Hungary in DelftA nine-person delegation from TU Budapest is coming to TU Delft this week. The Hungarians will visit some of Delft’s leading research facilities, like the Simona flight simulator and the laboratory for fluid dynamics.
TU Budapest was founded in 1635 and is Hungary’s oldest university. The university has offered English-language education since 1984 and today some 10 percent of its 15,000 students are foreigners. TU Delft and TU Budapest enjoy a close working relationship.
First foreign political contender
Wawan Dhewanto (26), a SEPA student from Indonesia, is the first foreign student to run for elected office at the TU. From a list of twelve candidates, Dhewanto hopes to be among the top seven vote-getters and win a seat on the Faculty Student Raad (FSR), a body set up to promote good relations between students and staff within the Technology, Policy and Management faculty. Dhewanto aims to improve the education process and will promote more interaction between regular TU students and international students. “Globalization means that more and more Dutch and foreign students are working abroad, and now, while at university, is the time to learn to work and socialize together,” Dhewanto says. Dhewanto wants a greater selection of elective courses to be offered in English. With the May 22-23 elections approaching, he’s perplexed by the low-key campaign approach: “There are no debates, no campaigning, so how do we get our message across and let people know what we stand for?” Dhewanto is therefore running a more personalized campaign. “I meet students individually to find out what they think and want,” he says. “Unlike most politicians, I don’t simply want to impose my thoughts on them.”
Hungary in Delft
A nine-person delegation from TU Budapest is coming to TU Delft this week. The Hungarians will visit some of Delft’s leading research facilities, like the Simona flight simulator and the laboratory for fluid dynamics. TU Budapest was founded in 1635 and is Hungary’s oldest university. The university has offered English-language education since 1984 and today some 10 percent of its 15,000 students are foreigners. TU Delft and TU Budapest enjoy a close working relationship.
First foreign political contender
Wawan Dhewanto (26), a SEPA student from Indonesia, is the first foreign student to run for elected office at the TU. From a list of twelve candidates, Dhewanto hopes to be among the top seven vote-getters and win a seat on the Faculty Student Raad (FSR), a body set up to promote good relations between students and staff within the Technology, Policy and Management faculty. Dhewanto aims to improve the education process and will promote more interaction between regular TU students and international students. “Globalization means that more and more Dutch and foreign students are working abroad, and now, while at university, is the time to learn to work and socialize together,” Dhewanto says. Dhewanto wants a greater selection of elective courses to be offered in English. With the May 22-23 elections approaching, he’s perplexed by the low-key campaign approach: “There are no debates, no campaigning, so how do we get our message across and let people know what we stand for?” Dhewanto is therefore running a more personalized campaign. “I meet students individually to find out what they think and want,” he says. “Unlike most politicians, I don’t simply want to impose my thoughts on them.”
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