An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

Students who expect professors to schedule a course around their vacation flights. Latecomers who want a recap when they have missed the beginning of a lecture. It is happening more and more often, sa...

Growing up in a closed city in the Soviet Union, she could not have imagined an academic career in the Netherlands. A piece of meteorite sparked her fascination with science; a professor’s encourageme...

Armed with a litter picker, a trash bag, and a red vest, fifteen members of the TU/e community walked across campus today. During their plandeling (a Dutch portmanteau combining the words for plastic ...

A signature by former Queen Juliana, the annual Holst Lectures, the walkways, Edsger W. Dijkstra’s software system, and the student teams are the “Big Five” selected by the Art and Heritage Committee ...

TU/e has attracted almost twice as many additional master’s students this academic year as agreed under the Beethoven program for the semiconductor industry. The university had aimed to enroll 263 add...

You may have already used one abroad: a driverless bus or taxi. But what if an intoxicated fellow passenger suddenly attacks you or misbehaves in another manner? TU/e assistant professor Pavlo Bazilin...

Associations are having a very hard time filling their boards and committees. This is taking a toll on student life, argues TU/e student Jesse Eekhout, a member of the University Council.

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

Dutch Design Week is just around the corner. From October 17 to 25, design enthusiasts can once again indulge their passion in Eindhoven. TU/e is present on campus and at Strijp-S with among other thi...

A dinner with all our colleagues to kick off the new academic year—fun and sociable, Pieter Pauw thinks. But is a barbecue really the best option?

Recent research by Rabobank shows that low-cost Chinese chemical products are increasingly displacing the domestic industry, leaving our country vulnerable and dependent. “We do see these dependencies...

If he could choose absolutely anything, Arno Gankema would rather have a side job at NASA, though with both feet firmly on the ground. Instead, he works at hardware store Hornbach, where he stocks she...

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

Two of the four departments of employment agency EuFlex are being phased out. For the approximately 2,200 students and staff members who work at TU/e through EuFlex, little will change. Payroll and co...

The total student debt in the Netherlands has fallen by 800 million euros to 28 billion euros, Statistics Netherlands reports. For the third consecutive year, fewer people have student debt.

Data is a key building block of innovation. Yet researchers and engineers often store it in fragmented OneDrive folders and separate Excel spreadsheets. TU/e alumni Thomas van Bodegraven and Benji van...

TU/e’s CO₂ footprint decreased by 1 percent in 2025. It is too early to speak of a structural decline, but it is becoming increasingly clear where the biggest impacts lie and where TU/e can take furth...

The British intelligence agency MI5 has issued a strong warning: more than a hundred scientists in the United Kingdom are collaborating with a Chinese technology institute that promotes espionage. And...

Citizen service numbers, bank details, and even medical records. TU Delft moved data of (former) students to the cloud that, under privacy laws, the university should already have deleted. University ...

Gemini-Zuid is almost unrecognizable on the inside, now that the building on the TU/e campus has been stripped down to the concrete. Still, former “residents” were able to point out their offices with...

Students looking to specialize in aerospace engineering in the Netherlands will have another option starting next academic year: Eindhoven. TU/e’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is launching a n...

The university is getting a new overarching Enterprise Service Management (ESM) system. This will replace the current self-service portal, among other things, but is far more comprehensive—essentially...

“Understanding everywhere, solutions nowhere.” In search of help for students in crisis, Edith Snelders found herself on a frustrating journey through rules, procedures and responsibilities. Until the...

How do you make sure every child leaves gym class with a smile? TU/e PhD candidate Anoek Adank—who works as a lecturer-researcher at Fontys Sporthogeschool—studied how gym class influences the physica...

Michel Berden is on an exchange program at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. His first impression: Portuguese people are a lot less strict about time. And in addition to the relaxed academic p...

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

Can anyone now start a made-up bachelor’s or master’s program in the Netherlands? Minister Rianne Letschert is likely to amend the law following a remarkable ruling by the Council of State. “I take th...

A giant red balloon is intended to remind students and staff of the smoking ban on campus. With a new anti-smoking campaign, TU/e hopes to avoid receiving another fine from the Netherlands Food and Co...

It is not wise to put your signature on a document without reading it critically first. So that is exactly what Jan Vleeshouwers did with TU/e’s new code of conduct.

From former plantations on Bonaire to gas extraction sites in Groningen: some places bear the traces of a history that continues to have an impact today. In the Traumascapes project, TU/e researcher D...

TU/e ombud Job van Luyken also decided to respond to the new Code of Conduct and the request to sign it. He is calling on everyone to add their signature, partly so that he can carry out his work as o...

Tantalus Basketball Club has bought two new mobile basketball towers. The cost: twenty thousand euros. Half of the amount is covered by the student club’s own funds, while the University Fund Eindhove...

For many members of the TU/e community, today is a special day. After years of hard work, they are receiving their bachelor’s degrees. A total of 1,622 graduates are throwing their caps in the air tod...

Far-right extremists are also trying to “normalize” their ideas through the student association GNSV, the AIVD and NCTV warn. To gain broader support, they deliberately present themselves as more mode...

Student team TU/ecomotive is showcasing its concept car VENTRA to the public this weekend at the Zandvoort circuit. While driving, the electric car captures part of the particulate matter released by ...

All employees received an invitation this month to sign TU/e’s code of conduct. Some welcome the new code, while others have reservations and have yet to respond to the request to sign it.

The TU/e ​​has extensive IT support, which you can find behind the counter in MetaForum and via speed dial 2000. Cursor spent a day with them to find out what the most frequently asked questions are a...

Anyone who wants to scrutinize scientific research needs access to the underlying data. But what if that data cannot be shared because of privacy concerns? TU/e is exploring whether synthetic data can...

Anyone walking near the Fluxveld during the week of October 12 won’t be able to miss it. During Lustrum Week, the grass field will be transformed into a mini TU/e festival site, with a special mirror ...

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

A striking new installation has recently appeared on the field behind the Luna building: SOMBRA. The pavilion was designed as an ode to the sun and will be on display on the TU/e campus for the coming...

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

The universities have signed a letter of intent with the Ministry of Defense: they want to work together more often. They signed the agreement after a series of talks about academic freedom.

The government is allocating tens of millions of euros to the construction of student housing. The funding is part of a new “action plan” aimed at getting housing construction moving.

The TU/e student who was arrested after making offensive remarks and giving a Nazi salute in a lecture hall, will not be prosecuted. The Public Prosecution Service has announced this. An investigation...

Almost a quarter of graduates from research universities and universities of applied sciences have spent part of their studies abroad, according to new figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Still...

What happens when you put a mathematician to work on a biomedical problem such as cancer? TU/e PhD candidate Mike van Santvoort is using mathematical models to unravel how cancer cells communicate wit...

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world