After their first-year weekends, the new students from the different faculties got to compete against each other loudly. Then it was time to get wristbands and get a good spot at the Schie dinner. Check out the photo report of OWee Sunday.
It won’t be long now before the OWee begins. Starting on Sunday, Delft will be turned upside down for the 52nd time during the annual introduction week for prospective students. What is on the programme?
Traffic signs are proudly displayed on the wall in some student houses. A stop sign in the corridor, street signs next to the fridge. How do they get there? And why?
Students who work full time on Dream Team projects now pay tuition fees while they do not follow any courses. The Dream Teams and Student Council party ORAS believe that this makes participation too elitist. It also leads to fake registrations which seriously distort the inflow and dropout rates of some degree programmes. The students thus argue for a tuition fee waiver.
The number of student rooms available on rental websites has fallen by almost 30 percent, reports Dutch newspaper NRC. Many landlords are putting their student houses up for sale. This is also happening in Delft, and Housing Minister Keijzer has expressed her concerns about this.
In a short amount of time, a petition against DUWO’s plea for ‘equal opportunities’ in flatmate interviews for housing has been signed 5,100 times. Residents want to continue to decide for themselves who their new flatmate will be.
Swimming for 17 hours in an unpredictable sea. This august TU Delft alumnus Winnifred Noorlander will swim the huge distance of the English Channel. She is doing this to raise awareness about brain health. “There are a lot of misconceptions about the treatment and after effects of concussions.”
The 27 residents of Oude Delft 15 had a shock on Monday night. A raging fire destroyed their shared space. One of the residents, Mees, was able to save Mies the cat on time. “She had already been through a lot in our house, but not this.”
Welcome to the finale of the 2025 Board Photo Contest! In this contest, we celebrate student culture. Who took the best board photo this academic year?
