What responsibilities does innovation bring in a world where geopolitical tensions are rising? On Tuesday 27 May Rob de Wijk, professor of international relations at Leiden University, will address this question. De Wijk is founder of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, which conducts research on geopolitical and military issues. After his lecture The new
The integrity and social safety reporting point has received 'just under twenty' reports in the first six weeks. The so-called clarifying table with experts will be in action for the first time this week. Olivier Seuer, the interim manager of the integrity office, said this on Monday during a meeting of the Executive Board and
A proposed policy change would make student sports so expensive that it could become unaffordable for the average student, say the Dutch National Student Association (ISO), Universities of the Netherlands, Student Sports Netherlands, the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, and NOC*NSF. ISO and its partners have launched a petition calling on the House of
The police should not be using force to remove protesters from university campuses, says the Dutch Student Union (LSVb), which has launched an anonymous reporting point for such incidents. University administrators argue that in some cases, they feel compelled to call in the police. Last week, injuries were reported during the removal of pro-Palestinian protests
Is abseiling from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering on your bucket list? Good news! You can do it on Wednesday 14 May from 11:00 to 17:00. Dean of Aerospace Engineering Henri Werij will also descend from the 14-floor building during the lunch break. The event is to mark the 16th anniversary of study association of…
Making banners, a march to the centre of Delft and free fries. Those items are on the agenda for the strike on Thursday 24 April, the organisation writes on the website of union FNV. On that day, TU Delft students and staff will join hands against the cuts in higher education. Programme for the strike
Tian Qing Yen (Applied Sciences) won the grand prize in TU Delft's Open Photo Competition with her photograph Moving Spaces. Her photo depicts the tension between freedom and restriction. The winning photos were announced during the Open Education Week 2025. Other winning entries included TU Delft Library by alumnus Carel van der Lippe (Electrical Engineering),
Dutch universities awarded 5,595 PhDs over the last academic year – more than ever before. Women have maintained their lead over men. In the 1990s, almost all dissertations were written by men. That has gradually changed, with more and more PhDs going to women. The turning point came in the 2020/2021 academic year, when, for
A lot of odour and flooding on Tuesday 11 March at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. A sewer pipe burst there around 1:05 PM. Videos circulating on social media show the light brown water coming through the ceiling in a hard jet. The sewer pipe was located under groups of toilets on the
A survey by the Noscura communications agency shows that 14 out of 15 Dutch universities have stopped posting on X, formerly Twitter. Maastricht University has even deleted its account entirely. The only Dutch university still active on Twitter is TU Delft. Ironically, the man now calling (in Dutch) on TU Delft to be the last
