Delft University of Technology

History

On January 8, 1842, King Willem II founded the 'Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade'. The Academy also educated civil servants for the colonies and revenue officers of the Dutch East Indies.

An Act passed on May 2, 1863, imposing regulations on technical education as well as bringing it under the influence of the rules applying to secondary education. Then, on the 20th of June, 1864, a Royal Decree was issued, ordering that the Royal Academy in Delft be disbanded in order to make way for a new 'Polytechnic School'. The School went on to educate architects, and engineers in the fields of civil works, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering and mining.

On May 22, 1905, an Act was passed, acknowledging the academic level of the School's technical education - it became a 'Technische Hogeschool', or an 'Institute of Technology'. Queen Wilhelmina attended the Institute's official opening ceremony on July 10, 1905. The Institute's first Rector Magnificus was the professor of hydraulic engineering ir. J. Kraus. The Institute was granted corporate rights by an Act passed on June 7, 1956.

It was an Act which took effect on 1st September, 1986, that officially transformed the Institute of Technology into Delft University of Technology, also known as 'TU Delft'.

Undergraduate Programs

All undergraduate programs lead to a B.Sc. degree.

Aerospace Engineering

Applied Earth Science

Applied Mathematics

Applied Physics

Architecture

Civil Engineering

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Industrial Design Engineering

Life Science & Technology

Marine Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Molecular Science & Technology

Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management

Graduate Programs


The university offers the following graduate programs (sorted by faculty). All programs lead to a M.Sc. degree.

Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Geomatics
Applied Sciences
Applied Physics
Biochemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Life Science & Technology
NanoScience
Science Education & Communication
Teacher programme (TULO)
Architecture
Architecture
Building Technology
Real Estate & Housing
Urbanism
Civil Engineering and Geosciences