Founded in 1842, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive technical university in the Netherlands. Located in the picturesque city of Delft, it is a contemporary university of national importance and significant international standing. Its eight faculties offer several engineering MSc programmes, many of which are unique in the Netherlands. With a student body of more than 13,000 and almost 5,000 employees, it is an impressive establishment, renowned for its high standard and quality of innovative research and education. TU Delft enjoys an excellent international reputation in a broad array of fields, and has close collaborative links with international business partners, various research institutes and industry. Such ties give students the opportunity to gain valuable, relevant experience in preparation for an international career.
The faculty of Applied Sciences is a large, research-oriented faculty at the frontier of contemporary engineering science - a pioneering, world-class training ground for future leaders in scientific professional practice and research. Committed to providing a dynamic and well resourced environment that encourages and inspires intellectual diversity and innovation, we offer stimulation and opportunity for students and researchers alike. Close collaborative relationships are fostered internally between researchers and staff and externally with national and international institutions and industry. Such frequent reciprocal interaction with our industry partners is instrumental in helping us to shape many of the faculty programmes and ensure their relevance and standard meet and satisfy industry trends and demands on a global level. We recognise that well-trained engineering science graduates are essential contributors to the success of our world economy and we are committed to upholding our Faculty Mission:
“to provide excellent and challenging education and to conduct pioneering, cutting-edge fundamental research of great societal relevance in the natural sciences”.
Programmes offered
The faculty of Applied Sciences offers 2 year taught/research MSc programmes which are conducted in English in the following subjects –
Nanoscience
Life Science and Technology
Applied Physics
Biochemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Industrial Ecology
Science Education and Communication
Programme director
Bryony Blinman
Faculty size
The Faculty of Applied Sciences is the largest of TU Delft’s eight faculties.
Full professors 65
Associate and assistant professors 120
Post-docs 90
PhD students 300
Support staff 435
Students 1020
Annual student intake
300
Programme location(s)
Delft, Netherlands.
NanoScience and Life Science and Technology are joint programmes with Leiden University and lectures and practicles take place at both locations. Industrial Ecology is a joint programme with Leiden University and Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Language of instruction
English
Length
2 years
Application fee
None
Registration fee
None
Tuition fee
The tuition fees for 2006-2007 for the Master programmes are as follows:
EU/EFTA nationals born after August 31st 1976
€ 1,519 per year
EU/EFTA nationals born before September 1st 1976
€ 2,067 per year
Non-EU/EFTA nationals
€ 8,310 per year (except for NanoScience, Life Science & Technology and Industrial Ecology to which a tuition fee of € 11,730 applies)
Other fees
Living expenses are estimated at 700 Euros per month (including accomodation, food, books, entertainment)
The general requirements for admission to a Master programme are:
A good BSc degree * (or equivalent) of a high quality and level. The main subject focused on during the BSc phase should match the MSc degree course you intend to pursue at TU Delft.
A BSc Grade Point Average (GPA) for the Bachelor study of at least 75% of the scale maximum.
For applicants whose mother tongue is a language other than English and/or who have not followed all their secondary and tertiary education in English:
A TOEFL ** (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 550 (paper-based test) or 213 (computer-based test). Please note that we do not accept ´Institutional TOEFL´ tests except for the one organised and certified by the Netherlands Education Support Office (NEC) in Jakarta, or
IELTS ** (academic version) overall Band score of at least 6.0.
