Delft University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Delft | |
Former names | Koninklijke Akademie van Delft Polytechnische School van Delft Technische Hoogeschool van Delft |
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Motto in English | Challenge the Future |
| Type | Public, technical |
| Established | 1842 |
| Budget | € 1,093 million (2024) |
| President | (Tim) van der Hagen |
| Rector | (Tim) van der Hagen |
Academic staff | 4,415 (including 1,365 faculty members of all ranks, 29.9% female, 49.6% international, full-time equivalents in 2024) |
Administrative staff | 2,870 (2024) |
| Students | 26,971 (2024) |
| Undergraduates | 13,484 (2024) |
| Postgraduates | 13,047 (2024) |
| 3,549 (2024) | |
| Location | , 52°0′6″N 4°22′21″E / 52.00167°N 4.37250°E |
| Campus | Urban (university town) |
| Colors | Cyan, black and white |
| Affiliations | IDEA Climate-KIC CESAER EUA 4TU UNITECH SEFI SAE TPC ATHENS PEGASUS ENHANCE Alliance |
| Website | tudelft.nl/en/ |
The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft) is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, and natural sciences.
It is considered one of the leading technical universities in Europe and is consistently ranked as one of the best schools for architecture and engineering in the world. According to the QS World University Rankings it ranked 3rd worldwide for architecture and 13th for Engineering & Technology in 2024. It also ranked 3rd best worldwide for mechanical and aerospace engineering, 3rd for civil and structural engineering, 11th for chemical engineering, and 12th for design.
With eight faculties and multiple research institutes, TU Delft educates around 27,000 students (undergraduate and postgraduate), and employs more than 3,500 doctoral candidates and close to 4,500 teaching, research, support and management staff (including more than 1,300 faculty members of all academic ranks in the Netherlands).
The university was established on 8 January 1842 by King William II as a royal academy, with the primary purpose of training civil servants for work in the Dutch East Indies. The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1864 and an institute of technology (making it a full-fledged university) in 1905. It changed its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986.
Dutch Nobel laureates Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Simon van der Meer have been associated with TU Delft. TU Delft is a member of several university federations, including the IDEA League, CESAER, UNITECH International, ENHANCE Alliance, LDE, and 4TU.