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
Starting 1 May, Cokky Hilhorst will be the new Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management. This was announced by the Executive Board in an email to all TU Delft staff on Tuesday. She will succeed Deputy Dean Sabine Roeser, who had been appointed as of 1 December 2024. Prior to Roeser, Aukje
On Thursday, March 20, an action meeting against the cuts in higher education will take place at TU Delft. The meeting, organised by unions FNV, AOb, and VSSD (for students) is intended for TU staff, but other parties are welcome to join as well. Those interested can register on the website. The aim is for
Currently, there are no plans for a strike against higher education budget cuts in Delft, but this could change. This was stated by Fred Veer, chairman of the internal trade unions at TU Delft, when asked. In various cities, there are concrete plans for strikes by university staff. The trade unions and action group WOinActie
The number of international students in the Netherlands hardly needs to decrease to meet the planned budget cuts, Education Minister Eppo Bruins confirmed to the Senate. If the current number of students remains the same, the savings in higher education are likely to be met. Originally, the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB coalition parties wanted
TU Delft intends to press charges in a case of a former PhD candidate who has made negative statements on social media about the supervision during his unfinished PhD trajectory at TU Delft. The university announced so in a release on their website. The spokesperson did not provide further details on the exact grounds for
In the trial of Fouad L., the prosecution is demanding 30 years in prison supplemented with preventive detention preventive custody ('tbs' in Dutch). Fouad L. killed three people and set fire to his home and the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam on September 28, 2023. The victims were his neighbor, her daughter and a teacher from
