The European Commission wants to tackle the housing crisis, including for students. However, Peter Boelhouwer, professor of Housing Systems at TU Delft, warns that “real solutions can only be found in the Netherlands itself.” In December, the European Commission presented its plans to tackle the housing crisis. Normally, Brussels does not interfere in the housing
Higher basic grants and lower interest rates on student loans, but tuition fees are going up and rents continue to rise. These and other changes will affect students’ wallets in 2026.
A rent of, for example, €500 could rise to €520 next year in the social sector (which includes many student residences) or to €536 for a room in a private student residence. This would amount to an additional €250 to €370 in housing costs per year. The Spring Memorandum stated that rents in the social
The Netherlands must spend billions of euros on knowledge, innovation and infrastructure, advises former ASML CEO Peter Wennink in a report requested by the outgoing Cabinet in early September. ‘Whereas Europe once played a pioneering role in innovation, this has not been the case for years,’ it states. The report throws around billions. The idea
An additional €165 million is needed annually to keep the Dutch digital infrastructure for research up to date. This is according to research funder NWO and ICT cooperative SURF. If this does not happen, Dutch science will quickly fall behind. Over the past ten years, the computing power of Dutch supercomputers and digital networks has
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded forty scientists from Dutch research institutions a ‘consolidator grant’ of around €2 million. Five of them are affiliated with TU Delft.
Only one in three students obtains a bachelor's degree within three years. According to research conducted by ResearchNed on behalf of student organisation ISO, health issues and part-time jobs are the main reasons why many students take longer to complete their studies. Of the more than 7,500 students surveyed, 22 percent cited health issues as
More than seven thousand students, lecturers and researchers gathered in Amsterdam on Tuesday to demonstrate against the budget cuts on higher education. The participants in the demonstration marched from Dam Square through the city centre.
Universities of applied sciences have signed up for cooperation with the armed forces. Universities are still working on an agreement. And TU Delft? It signed a letter of intent with the Ministry of Defense in April.
