The
Eindhoven University of Technology (in
DutchDutch is a West Germanic language spoken by over 22 million people as a native language, and over 5 million people as a second language.
"1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language...
: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven or
TU/e, and formerly Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven or THE) is a university of technology located in
EindhovenEindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams...
,
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
. The motto of the university is:
Mens agitat molem (Mind over matter).
The Eindhoven University of Technology was founded as the
Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (THE) on June 15, 1956 by the Dutch government.
The
Eindhoven University of Technology (in
DutchDutch is a West Germanic language spoken by over 22 million people as a native language, and over 5 million people as a second language.
"1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language...
: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven or
TU/e, and formerly Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven or THE) is a university of technology located in
EindhovenEindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams...
,
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
. The motto of the university is:
Mens agitat molem (Mind over matter).
Overview
The Eindhoven University of Technology was founded as the
Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (THE) on June 15, 1956 by the Dutch government. It was the second institute of its kind in the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
, preceded only by the
Delft University of TechnologyThe Delft University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands, is the nation's largest technical university, with over 15,000 students, 2,700 scientists and 1,800 people in the support and management staff...
. It is located on its own campus in the center of Eindhoven, just north of the central station. It is currently home to about 240 professors, 7200 students, 250 PDEng-students, 600
Ph.D.Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated PhD , for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", or alternatively, DPhil, for the equivalent , is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities...
students, 200 post-doc students and 3000 regular employees. It also supports about 100 student associations and 15 alumni associations.
Yearly, the Eindhoven University of Technology produces almost 3000 scientific publications, 140 PhD-awards, and 40 patents.
The Eindhoven University of Technology is main participant in the technological top institutes DPI and NIMR. One of the former students of the university is
Gerard KleisterleeGerard Kleisterlee is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Philips Electronics and Chairman of its Board of Management and Group Management Committees....
, the current CEO of
PhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , most commonly known as Philips, is a Dutch electronics company.Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2007, its sales were €26.79 billion...
.
The university is located in an area where several companies active in technology are doing their research, like
PhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , most commonly known as Philips, is a Dutch electronics company.Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2007, its sales were €26.79 billion...
,
ASMLASML may refer to:* Abstract State Machine Language* ASML Holding*Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway...
and
DAFDAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium...
. The university maintains close contacts with most of these companies.
As of April 29 2005, Prof.dr.ir. C.J. van Duijn has the position of rector magnificus.
In 2006, the University celebrated its 50th birthday.
In a 2003 European Commission report , TU/e was ranked as 3rd among European research universities (after Cambridge and Oxford, at equality with TU Munich and thus making it the highest ranked Technical University in Europe), based on the impact of its scientific research. In 'The Times Higher Education Supplement World University Ranking 2005'. it was ranked 74th among world universities, and 67th in 2006.
The university operates several international cooperations with other universities all over the world; the Brain Bridge with
Zhejiang UniversityZhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education....
,
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
, is an example of such a cooperation.
Departments
TU/e comprises nine departments:
- Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve healthcare diagnosis and treatment.Biomedical engineering has only recently...
- Architecture
For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of architecture. Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures for human shelter or use....
, Building and Planning
- Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after...
- Industrial Design
Industrial design is a combination of applied art and applied science, whereby the aesthetics and usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and production...
- Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science , and life sciences with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
and ChemistryChemistry is the science concerned with the composition, behavior, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions...
- Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineer is a branch of engineering that concerns with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, material and process. It also deals with designing new prototypes to help save money and...
& Innovation Sciences (formerly Technology ManagementTechnology Management is set of management disciplines that allows organizations to manage its technological fundamentals to create competitive advantage...
)
- Applied Physics
Applied physics is a general term for physics which is intended for a particular technological or practical use. "Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination of factors such as the motivation and attitude of researchers and the nature of the relationship to the technology or...
- Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that was developed from the application of principles from physics and materials science. Mechanical engineering involves the analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of various systems...
- Mathematics
Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....
and Computer ScienceComputer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems. It is frequently described as the systematic study of algorithmic processes that create, describe and transform...
Distinguished alumni
- Kees Schouhamer Immink
Kornelis Antonie Schouhamer Immink is a Dutch scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording including popular digital media such as Compact Disc, DVD and Blu-Ray Disc. He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who...
, scientist and president Turing Machines Inc.
- Gerard Kleisterlee
Gerard Kleisterlee is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Philips Electronics and Chairman of its Board of Management and Group Management Committees....
, president PhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , most commonly known as Philips, is a Dutch electronics company.Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2007, its sales were €26.79 billion...
since 2001
- Camiel Eurlings
Camiel Eurlings is a Dutch politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He is currently the minister at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management....
, Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management since 2006
- G.M. Nijssen
Gerardus Maria Nijssen is a Dutch computer scientist, who was fulltime professor at the University of Queensland. Nijssen is considered the founder of verbalization in computer science, and one of the founders of business modeling and information analysis based on natural language.- Biography...
, Dutch computer scientist
- Jan Dietz
Jean Leonardus Gerardus Dietz is a Dutch computer scientist, and Professor of Information Systems Design at Delft University of Technology.- Biography :Jan Dietz was born in 1945 in Brunssum. He obtained a M.A...
, Dutch computer scientist
- Jo Coenen
Jo Coenen is a Dutch architect and urban planner.Between 2000 and 2004 Coenen was Rijksbouwmeester of the Netherlands, The Hague. In 1995 he won the BNA Kubus award...
, Dutch architect
- René van Zuuk
René van Zuuk is a Dutch architect.René van Zuuk studied building production technology at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, where he graduated in 1988 . Directly after receiving his engineers diploma he started working at the office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in London and Chicago...
, Dutch architect
- Wiel Arets
Wiel Arets is a Dutch architect, urbanist and industrial designer from the Dutch-German border town of Heerlen. After graduating from Eindhoven University in 1983 he established Wiel Arets Architect & Associates in his hometown a year later. In 1996 the office was moved to Maastricht...
, Dutch architect
Distinguished faculty
- Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn is a Dutch mathematician, affiliated as professor emeritus with the Eindhoven University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in 1943 from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam....
- Edsger W. Dijkstra
- Jack van Lint
Jacobus Hendricus van Lint was a Dutch mathematician, professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, of which he was rector magnificus from 1991 till 1996....
- Wietse Venema
Dr. Wietse Zweitze Venema is a Dutch programmer and physicist best known for writing the Postfix email system. He also wrote TCP Wrapper and collaborated with Dan Farmer to produce the computer security tools SATAN and The Coroner's Toolkit....
- Bert Meijer
Egbert W. Meijer is a distinguished Dutch professor of Chemistry in the Eindhoven University of Technology. He is active in the fields of supramolecular chemistry, materials chemistry and polymer chemistry....
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