Technology, Policy and Management
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The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of the Delft University of Technology
is a faculty for graduation and post-graduation studies in Technology
, Policy
and Management
. Through internationally oriented education
and research
the faculty want to contribute with "sustainable solutions to complex social problems
". The research of the faculty focuses on "large scale socio-technical systems, such as infrastructure
s for transport
, energy
and telecommunication
".
at the time: Technology and Society and Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. From 1992 to 1998 Henk G. Sol
was founding Dean of the new School for Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. He prepared the merger, in 1998, into the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.
The Faculty of Technology and Society had been a joint faculty from the 1960s, including philosophy
, economics
, skills, technology assessment
, law
and gender studies
. Its main task was to provide service education to all the other faculties of the Delft University of Technology. The Faculty of Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management was built from scratch and started in 1992 with a new curriculum and research programme.
The faculty has evolved form three departements in 1999 to five departments in 2007. These are:
These five departments contain 19 sections.
Detailed information about the master programmes are given in the separate websites:
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
is a faculty for graduation and post-graduation studies in Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, Policy
Policy
A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome. The term is not normally used to denote what is actually done, this is normally referred to as either procedure or protocol...
and Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
. Through internationally oriented education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
and research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
the faculty want to contribute with "sustainable solutions to complex social problems
Complexity
In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. The study of these complex linkages is the main goal of complex systems theory. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are...
". The research of the faculty focuses on "large scale socio-technical systems, such as infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
s for transport
Logistic
Logistic may refer to:* Logistics, the management of resources and their distributions** Logistic engineering, the scientific study of logistics** Military logistics, the study of logistics at the service of military units and operations...
, energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
and telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
".
History
The faculty started in 1997 from a merger between the two existing faculties of the Delft University of TechnologyDelft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
at the time: Technology and Society and Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. From 1992 to 1998 Henk G. Sol
Henk G. Sol
Henk Gerard Sol is a Dutch organizational theorist and Professor of Business Engineering and ICT at Groningen University. His research focuses on the development of services enabled by ICT, management information systems, decision enhancement and telematics.- Biography :Henk Sol was born in 1951...
was founding Dean of the new School for Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. He prepared the merger, in 1998, into the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.
The Faculty of Technology and Society had been a joint faculty from the 1960s, including philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, skills, technology assessment
Technology assessment
Technology assessment Technology assessment Technology assessment (TA, German Tenteractive, and communicative process that aims to contribute to the formation of public and political opinion on societal aspects of science and technology.- General description :...
, law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
and gender studies
Gender studies
Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
. Its main task was to provide service education to all the other faculties of the Delft University of Technology. The Faculty of Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management was built from scratch and started in 1992 with a new curriculum and research programme.
The faculty has evolved form three departements in 1999 to five departments in 2007. These are:
- Infrastructure Systems & Services Department
- Multi Actor Systems Department
- Engineering and Reflection Department
- Innovation Systems Department
- Education & Didactics Department
These five departments contain 19 sections.
Programs offered
The faculty offeres the following five master programmes, which are taught in English:- Technology, Policy and Management
- Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA)
- Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management (SEPAM)
- Management of Technology (MOT)
- Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics (TIL)
External links
Detailed information about the master programmes are given in the separate websites: