.delft-toptech.nl/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2002|title=TU Delft Top Tech|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=6 August 2010}}</ref> institute was established, which provided a professional master education in management for people working in technology-related companies. On 1 September 1997, the 13 faculties of the TU Delft were merged into 9, to improve the management efficiency of the growing university. In the early 1990s, because the vast majority of the students of the university were male, an initiative to increase the number of female students resulted in founding a separate [[emancipation]] commission. As a result, ''Girls Study Technology'' ({{lang|nl|Meiden studeren techniek}}) days were established. In later years the responsibilities of the commission were distributed over multiple institutes.
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Since 2006 all buildings of the university are located outside of the historical city center of Delft. The relatively new building of [[Materials science|Material Sciences]] department was sold, later demolished in 2007 to give place for a newly built building of the [[Haagse Hogeschool]]. Closer cooperation between TU Delft and Dutch universities of applied sciences resulted in physical transition of some of the institutes from outside to Delft. In September 2009 many [[Vocational universities in The Netherlands#Universities of Applied Science|institutes of applied sciences]] from [[the Hague]] region as well as Institute of Applied Sciences in Rijswijk, transferred to Delft, close to the location of the university, at the square between Rotterdamseweg and Leeghwaterstraat.

In 2007 the three Dutch technical universities, TU Delft, [[TU Eindhoven]] and [[University of Twente]], established a [[federation]], called [[3TU]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TU Delft extends collaboration with fellow technology universities {{!}} Science{{!}}Business |url=https://sciencebusiness.net/news/68963/TU-Delft-extends-collaboration-with-fellow-technology-universities |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=sciencebusiness.net |language=en}}</ref>

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On 13 May 2008, the building of the [[TU Delft Faculty of Architecture|Faculty of Architecture]] was destroyed by fire, presumed caused by a short circuit in a [[coffee machine]] due to a ruptured water pipe. Luckily, the architecture library, containing several thousands of books and maps, as well as many architecture models, including chairs by [[Gerrit Rietveld]] and [[Le Corbusier]], were saved. The Faculty of Architecture is currently housed in the university's former main building.

==Logo==
Through the course of the years the [[logo]] of the TU Delft changed a number of times, along with its official name. The current logo is based on the three university colors cyan, black and white.<ref name="TU Delft Colors"/> The letter "T" bears a stylized flame on top, referring to the flame that [[Prometheus]] brought from [[Mount Olympus]] to the people, against the will of [[Zeus]]. Because of this, Prometheus is sometimes considered as the first engineer, and is an important symbol for the university. His statue stood in the center of the newly renovated TU Delft campus, Mekelpark, until it was stolen in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bonger|first1=Saskia|title=Bronzen beeld Prometheus gestolen|url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/bronzen-beeld-prometheus-gestolen|website=Delta|access-date=20 January 2017|language=nl|date=30 January 2012}}</ref>

==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 of Delft was the university library, which was relocated to a new building in 1997. On 12 September 2006, the design of the new university neighbourhood, Mekelpark, was officially approved,<ref name="Mekelpark">{{cite web|url=http://www.mekelpark.tudelft.nl/|title=TU Delft Mekelpark|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=23 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200322/http://www.mekelpark.tudelft.nl/|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> 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 new park replaced the main access road and redirected car traffic around the campus, making the newly created park a safer place for bicycles and pedestrians.

===Mekelpark===
[[File:TU Delft Mekelpark.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Entrance to the Mekelpark, with the statue of [[Prometheus]], university's symbol.]]
A new university neighborhood called Mekelpark (its name commemorating TH Delft professor and WW II resistance fighter, Jan Mekel, who was executed by the Nazis on 2 May 1942 in [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp|Sachsenhausen]]) was opened on 5 July 2009. Mekelpark replaced old parking structures, bike lanes and [[filling station]]s, constructed between faculty buildings of the university in the late 1950s. Its 832-meter-long promenade eased the commute between faculty buildings. Both sides of the promenade are covered by stone benches, 1547 meters long in total.<ref name="Mekelpark" /> Some of the university buildings around the Mekelpark deserve certain attention.

====Aula====
[[File:Aula Technical University Delft.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Aula]]
TU Delft [[Atrium (architecture)|Aula]] was designed by Van den Broek en Bakema architecture bureau, founded by two TU Delft alumni [[Jo van den Broek]] and [[Jaap Bakema]]. It was officially opened on 6 January 1966 by Dutch Prime Minister [[Jo Cals]]. 
It is a classical example of a structure built in [[Brutalism|Brutalist]] style. TU Delft Aula, which symbolically opens the Mekelpark, houses main university restaurant and store, as well as [[lecture halls]], [[auditoria]], congress center, and administrative offices of the university. All [[Doctorat#Netherlands and Flanders|doctoral promotion]], [[honoris causa]] ceremonies, as well as [[academic senate]] meetings take place in the Aula.

====Library====
{{Main|TU Delft Library}}

[[File:TU-Delft-Bibl-1.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Library]]
The TU Delft Library, constructed in 1997, was designed by Delft-based [[Mecanoo]] architecture bureau. It is located behind university [[atrium (architecture)|aula]]. The roof of the library is covered with grass, which serves as a natural insulation. The structure lifts from the ground on one side allowing to walk to the top of the building. The library is topped by the steel cone, giving its unique shape. All the walls are completely filled with glass. The library won the Dutch ''National Steel Prize'' in 1998 in the ''buildings of steel and hybrid constructions'' category. The library is also host of the 4TU.Centre for Research Data, the archive for research data in the technical sciences in the Netherlands.

====Cultural and Sports Center====
The TU Delft Sports and Culture Center, recently renamed X, is located at Mekelweg 10, at the edge of the Mekelpark. It was designed by architect Vera Yanovshtchinsky and opened to TU Delft students and staff in 1995. Since then it has undergone expansions and renovations.

===TU Delft Musea===
Three musea are associated with the university: Science Centre Delft,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/sciencecentre/|title=Science Centre Delft|publisher=TU Delft|language=nl|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> Mineralogy-geology museum and [[Martinus Beijerinck|Beijerinck]] en [[Albert Kluyver|Kluyver]] archive.

Science Centre Delft was opened in September 2010 and is located at Mijnbouwstraat 120 in Delft. Science Center Delft is a successor of Technical Exhibition Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=3ce3ee59-95fc-4d69-9adc-fd837a03c746&lang=nl|title=History of Science Center Delft | language=nl |publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2010-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318001742/http://home.tudelft.nl/index.php?id=11699&L=0 |archive-date=2012-03-18 }}</ref> Technical Exhibition Center was established by a group of TU Delft professors with the aim of presenting the recent advances in technology to a wider audience. Parts of the collection were shown outside of Delft: in the Netherlands,  [[Israel]], and the [[Czech Republic]]. The collection was permanently hosted in the building of former department of [[geodesy]]. The historical collections of Technical Exhibition Center were moved Delft Museum of Technology, located at Ezelsveldlaan, in the buildings of the former department of [[naval architecture]] ({{lang|nl|Werktuig- en Scheepsbouwkunde}}), next to the city center of Delft. As Delft city council together with TU Delft decided to move the collection close to the university campus (currently the building of the former museum are transformed into [[lofts]]), Science Centre Delft shows visitors current TU Delft research projects are available, including [[Eco-Runner Team Delft|Eco Runner]] and [[Nuna]].

[[Martinus Beijerinck|Beijerinck]] en [[Albert Kluyver|Kluyver]] archive hosts a collection of documents, exhibits and memorabilia of two scientists historically connected with the university.

Mineralogy-geology museum is a part of TU Delft Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences and contains around 200,000 [[geological]], [[mineralogical]] and [[crystallography|crystallographical]] items divided into numerous sub-collections. The oldest items date back to 1842 when the TU Delft (then [[History of the Delft University of Technology#Royal Academy|Delft Royal Academy]]) was established.

===Botanical garden===
TU Delft [[botanical garden]] dates back to 1917, where ''Proof Garden for Technical Plantation'' ({{langx|nl|Cultuurtuin voor Technische Gewassen}}) was established by Gerrit van Iterson Jr., TU Delft graduate and assistant to [[Martinus Beijerinck]].<ref name="Botanical Garden History">{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/botanicalgarden/the-garden/history/|title=History – Botanical Garden|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044534/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/botanicalgarden/the-garden/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gerrit van Iterson Jr. was the first director of the garden until 1948. Creation of botanical gardens at TU Delft was partially a result of the increasing needs of systematized development of [[tropical agriculture]] in then Dutch colony of [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref name="Botanical Garden History" /> Over 7000 different species of plants, including [[tropical]] and [[subtropical]] plants, [[herb]]s, and [[ornamental plant]]s cover the area of almost 2.5 ha.<ref name="Botanical Garden History" /> Furthermore, more than 2000 unique species are preserved in university's [[greenhouse]]s. All facilities of TU Delft botanical garden are open to the public.

===Building 28 ===
[[File:TUDelft-Building28.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Building 28 (Computer Science)]]
Building 28 is the main building of Computer Science on campus. It hosts research groups of Intelligent Systems and Software Technology departments, educational and research labs, student study areas, meeting rooms, and the support staff of Computer Science. 

===Echo (Building 29)===
[[File:Delft University of Technology Echo building 10.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Echo (Building 29)]]
Along with Delft, [[UNStudio]] developed the 'Echo' building on the TU campus for interfaculty lecture halls and project rooms, student study areas, Computer Science (Cybersecurity section and Sequential Decision Making section) research offices, and meeting rooms. It is an energy-producing building within the campus of Delft which aims at energy conservation to delve into the future.<ref>{{Cite web |last=designboom |first=christina petridou I. |date=2022-07-13 |title=UNStudio finalizes its 'future-proof', energy-producing campus at TU delft |url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/unstudios-future-proof-energy-producing-campus-echo-tu-delft-07-13-2022/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}</ref> Echo won the prestigious World Prix Versailles (Campuses category) in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Echo education building wins World Prix Versailles 2023| url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2023/tu-delft/echo-education-building-wins-world-prix-versailles-2023 | access-date=2023-12-20|language=en}}</ref>

===TU Delft | Campus The Hague===
[[File:Leiden University Wijnhaven building 2.jpg|thumb|left|TU Delft campus at Turfmarkt 99 in The Hague. This building is shared with [[Leiden University]].]]
In September 2016, TU Delft inaugurated a new campus in [[The Hague]].<ref name="TU education moves to The Hague">{{cite web|url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/tu-opleiding-verhuist-naar-den-haag|title=TU-opleiding verhuist naar Den Haag|publisher=TU Delta, the journalistic platform of TU Delft|access-date=2023-09-05|date=2016-01-12}}</ref> The MSc programme Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA), which teaches students to operate at the intersection of technology and policy when tackling [[wicked problems]], was relocated to this new site to capitalize on its proximity to government ministries, international bodies, and multinational organizations.<ref name="TU education moves to The Hague" /><ref name="MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis">{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/programmes/masters/engineering-and-policy-analysis/msc-engineering-and-policy-analysis|title=MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2023-09-05}}</ref>

TU Delft operates the 5th floor of the Wijnhaven Building at Turfmarkt 99 in The Hague, with the rest of the building being occupied by [[Leiden University]].<ref name="TU Delft | The Hague">{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/studenten/faculteiten/tbm-studentenportal/onderwijs/master/msc-epa/tu-delft-the-hague|title=TU Delft - The Hague|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2023-09-05}}</ref> Originally the [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations|Ministry of the Interior]]'s headquarters at Schedeldoekshaven 200, the Wijnhaven Building, named after the historic [[:nl:Wijnhavenkwartier|Wijnhavenkwartier]], was converted into [[Campus The Hague]] in 2016.<ref name="Wijnhavenkwartier in The Hague completed">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105084913/https://www.heijmans.nl/nl/nieuws/wijnhavenkwartier-den-haag-opgeleverd/|url=https://www.heijmans.nl/nl/nieuws/wijnhavenkwartier-den-haag-opgeleverd/|title=Wijnhavenkwartier in Den Haag opgeleverd|publisher=TU Delft|archive-date=2017-01-05|date=2016-12-19 }}</ref>

In 2023, TU Delft announced plans to further expand its footprint in The Hague by launching a joint university facility with Leiden University, [[Leiden University Medical Center|LUMC]], [[Open University of the Netherlands|Open University]] and [[Universiteiten van Nederland|Universities of the Netherlands]] at [[:nl:Spui (Den Haag)|Spui]], set to open in 2026.<ref name="Spui">{{cite web|url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/board-tu-delft-opens-branch-rotterdam-fewer-students-delft|title=Board: 'TU Delft opens branch in Rotterdam, fewer students in Delft'|publisher=TU Delta, the journalistic platform of TU Delft|access-date=2023-09-05|date=2023-06-14}}</ref> This new location is expected to accommodate around 700 TU Delft students in the city centre of The Hague and will be called University Campus Spui.<ref name="CampusSpui">{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2024/den-haag/university-campus-spui-this-is-the-name-of-the-new-location-for-tu-delft-campus-the-hague|title=University Campus Spui: this is the name of the new location for TU Delft Campus The Hague|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2025-04-21|date=2025-03-10}}</ref>

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==Faculties==
TU Delft comprises eight faculties.<ref name="Faculties">{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/faculties/|title=Faculties|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> These are (official Dutch name and faculty abbreviation are given in brackets; departments by faculty are listed): 

* [[TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering|Aerospace Engineering]] (AE) ({{lang|nl|Luchtvaart- en Ruimtevaarttechniek (LR)}})[[File:Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering]]
** Aerodynamics, Flight Performance and Propulsion & Wind Energy
** Aerospace Structures & Materials
** Control & operations
** Space Engineering

* Applied Sciences (AS) ({{lang|nl|Technische Natuurwetenschappen (TNW)}})[[File:Applied Sciences TU Delft.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Applied Sciences]]
** Bionanoscience
** Biotechnology
** Chemical Engineering
** Imaging Physics
** Quantum Nanoscience
** Radiation Science & Technology
** Science Education and Communication

* [[TU Delft Faculty of Architecture|Architecture and the Built Environment]] ({{lang|nl|Bouwkunde (BK)}})[[File:Delft - Universiteitsgebouw (Rode Scheikunde).jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment]]
** Architecture
** Architectural Engineering & Technology
** Management in the Built Environment
** Urbanism

* Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) ({{lang|nl|Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen (CiTG)}})[[File:TU Delft Geoscience.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of  Civil Engineering and Geosciences]]
** Engineering Structures
** Geoscience & Engineering
** Geoscience & Remote Sensing
** Hydraulic Engineering
** Materials, Mechanics, Management & Design (3Md)
** Transport & Planning
** Water Management

* Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) ({{lang|nl|Elektrotechniek, Wiskunde en Informatica (EWI)}})[[File:Delft University of Technology EWI Gebouw.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science]]
** Applied Mathematics
** Electrical Sustainable Energy
** Intelligent Systems
** Microelectronics
** Quantum & Computer Engineering
** Software Technology

* [[TU Delft Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering|Industrial Design Engineering]] (IDE) ({{lang|nl|Industrieel Ontwerpen (IO)}})[[File:ID building.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering]]
** Sustainable Design Engineering
** Human-Centered Design
** Design, Organisation and Strategy

* Mechanical Engineering (ME) ({{lang|nl|Mechanical Engineering (ME)}}; previous name: {{lang|nl|Werktuigbouwkunde, Maritieme Techniek en Technische Materiaal Wetenschappen (3mE)}})[[File:Delft - TU-gebouw van werktuigbouw.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Mechanical Engineering]]
** Biomechanical Engineering
** Cognitive Robotics
** Maritime & Transport Tech
** Materials Science & Engineering
** Precision & Microsystems Engineering
** Process & Energy
** Systems & Control

* [[TU Delft Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management|Technology, Policy and Management]] (TPM) ({{lang|nl|Techniek, Bestuur en Management (TBM)}})[[File:TU Delft Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management.jpg|thumb|TU Delft Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management]]
** Engineering Systems & Services
** Multi Actor Systems
** Values, Technology & Innovation

There are also two Research Institutes:

* QuTech
** Qubit Research
** Quantum Computing
** Quantum Internet

*TU Delft Reactor Institute

<gallery class="right" widths="180px" heights="120px" perrow="8">
File:EWI TUDelft.jpg|Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science viewed from the Civil Engineering department
</gallery>

==Education==
Since 2004, the TU Delft education system is divided into three tiers: the [[bachelor's degree]], [[master's degree]], and [[doctorate]]. The academic year is divided into two semesters: the first semester from September until January and the second semester from the end of January until July. Most of the lectures are available through [[OpenCourseWare]].

===Bachelor-level studies===
{{As of|2016}}, TU Delft offers 16 [[BSc]] programmes.<ref name="TU Delft BSc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/programmes/bachelors/|title=Bachelors |website=TU Delft |access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> TU Delft students obtain their degree after a three-year study. The test project finalizes the BSc studies. All BSc programmes are taught in Dutch, except for [[Aerospace Engineering]], Applied Earth Sciences, Nanobiology, and Computer Science, which are taught entirely in English, and Electrical Engineering which is taught in a mixture of both.

===Master-level studies===
TU Delft offers around 40 [[MSc]] programmes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/programmes/masters/ |title=Masters |website=TU Delft |access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> The MSc studies take two years to complete.

TU Delft uses the [[European Credit Transfer System]], where each year MSc students are required to obtain 60 ECTS points. An honours track exists for motivated MSc students, who obtained a mark of 7.5 or higher (in [[Academic grading in the Netherlands|Dutch grading scale]]) and did not fail any courses. This track, associated with 30 ECTS points, is taken alongside the regular MSc programme and must be related to student's regular degree courses or the role of [[Technology and society|technology in society]]. The honours track must be completed within the time allowed for the MSc programme.

MSc programmes are also offered through the [[3TU]] federation, [[Erasmus Mundus]] programmes, [[IDEA League]] joint MSc programs and QuTech Academy.

===Doctoral-level studies===

[[File:TU Delft PhD Defense committee.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Typical photo following a [[Doctoral studies|doctoral defense]] at Delft University of Technology. The [[List of academic ranks#Netherlands|promovendus]] (center) is accompanied by two [[paranymph]]s. The [[bedel|pedel]] is on the left, holding the [[Staff of office|staff]]. The red tube holds the doctoral diploma. The [[List of academic ranks#Netherlands|promovendus]], as well as the paranymphs, must wear white ties, while all professors in the defense committee wear [[toga]]s.]]
[[Doctoral studies]] at TU Delft are divided into two phases. The first phase, lasting one year, serves as a trial period during which the doctoral candidate must prove capability for performing research on a doctoral level. The candidate must pass the evaluation performed at the end of the year by his/her promoter in order to continue doing research the following three years. The research the candidate performs must be finalized by submitting a [[doctoral thesis]]. The thesis is evaluated by a doctoral committee composed of TU Delft professors and external opponents. Once the thesis has been revised and comments have been taken into account, the candidate gives a formal doctoral defense.

In contrast to US graduate school, other duties such as following lectures and giving TAs form only a small portion of the programme.

====Doctoral defense====

The [[Doctoral studies|doctoral defense]] is of ceremonial nature and is held in the senate room. It lasts exactly one hour, during which the doctoral candidate must answer all questions from the committee. Sometimes the candidate is accompanied by one or two [[paranymph]]s, who theoretically might help defend a question asked by a committee member. The defense is ended by the [[Bedel|pedel]], who enters the room and says in Latin ''Hora est'' (''It is time''), stamping the university [[Staff of office|staff]] on the floor. The committee then moves to a separate room to decide whether to grant the candidate a doctorate or not. Then the committee returns to the room where the defense was held, and if the doctorate is granted the promoter presents the [[praise|laudation]] praising the new [[doctor (title)|doctor]]. The entire ceremony is chaired by the [[Rector (academia)|rector]] or a representative.

===Other degree programmes===

TU Delft also offers [[Professional Doctorate in Engineering]].

==Organization==

===Research institutes===
TU Delft has three officially recognized [[research institutes]]: Research Institute for the Built Environment,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/architecture-and-the-built-environment/about-the-faculty/departments/otb-research-for-the-built-environment/|title=OTB – Research for the built environment|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044455/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/architecture-and-the-built-environment/about-the-faculty/departments/otb-research-for-the-built-environment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irctr.tudelft.nl/|title=IRCTR Institute TU Delft|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301045958/http://www.irctr.tudelft.nl/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Reactor Institute Delft]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/faculty-of-applied-sciences/business/facilities/reactor-institute-delft/|title=Reactor Instituut|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2010-01-27}}</ref> In addition to those three institutes, TU Delft hosts numerous smaller research institutes, including the Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicron Technology,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/ewi/onderzoek/faciliteiten/else-kooi-lab/|title=Else Kooi Lab|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref> [[Kavli Institute of Nanoscience]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kavli.tudelft.nl/|title=Kavli Institute of Nanoscience|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2019-01-02|archive-date=2018-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214164437/http://kavli.tudelft.nl/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Materials innovation institute,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.m2i.nl/|title=Materials innovation institute (M2i)|publisher=M2i|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref> Astrodynamics and Space Missions,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ae/organisation/departments/space-engineering/astrodynamics-and-space-missions/ |title=Astrodynamics and Space Missions |publisher=TU Delft |access-date=2018-02-28 }}</ref> Delft University Wind Energy Research Institute,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/duwind/|title=Delft University Wind Energy Research Institute|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref>
TU Delft Safety and Security Institute,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tu-delft-safety-security-institute-dsys/|title=TU Delft Safety and Security Institute|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-06-25|archive-date=2018-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030138/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tu-delft-safety-security-institute-dsys/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Delft Space Institute,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spaceinstitute.tudelft.nl|title=Delft Space Institute|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics is also an important research institute which connects all engineering departments with respect to research and academia. A complete list of research schools is available on TU Delft website.<ref name="TU Delft Research Institutes"/>

===Research schools===
Important part of [[Dutch universities|Dutch university system]] are research schools. They combine education, training and research for PhD candidates and [[postdoc|postdoctoral researchers]] in a given field. The main goal of the research schools is to coordinate nationwide research programs in a given area. Research schools of TU Delft cooperate with other universities in the Netherlands. Research schools are required to have an [[accreditation]] of [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. TU Delft is taking the lead in ten research schools, and participates in nine. The full list of research schools affiliated with TU Delft is available on TU Delft website,<ref name="TU Delft Research Institutes"/> see for example [[TRAIL Research School]].

===Media===
During an [[academic year]] the TU Delft publishes a weekly magazine: ''Delta'',<ref name="TU Delta">{{Cite web|url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/|title=Delta|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2010-06-17}}</ref> which aims at the student and employee community of the university. The newspaper is predominantly in Dutch, with the last few pages published in English. ''TU Delta'' is distributed freely in paper form over the campus and is also available for free on the Internet. Articles focus mainly on current university affairs and student life. The weekly agenda including PhD promotions, inaugural lectures, etc. is also published therein.

Also, approximately four times a year, the TU Delft publishes a magazine devoted only to research conducted by the university, called ''Delft Outlook''.<ref name="Delft Outlook">{{Cite web|url=http://delftoutlook.tudelft.nl/|title=Delft Outlook|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215164027/http://delftoutlook.tudelft.nl/|archive-date=2018-02-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Delft Outlook'' is published in English, while the same content is published in Dutch in ''[[Delft Integraal]]'' magazine. Both magazines present interviews with TU Delft researchers, university officials. [[Column (periodical)|Columns]] by some university professors are published therein, as well as alumni letters and excerpts from recently published PhD theses.

===Management===
{{main|List of rectores magnifici of the Delft University of Technology}}
TU Delft is governed by the [[executive board]] ({{lang|nl|College van Bestuur}}),<ref name="Executive Board"/> controlled and advised by [[student council]], [[workers council]], board of professors, board of doctorates, assistant staff office, committee for the application of the allocation model, operational committee, advisory council for quality and accreditation, [[Dean (education)|dean]]s of each TU Delft [[Faculty (division)|faculty]], and directors of TU Delft [[research center]]s, research schools and [[research institutes]].<ref name="TU Delft Research Schools">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/research/thematic-cooperation/research-schools/|title=Research Schools|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626033220/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/research/thematic-cooperation/research-schools/|archive-date=2018-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Executive board is chaired academically by the [[Rector (academia)|Rector Magnificus]]. The currently appointed Rector Magnificus, Tim van der Hagen, has held the position since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/organisation/executive-board/profdrir-tim-van-der-hagen/|title=Prof.dr.ir. Tim van der Hagen|website=TU Delft|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> He replaced Prof. Ir. Karel Ch.A.M. Luyben<ref name="Executive Board"/> who was rector for the period 2010 to 2018. Previous Rectors of TU Delft include Prof. K.F. Wakker (1993–1997 and 1998–2002), Prof. J. Blauwendraad (1997–1998) and Prof. J.T. Fokkema (2002–2010). Executive board is accountable to the [[Supervisory Board]], appointed by the [[Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)|Minister of Education, Culture and Science]]. One of the many tasks of executive board is the approval of management regulations.

Board of professors advises in the matter of academic quality, deciding on the selection of guest lecturers, [[research fellows]] as well as revising proposals submitted for royal honors for professors. Board of doctorates appoints supervisors for [[PhD]] students, forms promotion committees, determines promotional code, and confers PhD and doctorate [[Honoris Causa]] degrees. Committee for the application of the allocation model reports to the executive board regarding allocation model. Further, it controls output data supplied to the executive board. Operational committee is composed of members of the executive board and the [[dean (education)|s]]. The committee collaborates on the issues of general importance, related in part to the specific interests of the faculties, and strengthens the unity of the university overall.

==Student life==
Student life at TU Delft is organized around numerous [[student societies]] and [[Corporation (university)|corporations]]. They can be generally categorized into [[Professional society|professional societies]], social societies and sport societies. More than half of TU Delft students belong to an officially recognized society{{Ref}}.
[[File:Koornbeurs delft.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Building of the [[Koornbeurs Society]] in the old town of Delft.]]

There are two student parties at TU Delft: ORAS<ref name="ORAS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oras.nl|title=ORAS Student Party Website|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2010-06-17}}</ref> ({{lang|nl|Organisatie Rationele Studenten}}) and Lijst Bèta (successor of AAG).<ref name="AAG2">{{Cite web|title=AAG Student Party Website|url=http://www.aag.tudelft.nl/|access-date=2010-06-17|publisher=TU Delft|archive-date=2011-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170950/http://www.aag.tudelft.nl/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  AAG (Afdeling Actie Groepen) started as an action group of students in the 1960s, willing to have more impact on the quality of education at the then Polytechnic Institute Delft. ORAS became active in the early 1970s as a counterbalance to AAG. After already taking a break from the yearly elections in 2008, AAG did not participate anymore in the elections of 2010 due to disappointing results.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AAG stopt|url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/aag-stopt|access-date=2020-12-16|website=AAG stopt {{!}} TU Delta|date=10 March 2010 |language=nl}}</ref> In 2011, a new party was established, Lijst Bèta, that got 2 out of the 10 seats in the student counsil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medezeggenschap|url=https://oras.nl/fractie/medezeggenschap/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=ORAS|language=nl-NL |last1=Hordijk |first1=Lucas Pijnacker }}</ref> Since then, Lijst Bèta and ORAS compete each year for seats in TU Delft's Students Council ({{lang|nl|Studenten Raad}}). Further, all student organizations of TU Delft are associated with The Council of Student Societies Delft VeRa ({{lang|nl|De VerenigingsRaad}}) and The Society for Study and Student Matters Delft VSSD ({{lang|nl|Vereniging voor Studie- en Studentenbelangen Delft}}).

Apart from [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]] and [[Master's student|master]] student organizations, [[PhD]] students of TU Delft have their own organization called Promood (PhD Students Discussion Group Delft) ({{lang|nl|Promovendi Overleg Delft}}), which represents TU Delft PhD students at the university. It is also a member of Dutch PhD Students Network ({{lang|nl|Promovendi Netwerk Nederland}}).

Each faculty of TU Delft has its own set of professional student organizations. Numerous societies are present at the university,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/practical-matters/study-associations-student-associations/|title=Study associations & student associations|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044500/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/practical-matters/study-associations-student-associations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> many of them with rich traditions, customs and history. For example, [[Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology|aerospace engineering]] department hosts [[SSVOBB|Foundation for Students in Airplane Development, Manufacturing and Management]] ({{lang|nl|Stichting Studenten Vliegtuigontwikkeling, -bouw en -beheer}}), while [[civil engineering]] department [[Het Gezelschap "Practische Studie"|Society for Practical Studies]]. International professional student organizations are also present at TU Delft, including European Association of Aerospace Students.

Apart from professional student societies, students organize themselves only for the purpose of enriching their social life. Many of the societies have sectarian roots, like a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Menschen Vereeniging Wolbodo|Wolbodo Student Society]], [[Katholieke Studentenvereniging Sanctus Virgilius Delft]], that during the course of the years lost the religious affiliations and accepts students from any denomination.  Besides societies which have their roots in religion, there are also general (with no religious bonds) societies. One of these is [[Sint Jansbrug]]. These societies accept anyone who studies at the TU Delft or any other higher education facility in the Delft area. Also organization that has its roots in [[Rover Scout]] movement [[Delftsche Zwervers]] (at the same time the oldest student scouting group in the world) is present or local branch of the European [[AEGEE]].

Student sports are organized around clubs, that focus mostly on single discipline. Those include rowing society [[D.S.R.V. Laga]] and rowing club [[Proteus-eretes|Proteus-Eretes]] (both with many [[Olympic medals]] won by the members of the club) or [[American football]] club [[Delft Dragons]].

==Research==
[[File:Nuna 5.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Nuna 5]], from a series of [[Nuna]] [[solar-powered]] cars that won the [[World Solar Challenge]] seven times, constructed by the students of TU Delft.]]
[[File:DUT12.jpg|right|thumb|250px|DUT12, the twelfth car of the [[Formula Student]] team Delft ([[DUT Racing]]). Held the Guinness World Record for fastest accelerating electric vehicle in the world.<ref name="World Record Fastest accelerating electric vehicle">{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-0-100-kmh-acceleration-electric-car|title=Fastest 0–100 Km/h acceleration – Electric car|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=2014-04-24}}</ref>]]
TU Delft researchers developed many new technologies used today, including [[Glare (material)|GLARE]], a [[Fibre Metal Laminate|fibre metal laminate]] used in [[Airbus A380]] [[Skin (aircraft)|skin]] and Vision in Product Design design method. [[Cees Dekker]]'s lab at TU Delft demonstrated in 1998 the first [[transistor]] made out of single [[Carbon nanotube|nanotube molecule]]. The [[Delta Works]] plan was, in part, a child of TU Delft graduates, including [[Johan Ringers]] and Victor de Blocq van Kuffeler. TU Delft was a precursor of the [[Open design]] concept.

In architecture, TU Delft is famous for [[Traditionalist School (architecture)|Traditionalist School]] in Dutch architecture. TU Delft was a home to many prominent [[microbiologist]]s including [[Martinus Beijerinck]], who in 1898 discovered viruses while working at TU Delft, and [[Albert Kluyver]], father of comparative microbiology, which resulted in the creation of so-called Delft School of Microbiology.

Some recent projects being developed at the university include:

=== Vehicles ===

* [[Dutch Superbus|Superbus]], project aiming to design a high speed bus reaching top speeds of 250&nbsp;km/h;
* [[Nuna]], [[solar-powered]] [[race car]] and six times winner of the [[World Solar Challenge]];
* [[TU Delft Solar Boat Team]], [[solar-powered]] [[boat]] that 'flies' using hydrofoils;
* [[TU Delft Hydro Motion Team]], a project building [[hydrogen]]-powered [[boat]] that 'flies' using hydrofoils;<ref>{{Cite web |title=TU Delft Hydro Motion Team |url=http://hydromotionteam.nl/}}</ref>
* [[DUT Racing]], electrical [[Formula SAE|Formula Student]] project having won multiple competitions and at one point held the Guinness World Record for fastest accelerating electric vehicle;<ref name="World Record Fastest accelerating electric vehicle" />
* Project MARCH,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project MARCH |url=https://www.projectmarch.nl/ |access-date=2020-10-30 |website=Project MARCH |language=nl-NL}}</ref> a student team building an exoskeleton for paraplegics and participating as the first Dutch exoskeleton team at the [[Cybathlon]].
* [[DelFly]], [[Micro air vehicle]] and the smallest [[ornithopter]] so far fitted with a camera;
* [[Nova Electric Racing]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nova Electric Racing |url=http://novaracing.nl/}}</ref> electric motorcycle team and winner of MotoE 2017;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moto E Racing |url=http://motoeracing.com/}}</ref>
* Fhybrid, world's first [[Hydrogen vehicle|hydrogen]]-powered [[scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]];
* [[Forze]], [[hydrogen fuel cell]]-powered racing car;
* [[Eco-Runner Team Delft|Eco-Runner]] vehicle participating in [[Eco-marathon]];

=== Other ===
* [[Flame (robot)|Flame]], first humanoid robot able to walk as a human;
* [[Somnox Sleep Robot]] an automatically-breathing capsule-shaped robot starting prototyping in 2015.<ref name=":02">{{Cite magazine |title=This Gently Breathing Robot Cuddles You to Sleep |url=https://www.wired.com/story/somnox-sleep-robot/ |access-date=2018-09-07 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Kitepower]], converting wind energy into electricity using [[kite]]s;
* [[Tribler]], an [[open source]] [[peer-to-peer]] [[Client (computing)|client]] with [[online TV]] functions;
* [[Nix (package manager)|Nix]] and [[NixOS]], an open source [[functional programming]] [[package manager]] and a [[Linux distribution]] based on it;
* [[Delfi-C3]], [[CubeSat]] [[satellite]] built by TU Delft students, and [[Delfi-n3Xt]] launched 21 October 2013;
* Stratos II+, a [[sounding rocket]] developed by [[Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering]] which in October 2015, broke the European altitude record achieved by amateur rockets by reaching an altitude of 21,457 meters;
* [[Glaciogenic Reservoir Analogue Studies Project]] (GRASP);
*[[The Ocean Cleanup]], a project to develop means to clean up ocean [[garbage patch]]es;
*iGEM TU Delft, a student team competing in the largest international student competition in synthetic biology, where they won Grand Prize in 2015 and 2017;
*[[Quantum computing]], [[topological insulator]]s and applications.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2019/tu-delft/dutch-king-opens-microsoft-quantum-lab-on-tu-delft-campus/ |title=Dutch King opens Microsoft Quantum Lab on TU Delft campus |website=TU Delft |language=en |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref>

==People==

===Students===
The majority of TU Delft's students are male. In 2021, among all students of the university ([[MSc]] and [[BSc]] level) 30% were women. The biggest imbalance between men and women is seen in the [[Mechanical engineering]] faculty, while the smallest is seen at [[Industrial Design]] and [[Architecture]] departments.<ref name="Student Population">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures/education/student-population/|title=Student Population|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218091635/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures/education/student-population/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite many efforts of the university to change that imbalance, the number of women studying at TU Delft has stayed relatively constant over the years.<ref name="Student Population"/>

{| style="text-align:center; float: right; margin-left: 2em;" align="center" class="wikitable"
|+ ''TU Delft student body demographics''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=Facts and Figures |url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=tudelft.nl |publisher=Delft University of Technology}}</ref>

! !! 2009 
!2022
|-
! [[PhD]] Students (total)
| 2,027 
|3,144
|-
! [[PhD]] Students (men)
| 1,474 
|2,135
|-
! [[PhD]] Students (women)
| 547 
|1,007
|-
! MSc and BSc students (total)
| 16,427 
|26,658
|-
! MSc and BSc students (foreign)
| 2,236 
|6,821
|-
! MSc and BSc students (women)
| 3,351 
|8,248
|-
! BSc students (total)
| 10,857 
|13,782
|-
! MSc students (total)
| 5,524 
|12,876
|-
!Student Population
|18,454{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
|27,080
|}

Since 2002, the number of students admitted to TU Delft has increased rapidly (from approximately 2,200 in 2002 to almost 3,700 in 2009).<ref name="Student Intake">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures/education/student-intake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044542/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures/education/student-intake/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2018|title=Student Intake|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> The same applies to the total student population (from approximately 13,250 in 2002 to almost 16,500 in 2009).<ref name="Student Intake"/> In 2022, nearly 27 thousand students were enrolled.<ref name=":0" />

The number of international students has also increased steadily.<ref name="Student Intake" /> In 2021, 29% of all students at TU Delft came from abroad; nearly three quarters of those came from Europe.<ref>{{Cite news |last=HOP |date=2021-11-04 |title=Another record number of university students |work=TU Delta |url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/opnieuw-recordaantal-universitaire-studenten |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref> The largest proportion of international students at TU Delft in 2022 come from China (14%), followed by India (11.4%) and Belgium (7.4%). The faculties with the highest percentage number of international students study at [[Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology|Aerospace Engineering]] (46%) and [[Electrical Engineering|Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science]] (38%).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau |date=2022-02-08 |title=Universities continue to grow thanks to international students |work=TU Delta |url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/universities-continue-grow-thanks-international-students |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref>

Due to TU Delft's presence, the city of Delft has one of the biggest populations of [[Persian people|Iranians]] in the Netherlands. It resulted in one of the biggest Iranian protests against the Iranian government in Europe,<ref name="Iranian activism in Delft">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090603110.html|title= Dutch town of Delft is center of a new Iranian activism|author=Thomas Erdbrink|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=19 September 2010|date=7 September 2010}}</ref> with many protests organized at TU Delft campus by Iranian TU Delft students during [[2009 Iranian Election Protests]].

===Faculty===
{{Main|List of the Delft University of Technology Faculty}}

{{As of|2015|||post=,}} TU Delft is a home to 437 faculty, with more than 3,375 academic staff.<ref name="Facts and Figures 2015">{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/tudelft-mediasolutions/docs/facts___figures_2015_digi|title=TU Delft – Facts & Figures 2015|date=10 November 2015 |publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref> The responsibility of TU Delft professors is lecturing, guiding undergraduate and graduate students, as well as performing original research in their respective fields.

Many notable people were TU Delft faculty. In science, [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], a 1913 [[Nobel Laureate]] in [[physics]], a discoverer of [[superconductivity]], was a former TU Delft faculty member, working as an assistant to [[Johannes Bosscha]]. Discoverer of the [[Prins reaction]] Hendrik Jacobus Prins, co-founders of [[Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica|National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science]] [[Hendrik Anthony Kramers]] and [[David van Dantzig]], developer of the [[Van Arkel–de Boer process|iodide process]] [[Jan Hendrik de Boer]], discoverer of the [[Spin (physics)|particle spin]] [[Ralph Kronig]], discoverer of the [[Einstein–de Haas effect]] [[Wander Johannes de Haas]] and discoverer of [[hafnium]] [[Dirk Coster]], all were at some point the faculty members of the university. Faculty members of Delft School of Microbiology were the founder of modern microbiology [[Martinus Beijerinck]] and the father of comparative microbiology [[Albert Kluyver]].

<gallery class="center" perrow="7">
File:Heike_Kamerlingh_Onnes,_1878.jpg|[[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]],<br /> discoverer of [[superconductivity]], TU Delft faculty 1878-1882
File:Martinus_Beijerinck.png|[[Martinus Beijerinck]],<br /> father of [[virology]], TU Delft faculty 1895-1921
File:Ralph_de_Laer_Kronig.jpg|[[Ralph Kronig]],<br /> discoverer of [[Spin (physics)|particle spin]], TU Delft faculty 1939-1969
</gallery>

In engineering, the inventor of [[penthode]] and [[gyrator]] [[Bernard Tellegen]] and [[Balthasar van der Pol]] developer of [[Van der Pol oscillator]], were TU Delft faculty. Currently [[Vic Hayes]], and the father of [[Wi-Fi]], is affiliated with the [[Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management]]. [[STS-61A]] of the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] crew member [[Wubbo Ockels]] was professor of [[Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology]]. TU Delft faculty geologist were [[Berend George Escher]], [[Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove]], discoverer of [[Bushveld complex]] [[Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff]] and discoverer of gravity anomalies above the sea level [[Felix Andries Vening Meinesz]].

Since TU Delft is a home to a [[TU Delft Faculty of Architecture|major architecture school]] in the Netherlands, many important architects were a faculty of the university, including Hein de Haan, founder of [[Traditionalist School (architecture)|Traditionalist School]] in [[Architecture]] [[Marinus Jan Granpré Molière]], [[Bent Flyvbjerg]], co-founder of [[Mecanoo]] architects bureau [[Francine Houben]], co-founder of [[MVRDV]] architects bureau [[Winy Maas]] and [[Nathalie de Vries]], co-founder of [[Team 10]] [[Jacob B. Bakema]] and [[Aldo van Eyck]], as well as [[Herman Hertzberger]] and [[Jo Coenen]]. Some notable designers were faculty of TU Delft, including [[Paul Mijksenaar]], developer of visual information systems for [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK]], [[LaGuardia Airport|LaGuardia]] and [[Schiphol]] airports.

Political figures that were faculty of TU Delft include former [[mayor of Lisbon]] [[Carmona Rodrigues]], former [[List of mayors of Sarajevo|mayor of Sarajevo]] Kemal Hanjalić, and the first Dutch prime minister of the Netherlands after [[World War II]] [[Wim Schermerhorn]].

===Notable alumni===
{{Main|List of the Delft University of Technology Alumni}}

Two TU Delft alumni were awarded Nobel Prize and one recipient has been affiliated with TU Delft: [[Jacobus van 't Hoff]] was awarded first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 for his work with [[Solution (chemistry)|solution]]s. [[Simon van der Meer]] was awarded Nobel Prize in physics in 1984 for his work on [[stochastic cooling]] and one has been affiliated with TU Delft, [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] in 1913 for studies related to liquefaction of helium in the quest for the lowest temperature on Earth.

Some of the mathematicians include [[Jan Arnoldus Schouten]], contributor to the [[tensor calculus]]. Chemists and TU Delft alumni include [[Willem Alberda van Ekenstein]], Dutch chemist and discoverer of [[Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation]]. TU Delft alumni and computer scientists include [[Adriaan van Wijngaarden]], developer of [[Van Wijngaarden grammar]] and co-designer of [[ALGOL]]. Famous TU Delft alumni electrical engineers include [[Jaap Haartsen]], developer of [[Bluetooth]].

Political figures that studied at TU Delft include [[Karien van Gennip]], Dutch secretary of state for economic affairs, [[Anton Mussert]], Dutch politician of World War II era and founder of [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands]], [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]], father of [[Nuclear power in Pakistan|Pakistan nuclear program]], and Dutch politician [[Wim Dik]]. Famous TU Delft alumni architects include [[Erick van Egeraat]], [[Herman Hertzberger]] and Hein de Haan. Dutch designers that graduated at TU Delft include [[Alexandre Horowitz]], designer of [[Philishave]], and [[Adrian van Hooydonk]], Dutch automobile designer and head of design at [[BMW]].

TU Delft alumni executives include [[Jeroen van der Veer]], former [[CEO]] of [[Shell plc|Royal Dutch Shell]], [[Ben van Beurden]] former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, [[Frits Philips]], fourth chairman of the board of directors of [[Philips]] and [[Gerard Philips]], co-founder of Philips. [[Laurens van den Acker]] is a Dutch automobile designer and the vice president of Renault Corporate Design.

Other interesting TU Delft alumni include [[Lodewijk van den Berg]], Dutch-American [[payload specialist]] on [[STS-51B]] mission and [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau]], member of the [[Dutch royal family]]. Other interesting figures that studied at TU Delft were mathematician [[Diederik Korteweg]], responsible for [[Korteweg–de Vries equation]], who studied at TU Delft before moving to [[University of Amsterdam]] and painter [[Maurits Cornelis Escher]] who studied at TU Delft for a year. [[Thomas Jan Stieltjes]], co-developer of [[Riemann–Stieltjes integral]] studied at TU Delft but never passed his final exams. The internationally renowned graphic designer and industrial designer [[Piet Zwart]] studied at the university 1913–1914.

TU Delft alumni who are currently a faculty of other universities include [[Wilhelmus Luxemburg]], Dutch mathematician and [[California Institute of Technology]] professor, as well as [[Walter Lewin]], Dutch physicist and former [[MIT]] professor, and [[Alexander van Oudenaarden]], Dutch biophysicist, a director of the Hubrecht Institute.

<gallery class="center" perrow="7">
File:Jacobus_Hendricus_van_%27t_Hoff.jpg|[[Jacobus van 't Hoff]],<br /> [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, TU Delft student 1869-1871
File:Gerard_philips.jpg|[[Gerard Philips]],<br /> cofounder of [[Philips]], TU Delft student 1876-1883
File:Lely-Havermans-kleur.jpg|[[Cornelis Lely]],<br /> head designer of [[Afsluitdijk]], TU Delft student 1871-1875
File:Ben van Beurden.jpg|[[Ben van Beurden]] former CEO of [[Royal Dutch Shell]], TU Delft student 1981-1983
</gallery>

====Honoris Causa Laureates====
In 1906 TU Delft obtained the right to award PhD degrees. This also marked the date since when the university was able to award [[honorary doctorates]]. Between 1906 and 2006 exactly 100 [[honoris causa]] degrees have been awarded. Honorary doctoral degrees are awarded to people that presented extraordinary contributions in their respective fields. Some of the most recognized recipients of TU Delft honorary doctorate include:
*[[Gerard Philips]] (1917), co-founder of [[Philips]] corporation,
*[[Hendrik Antoon Lorentz]] (1918), winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] known for work on [[electromagnetic radiation]],
*[[Prince Bernhard]] (1951), prince of the Netherlands,
*[[John Douglas Cockcroft]] (1959), winner of Nobel Prize in Physics for work on atom splitting,
*[[Santiago Calatrava]] (1997) architect.

==Reputation and ranking==
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| ARWU_W = 151–200 | ARWU_W_year = 2024 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref name="TU Delft ARWU Ranking">{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/delft-university-of-technology|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024 - Delft University of Technology|website=ShanghaiRanking|access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>
| CWUR_W = 263 | CWUR_W_year = 2023 | CWUR_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2023.php|title=Global 2000 List by the Center for World University Rankings|access-date=9 September 2023|work=Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)}}</ref>
| CWTS_W = 109 | CWTS_W_year = 2023 | CWTS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2023/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023 - PP top 10%|access-date=9 September 2023|work=CWTS Leiden Ranking}}</ref>
| QS_W = 49 | QS_W_year = 2025 | QS_W_ref =<ref name="TU Delft QS Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2025|title=QS World University Rankings 2025 - Delft University of Technology|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2024-06-09}}</ref>
| Reuters_W =60 | Reuters_W_year = 2019 | Reuters_W_ref =<ref name="TU Delft Reuters Ranking9">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/innovative-universities-2019|title=Reuters World's Top 100 Innovative Universities 2019|website=Thomson Reuters|access-date=2021-01-08}}</ref>
| THE_W = =56 | THE_W_year = 2025| THE_W_ref =<ref name="TU Delft THE Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2025/world-ranking|title= University Rankings 2025 - Delft University of Technology|website=Times Higher Education|date= 4 October 2024|access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = =187 | USNWR_W_year = 2025 |  USNWR_W_ref =<ref name="TU Delft USNWR Ranking">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/delft-university-of-technology-505496|title=U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2024-2025 - Delft University of Technology|website=US News|access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| QS_W_Civil = 2 | QS_W_Civil_year = 2022 |QS_W_Civil_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/civil-structural-engineering|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Civil & Structural Engineering|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2023-01-23}}
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| QS_W_Arch = 2 | QS_W_Arch_year = 2022 |QS_W_Arch_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/architecture-built-environment|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Architecture|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2023-01-23}}
</ref>
| QS_W_ME = 5 | QS_W_ME_year = 2022 |QS_W_ME_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/mechanical-aeronautical-manufacturing-engineering|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Mechanical Engineering|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref>
| QS_W_ChE = 11 | QS_W_ChE_year = 2022 |QS_W_ChE_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/chemical-engineering|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Chemical Engineering|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2023-01-23}}
</ref>
| QS_W_EE = 15 | QS_W_EE_year = 2022 |QS_W_EE_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/electrical-electronic-engineering|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Electrical Engineering|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2023-01-23}}
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| QS_W_Chemistry = 36 | QS_W_Chemistry_year = 2024 |QS_W_Chemistry_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/chemistry|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Chemistry|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2024-04-14}}
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| QS_W_Natural = 47 | QS_W_Natural_year = 2024 |QS_W_Natural_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/natural-sciences |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Natural Science.|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2024-04-14}}</ref>
| QS_W_Eng = 13 | QS_W_Eng_year = 2024 |QS_W_Eng_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/engineering-technology|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Engineering and Technology|website=TopUniversities|access-date=2024-04-14}}</ref>
| THE_W_Eng = 16 | THE_W_Eng_year = 2024 | THE_W_Eng_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/subject-ranking/engineering-and-it|title=THE World University Rankings 2023 by subject: engineering|website=Times Higher Education|date=6 October 2022 |access-date=2023-10-30}}</ref>
| THE_W_CS = 45 | THE_W_CS_year = 2024 | THE_W_CS_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/subject-ranking/computer-science|title=THE World University Rankings 2023 by subject: computer science|website=Times Higher Education|date=6 October 2022 |access-date=2023-10-30}}</ref>
| THE_W_Physical = 61 | THE_W_Physical_year = 2024 | THE_W_Physical_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/subject-ranking/physical-sciences|title=THE World University Rankings 2023 by subject: physical sciences|website=Times Higher Education|date=6 October 2022 |access-date=2023-10-30}}</ref>
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=== Overall rankings ===
TU Delft was 49th worldwide in QS WUR 2025,<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS RANK 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?page=1}}</ref> 48th worldwide in THE WUR 2024, 169th worldwide in USNEWS 2022-2023, and 151-200th worldwide in ARWU 2022. It was the 78th best-ranked university worldwide in 2022 in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by [[College and university rankings|ARTU]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSW Research {{!}} UNSW Research |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=research.unsw.edu.au}}</ref>

TU Delft was 43rd worldwide in the THE World Reputation Rankings 2022.

It was also the 15th most international university worldwide in 2023 according to THE.

=== Subject/area rankings ===
TU Delft is ranked a top university for engineering and technology worldwide, being positioned for this subject at 13th place in 2024 by [[QS World University Rankings]].<ref name=":1" />

According to the [[QS World University Rankings]] 2024, TU Delft ranked 3rd worldwide for [[architecture]], 3rd for [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[aerospace engineering]], 3rd for [[Civil engineering|civil]] and [[structural engineering]], 11th for [[chemical engineering]], 12th for [[design]], 13th for [[Environmental science|environmental sciences]], 14th for [[Electrical engineering|electric]] and [[Electronic engineering|electronical engineering]], 14th for [[Materials science|material sciences]], 19th for [[geophysics]], 22nd for [[Earth science|earth]] and [[marine sciences]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Environmental Sciences 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/environmental-sciences |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/electrical-electronic-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Materials Sciences 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/materials-sciences |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Geophysics 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/geophysics |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Earth & Marine Sciences 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/earth-marine-sciences |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

==Affiliations and partner universities==

TU Delft has formed partnerships with leading universities across Europe for student exchange and combined degree programs.

* [[IDEA League]]: strategic alliance between TU Delft, [[ETH Zurich]], [[RWTH Aachen]], [[Chalmers University]] and [[Politecnico di Milano]].
* [[CESAER]]: non-profit institution of leading universities in Europe
* [[European University Association|EUA]]: forum of universities for cooperation and exchange in higher education
* Leiden-Delft-Erasmus alliance: a strategic alliance between [[Leiden University]], TU Delft, and [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] in the areas of education, research and valorisation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leiden-delft-erasmus.nl/en/home|title=Leiden-Delft-Erasmus|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref>
* [[3TU|4TU]]: federation of four leading Dutch technical universities TU Delft, [[TU Eindhoven]], [[Wageningen University and Research|Wageningen University]] and [[University of Twente]]
* [[UNITECH International]]: non-profit organization aiming to prepare Engineers for their professional future through exchange
* [[Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs|SEFI]]: leading organization for providing information exchange in Europe
* [[Stichting Academisch Erfgoed|SAE]]: network of eight Dutch universities that supports universities cultural collections and heritage
* [[ATHENS Programme|ATHENS]]: network of European universities supporting one week exchange sessions
* [[Partnership of a European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universities|PEGASUS]]: network of European Aeronautical universities
* ENHANCE Alliance: network of European Technical universities; TU Delft, [[Chalmers University of Technology]], [[ETH Zurich]], [[Gdańsk University of Technology]], [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]], [[Polytechnic University of Milan]], [[Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen]], [[Technische Universität Berlin]], [[Universitat Politècnica de València]], [[Politechnika Warszawska]].

TU Delft has partnered with many universities worldwide for exchanges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://partneruniversities.tudelft.nl/ |title=Partner Universities |website=TU Delft }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ampelmann system]]
*[[RoboValley]]

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.tudelft.nl/en/ Delft University of Technology official website]
* [http://www.tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology official website in Dutch]
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