At TU Delft, it’s not just the students who sit for exams. In April, 24 staff members, including assistant professors, senior faculty and even some managerial staffers, sat for a test.
The world today is more accessible than ever with endless opportunities for study, work and travel abroad. So it’s no surprise that the number of couples entering intercultural relationships has risen.
As an international student in the Netherlands, you might have noticed that there isn’t that much of a national cuisine around these parts. The secret is, we don’t really have one! Yes, we do have some nice products like bitterballen and stroopwafels, but complete dishes? Not so much.
Whether you are a new arrival to TU Delft or have been too busy studying to get out, a great way to discover what the town has to offer is Museum Night. This annual event turns the historic centre into one big museum celebrating culture and the visual arts.
Length: 1.97 cm
Weight: 96 kg
Birth Year: 1994
Faculty: Aerospace Engineering
Team: Paal Centraal 2
Other sports: gliding
Why korfball?”I hadn’t done any physical sport for a couple of years so when this academic year began, I decided to start again.
The Dutch government has been ordered to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020 in a landmark case decided in the district court of The Hague on June 24, 2015.
Water hyacinth is a serious pest. A free-floating plant with lavender flowers, this weed is choking tropical fresh waters, suffocating lakes, blocking shipping and hurting local economies. So why not turn it into animal food suggests civil engineer Viktor Valk.
TU Delft has launched an Ocean Energy Platform in response to increasing interest in the sea as a source of energy – whether wave, algal, tidal or thermal.
Internationalisation should be the by-product, and not the goal of an excellent university according to new Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment (BK). Peter Russell, a Canadian national, is currently the only non-Dutch dean at TU Delft.
So, you moved to the Netherlands and worked hard to earn your degree. Now what? Many international students return to their home countries after graduation, but that is not necessarily by choice.
