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Computer Science
(Technical Informatics)
http://www.its.tudelft.nl/
General information faculty
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Admission procedures and Application form general
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Welcome visitors
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Student organisation Informatics/Mathematics
http://elektron.its.tudelft.nl/~aegee/
European student association Delft
Contents
1. Computer Science
Computers and informatics
What is Informatics?
Computer Science
Technical University
Computer Science – for you?
A world study
Only studying?
Studying in Delft
2. A job
A lot of demand
Great prospects
Where do you want to work?
3. The program. Theory and practice
The ‘propaedeuse’
The core curriculum
Specialization
Completing the studies
Postgraduate education
Part-time study programs
Learning at the TU
Student advising
Do I need a computer?
4. Major fields
Parallel and distributed systems
Software engineering
Computer graphics and CAD/CAM
Knowledge-based systems
Databases
Designing Information Systems
Information strategy
Other options
5. Christiaan Huygens. An active student society
Getting acquainted
Education
Businesses
Lectures and symposiums
Entertainment
6. Come to your fuTUre. Useful tips
Open House
Visit to your school
A taste of studying
Enrollment
Admission and the student grant
Accommodation
A handicap and studying
Sports and cultural activities
Student clubs
Computer Science
Widely used
Ever withdrawn money from a cashpoint? Have you got a clue what kind of informatics is involved? The bank needs to know that your balance needs to be decreased, but that information must go to no one else. Security is necessary, but the hardware for the cash card, the bank note counter and the receipt printer must also be driven. Where else do you encounter informatics? The software in a hospital, the animations in cartoons on TV, the processing and setting of text at the newspaper, computer games, chess computers, your CDs...
Computers and informatics
When in 1843 Lady Ada Lovelace created the formulas for the calculator of her friend Charles Babbage, she probably did not know she was taking part in the birth of a new science: informatics. Today Babbage’s machine is considered as the precursor of the computer. And Lady Lovelace’s formulas were the first programs. More than 150 years later computers and computer programs have come to stay. Hardly anyone can do without automation, but at the same time a lot of people are suspicious of it as well. For this reason there is a demand for information scientists who do not only understand computers and programs, but who also know how these can help users to improve their work and to make their life more enjoyable
What is informatics?
When you ask experts to define the concept ‘informatics’ for you, their answers usually contain terms like automated, data storage, data processing, and information. Computers and people handle information in different ways. A computer can multiply millions of numbers by one another in one second; a human being can’t. A human being can recognize a face in a split second, but a computer can’t. Informatics also entails: distributing tasks amongst human beings and computers in such a way that each does the job he’s best at.
Computer Science
At the Technological University Delft you do not study just Informatics, but Computer Science. The ‘technical’ adds the meaning: meant to be used in practice. You are trained as an informatics engineer, and these deal with real-life problems. For example, you can be asked to design a system that takes care that suitcases on Schiphol end up in the right plane, or to make electronic communication reliable, or to make the system of paying by computer, which is used by millions of people, safe and reliable. To be able to do this you must have a theoretical basis.
University of Technology
Studying Computer Science also means: choosing to study at a University of Technology. At the TU you have to master more theory than at an institute of technology, but this always has an obvious purpose: if you have more theoretical knowledge, you can solve complex practical problems. Computer Science cooperates with Technical Mathematics and Electrical Engineering in the Faculty Information Technology and Systems (ITS).
Computer Science - for you?
Of course you must have had the required prior education, but that is not all. The study program of Computer Science involves more than just learning. In the first place you must be able to think in a logical and structured way. Further, you have to be creative: some problems cannot be solved with a standard solution. You also need perseverance, because although you might have had an easy time getting good grades in high school, at university you will have to face setbacks from time to time. And you must like programming, of course. If you had never programmed before you took up the study, you will find that things move quite fast. But there are students who hardly programmed at all before they became freshmen, and they are doing quite well.
Bart-Jan Moree,
fourth-year student Computer Science:
‘How much time I spend studying? Not more than 30 hours a week. Yes, the study is difficult, but the study load is not the main cause of that. In all I have never been more busy working here than at high school. I do not attend many lectures; I work mostly during the last weeks preceding the exam.
I like the practicals. I also attend the ‘instructions’, hours during which you do exercises, aided by the instructor. I have time to spare for other activities, like being a student member of the Training Committee Informatics. That is an official and important club for our study. I have a membership ticket of the sports center; with two other students I do power training. Two Saturdays a month I work for a business. And sometimes I get together with fellow students, just to talk about things; that is important, too.’
A world study
Information scientists from Delft are very competent in their field. So it would be strange if they stayed in the Netherlands. Quite a number of informatics students do part of their program abroad. Usually you can get an extra grant for this. The department has connections with several foreign universities, usually in a particular area. There’s nearly always a student from Delft in Paris, doing his thesis project on international telecommunications; the Georgia Tech University in Atlanta is happy to receive students doing their thesis project on a regular basis, while many students like visiting Prague. Other remote corners of the world visited by students of informatics are, for example, Aruba, Calgary and Sydney. Of course it is convenient if contacts already exist, but if you yourself can arrange an internship at, let’s say, Tahiti, this is often allowed as well. Of course the level of the internship must be suitable for an informatics engineer under training.
Only studying?
Studying means working hard, but of course there is a lot more. The TU has a Sports Center and a Cultural Center where you can attend art classes or book a drum set to work off the stress. In Delft itself there is enough to do as well. There is no other university town where so many students are a member of large and small, ‘ordinary’ and eccentric student clubs. These are not only enjoyable, but also useful for gaining managerial experience. So there is no reason at all to fear that a study at the TU Delft will turn you into an unworldly Gyro Gearloose. There are plenty of opportunities to take part in something completely different.
Studying in Delft
Delft has a pretty old town center with lots of pubs. Delft has good and affordable student accommodation. Close to Delft you find Rotterdam and The Hague, which have large entertainment districts and are accessible by bus and train, also by night. So there are good reasons to choose Delft!
A job
The demand for informatics engineers has been large for years. In no major field the shortage of graduates is this great. So you needn’t be afraid that you won’t find a job when you have studied Computer Science. And a number of new developments in Computer Science are taking place. For the time being, there is plenty of room for maneuvering.
Great demand
You choose a subject you are interested in. You also choose a study with which you can get a job later on, preferably one that is interesting and well-paid. Computer Science is a good choice in that respect. Graduates do not look for jobs; they’re asked. The demand is so great that two thirds of the students who have passed their second year supplement their income with work in informatics. It is likely that after completing your studies, you will continue to work in your major field, for example because the business where you did your internship or thesis project invites you to apply for a post. This is quite common.
Vincent Dercksen, second-year student Computer Science and one of the founders of ‘Suave Webdesign’:
“When Edwin proposed to start a business to create web sites my first response was: another of Edwin’s crazy ideas. He wanted to ask Bas, Amit and Barry as well. “Why not?” he said. Yes, why not? We asked Bas, Amit and Barry and they fancied the idea as well. We went to the Chamber of Commerce for information and within a fortnight we were officially registered. A lot of things had to be arranged: opening an account with a bank, filling in tax forms and getting an email address and telephone so people could reach us. Of course we had to have our own web site. At the moment we’re working on our first orders. It takes some getting used to, but things work out as planned and we like doing the job.”
Great prospects
No one knows what the future will hold. But it is clear that in the next decades, we will not only see more applications of informatics, but also a greater variety of them. Think of the preparation for the year 2000, and the switch over to the Euro; of new uses of the Internet, for example for booking a pleasure trip or for buying merchandise all over the world. The use of virtual reality, for example in designing airports, but VR might also be used in housekeeping. Translating scientific data into images. Improving the management of and searching in databases containing some tens of thousands of documents. Further improving the security of data communication. In short: an informatics engineer has a lot of options in new and challenging projects to work on.
Ineke Stoop, alumnus Computer Science:
“After my graduation I did not need to look for a job. The company where I had done my thesis research offered me an annual contract right away. When the contract ended I had no difficulties in getting a job at a company that loans people to other companies for informatics work. And now I have a different job. I do not think that there are a lot of people who, when they take up a study, know right from the start what kind of job they would like. One thing is clear: you do not start as policy maker. First you are the person carrying out the work.”
Where do you want to work?
At the end of your studies you have the whole world before you. More than half of the informatics engineers become specialists in organizations that make money with something entirely different than informatics. There are lots of examples: banks, breweries, oil companies, government service, the aircraft industry, phone companies, the chemical industry, electronics, small publishing houses and all kinds of other great and small companies. These all need informatics specialists for further development and maintenance of their computer systems. Approximately one third of the information scientists work in companies that are only concerned with informatics, like software developers and informatics consultancy companies. And about one out of ten information specialists will concentrate on education and research, at universities, companies or institutes like TNO and Kema. In due course a lot of information specialists spend less and less time working with computers, and more on management. But it takes a lot of years before information specialists make this choice. You begin being a clever, professional, creative information specialist.
Geoff Breemer, sixth-year student Computer Science, doing his thesis research:
“I perform my thesis research at ABB Lummus Heat Transfer. The construction of petrochemical plants requires a lot of different calculations, documents and people. We want to be able to control these with a work flow management package. Although it has taken some time before the people here understood the ins and outs of it, it is a spectacular kind of work for me. Still, I do not want to work for ABB Lummus after I have graduated. I think I will apply with Cap Gemini or Baan. Such jobs involve visiting all sorts of companies, where different kinds of people discuss informatics problems with you. It is more varied, and I work at a more abstract level, which is the purpose of my study.”
The program
Theory and practice
The propaedeutic year
In the propaedeutic year, the first year of the program, the foundations are laid. Many students do not find this the most interesting part of the study. Just as the piles and foundations are not the most interesting part of a building. What is more: when the building is ready, you can’t even see the foundations. Yet you cannot do without them.
The foundations of informatics involve a lot of programming. We have to eliminate a misunderstanding about the latter. An information specialist who spends all his time on programming is as rare as a carpenter who knocks in nails the whole day. On the other hand, an information specialist who cannot program, is as rare as a carpenter who cannot wield a hammer. Programming is a skill you have to master; it is not the purpose of the study informatics. The purpose is being able to translate practical problems into informatics solutions and being able to explain these such that others see the logic of using that solution as well.
The first year comprises introductions to mathematics, digital technology, computer organization, CAD/CAM, visual object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, technical systems, systems and organization and information systems. In the first year you also get a subject dealing with the role of informatics in society. This includes practical work where you learn to interview someone, to write reports and to give oral presentations. As an information specialist it is not sufficient to have in-depth knowledge of the subject matter; you must also be capable to communicate about it with others. In real life, you will have to talk with many people to discover what their problem is exactly. And when you have found a solution, you must be able to explain why it is satisfactory.
Chris Wouters, freshman Computer Science
“I’m doing not too badly. Finally I can spend a lot of time on informatics, but the program contains more mathematics than I had expected. That is quite hard. The lectures are not too difficult, they are OK. But the pace is quite fast, a lot faster than at high school. The study matter is more difficult as well. But I had expected that; I was prepared for it. So it is a big change from pre-university education to university.”
The core curriculum
When you have obtained your propaedeutic certificate, you enter the so-called initial degree program. The first part is the core curriculum. It takes almost two years and consists of compulsory subjects. It contains less mathematics and programming than the propaedeutic year; now you have time for data communication, databases, software engineering, artificial intelligence, information systems and computer graphics. In short: you get an overview of the whole range of informatics. Of course the social sciences and philosophy are included as well.
At the end of the core curriculum schedule an informatics practical has been planned; this takes up much study time. Here, you have to solve a real-life problem, usually in a group. The product that you make, usually a computer program, will actually be used by the customer. Recent examples of projects that were executed are: the course administration of a training institute, a program to estimate the costs of a demolition installation for a building contractor and an internet site for libraries.
Marjolein Vliegenthart, second-year student Computer Science
“For a long time I did not know what I wanted to study. I wanted to take science as a subject.As a high school senior I went to the information days for Girls Studying Technology. Before these days I did not have a clue what Computer Science was about, but there I got to like it. And I knew how to handle computers. Even though I had not done a lot of programming. Sometimes you hear stories about people who did their first year like a flash. Well, I do not know any of them. The first year is simply tough. Partly because you change from pre-university education to university. You get a lot more freedom, you have to arrange a lot of things yourself and it’s up to you to start studying.”
The specialization phase
When everything goes according to plan, by the time you have nearly finished the core curriculum you have a quite accurate idea what you can do with informatics. At that point in time you choose the subjects for your fourth year. Computer Science has seven major fields, each containing further possibilities. No other Dutch university offers more options. A complete overview is given in the next chapter. You are not supposed to choose only subjects from your own field. To prevent that your program becomes one-sided, you take elective courses from other disciplines as well. For example, you can choose courses at Physics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Geodetic Engineering. At the TU Delft courses in law, economics, languages, sociology, psychology and other nontechnical subjects are offered as well, a few of which you must include in your subject combination.
Erik Koffijberg, doing the third-year practical Informatics
“On the authority of an Internet provider we are making modules consisting of different parts of a web site. With these modules developing commercial web sites must be simple and quick for the provider. The modules themselves are written in Java. Developing a single web site is not that difficult, but object-oriented programming of large modules involves a lot more. When we started, a basic design had already been made, but there is still a lot to be improved and to be added, because in a few months everything must be up and running!”
Thesis project
When you have done all your subjects, you are up to your final test of strength: the thesis project. For nine months you, a future information specialist, work on a problem in your field. Add a research period of three months, and you work on the project for a year. Most students choose to work on a problem at a company or institute. These can be located abroad as well. You write a report on your research, which you have to present orally to an audience consisting of the committee that assesses your work, your family and friends. If you get through this in one piece (virtually all students manage this) you have almost become an engineer. It is a few weeks later, when you hold the red container with the diploma, that you may officially use the title ir. (engineer).
Ruud de Rooij, PhD student at Software Engineering:
“I obtained my degree in four years – the duration set for the studies at that time – after an internship at the University of Texas, Austin. If I manage to obtain my Ph.D. degree in four years, I am not much older than students who complete their studies in six years. During my internship I did research; it is too complex to explain into what exactly. And now I am enjoying it that I can give the project a personal interpretation. The practicals did not pose a problem to me. Our third-year practical was a hit; I made a registration system for visitors, and they were all wildly enthusiastic about it. That was one of the parts of the study I really enjoyed. In my third year I worked a day a week at a company. This was very useful. Business life is widely different from university life. I tested software at a company with about 25 people. The new release had to be tested under pressure of time by me, and I wanted to come up with a well-founded conclusion. In fact the work was hardly related to the study, but that, too, was a good experience.”
Part-time study program
You can also do the program of informatics in the evening, as a part-time study. The evening program is equivalent to the daytime classes, but of course it takes longer, usually more than seven years. Most part-time students are exempted from certain courses on the basis of previous education or work experience, as a result of which the study is usually much shorter. In the part-time study the classes are usually small.
Studying at the TU
Different teaching formats are used at the TU. In lectures the professor explains the theory of a subject in a lecture hall. At instruction you can practice solving the assignments that are part of the lecture. At tutored instruction, self-motivation is important. Here you produce something with a group of students; the professor only helps if something is about to go wrong. Programming assignments are usually part of practicals. At the end of a course you usually have to do an exam. Written exams can be taken in the examination week; during this week no lectures are given. In some courses you have to work out a problem as part of an assignment, which takes the place of the exam.
Academic advising
At a university you have to plan your work yourself. If you do not go to lectures, the professor will not phone you at home to ask what’s keeping you. That is easy, but it has disadvantages as well. If you postpone doing the courses and practicals that are more difficult, your study is bound to go wrong.
To help you in your studies, Computer Science has appointed an advisor, who can help you when you are facing problems. Because you have difficulties planning your work, because you have started to wonder whether informatics is the right study for you, because you have an argument with a professor or because your girlfriend or boyfriend broke up the relationship. And if you just want to get informed about something, for example a certain regulation or internship, the advisor is the person to see, too.
Do I need a computer?
Computer Science has all facilities for the study available, including computing facilities. A lot of the rooms are opened in the evening as well. You do not really need to have your own computer, but we do advise you to get one.
Major Fields
What does Computer Science involve? Nearly everyone will know that it has something to do with computers, but what else? This chapter gives an overview of the practice of informatics and thus gives an overview of the different major fields you can choose.
Parallel and distributed systems Computers consist of chips that can only understand the binary digits 0 and 1. This makes it complicated for human beings to work with computers. The field of Parallel and Distributed Systems creates an imaginary shell around the computer which makes it possible to use the computer without having to know all its ins and outs. In recent years most investigation is done on the way in which computers are linked through networks; together they form a distributed system. A lot of agreements must be made for a distributed systems. The agreements must be realized as functioning hardware and software. It must be ensured that a small technical hitch does not cause the network to crash. And some actions have to be prevented. The head office of a bank wants to be sure unauthorized people cannot log in to their central computer to credit to their account.
Software Engineering
An aircraft that flies upside down after crossing the equator. People who get an overdose of radiation when receiving cancer treatment. A car engine that stalls when the driver uses his mobile phone. Just three examples of events that took place because computer programs did not work as they should have. Software may not fail, certainly not in real-time embedded systems (as those of the three examples). The purpose of Software Engineering is designing programs in such a way that these kinds of mistakes are prevented. To be able to do that, you have to know the modern programming languages, software tools and techniques inside out. And when you are actually writing the program you must put in exactly those things that are needed. So Software Engineering does not only focus on the characteristics of programs; it also examines the field of application, for example controlling the transport of containers on the Maasvlakte.
Computer graphics and CAD/CAM
If you watch television or go to the movies, you know how true to life computer-generated images can be. To create an image of a quality where the effect of each ray of light has been calculated, a computer runs at full speed for several days. One of the subjects the people at Computer Graphics and CAD/CAM are working on is finding ways to speed up those calculations. As his thesis project a student wrote a program for stage set-ups. The program could calculate the lighting effects in a theatre in advance. When the theatre group arrived in a theatre, the spots could immediately be hung at the right points of suspension; it was no longer necessary to find these points by trial and error.
Except for making lifelike images computer graphics is also used for entirely different things, like displaying scientific data. An aircraft engineer who calculates the eddies around a wing rather likes to produce an image of a wing with currents around it than a few sheets of paper with numbers on them. But the image should be as exact as the figures, so a thorough analysis is needed. CAD/CAM, designing products with the computer, is one of the oldest applications of computer graphics. Today CAD/CAM is much more than an electronic drawing board, however. The whole production process, from drawing board to marketing, is included in the system. Such a system is not only used for design; it also indicates, for example, how the robots in the factory should be set, and which materials should be ordered.
Knowledge-based systems
The purpose of artificial intelligence is not designing a computer that contemplates the purpose of life. What Knowledge-based Systems, the field to which AI belongs, does deal with, is improving the functionality of computers by studying carefully how people do a certain job. Of course people compete with computers best where intelligent behavior is concerned. If you store human knowledge in a system and supply it with a reasoning mechanism, that system is usually quite capable of supporting human experts, and sometimes they can even (partly) replace the experts.
Such an expert system has been built for the ING bank by a student. Using expert knowledge of investors and literature on investing a program was written that can estimate an exchange rate using the highest rate.
A different expert system developed was that for automatic recognition of emotion. On the basis of pictures of faces expressing fear, anger, surprise or joy an expert system learned to recognize these expressions. A face expressing an emotion is scanned and the position of, amongst others, the corners of the mouth, eyes and eyebrows is measured. The expert system can then tell what kind of emotion is being expressed. This system is used in the training of pilots who are exposed to all kinds of physical and mental stress.
Databases
Every self-respecting organization, from multinational to bridge club, has stored its data in a computer nowadays. The advantage of using such databases instead of traditional card-trays is not only that you can get information quickly, but also that you can link different kinds of data and thus can find a relationship between, say, sports and school results. Over time a lot of different databases have been developed and linked. At a certain point it all still works, but no one has a clue why.
Students from Delft who are about to begin the final stage of their program are often asked to pick up the pieces and to build something new. And of course people then want to be able to store multimedia data and to use these in New York, together with the data stored in databases in Berlin and Paris, without having to go to much trouble. Designing such a database requires having good insight in an organization. If, for example, you need to make a database of materials that can be used at high temperatures, you first have to figure out what you want to be able to look up with that system.
Eroica Inez Kitesjvara, sixth-year student Computer Science, born in Indonesia
“When I started I had no programming experience. Practicals cost a lot of time to complete. And the language. In lectures I find it hard to understand what the professor is explaining. And some of them seem to race through the study matter! I have even considered bringing a tape recorder.
The study will take six years for me. I only have a few courses to go; optional modules. Those are the subjects I like, and I find these easier to master. I consider doing my final project with Knowledge-based Systems or Databases. And then I want to work in a small company as a database designer or as administrator. At a small company you can really see the fruits of your work.”
Information Systems
In what way should you employ computers and networks so they really help people in organizations to do their job? That is the theme of Information Systems. It resembles the design of buildings, only here we do not deal with facades and rooms, but with information and the structure of a screen. The most difficult part is discovering which information an information system should contain and present.
Future users often do not have a good insight into and overview of their own work. As a designer you have to help them to get it. For that purpose you learn to make models of organizations that do provide the required insight and overview. Then you can make a prototype, so the user can see what kind of information the system will offer; not only text and graphs, but also images, pictures, movies and sounds. Designers are allowed to be creative with multimedia information! The user must also get an idea about the functions the system will contain, how to look up information and how this can be combined with information from the Internet. An example: in the Eemland hospital a student investigated how the different wards could rapidly exchange information. This could save the life of dangerously ill patients. There is a lot of demand for good designers because organizations become more and more dependent on information and communication technology.
Martijn Aarden is a fifth-year student Informatics, and not planning to become a sixth-year student.
“I am doing my thesis research at Georgia Tech in Atlanta in the United States. I wanted to learn more about United States. When I told my supervisor in Delft that I wanted to do my thesis project in the States, he came up with this opportunity. I am with the Biomedical Imaging Group, where I work on surgery simulation. Primarily I am to build a surgery simulator for simple hart surgery. My task in this project is creating a ‘deformable model’ of the heart. That means a model of the heart which looks realistic and behaves realistic for our purpose. We have PHANToMs (force-feedback devices) for the interaction. Because in the end the user has to feel what he is doing. That is what we want, that is very important in surgery. I find it hard to decide what I want to do when this project is over. The job opportunities are good, both in Europe and in the United States. Business is very appealing, but research too. I hope I will be able to combine these two.”
Management of Information
The application of information technology in a company has to follow a plan that is specified in advance: the information strategy. Information Technology is expensive and to support it you need expensive people. For that reason the purpose of automation projects have to be determined and who will get the bill.
Just like aircraft, ships, Delta works and railways information systems have to be managed because they continually have to meet all kinds of demands concerning performance, security, reliability and availability. An important aspect of management is developing concepts, models and techniques that are useful for any management situation. Then these must be tailored to specific situations such as securing Internet applications, designing a management organization at a bank or modeling escape routes.
Management of information systems involves knowledge of technology as well as knowledge of organization and business economics. This is geared to everyday use, where the management of information systems is not only a constant subject of concern, but also a challenge. The latter is also made clear by the many job advertisements in the trade journals. People are needed who can develop management strategies, improve existing situations and employ advanced management tools.
Other options
As mentioned at the beginning of this chapter: it is possible that during your studies you get fascinated by areas that are off the beaten track. In Delft you can look further than the discipline you chose initially. For those who are interested in specializing in a ‘hard’ computer oriented subject there are possibilities in the program of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. And at Technical Mathematics you are welcome, too. In principle you can even do your thesis project at a different university, for example because you want to focus on the medical applications of informatics. Remember: the possibilities are far beyond the compass of your imagination.
Christiaan Huygens
an active student union
One of the characteristics of the TU Delft is self-reliance, which you need for, or rather, which helps you to become an engineer. That is why the TU is open to the opinion and cooperation of students. A means not to let your life as a student pass unnoticed is the Student Union Christiaan Huygens.
The Student Union Christiaan Huygens, CH in short, can supplement your studies in a number of ways. For example in establishing a good cooperation with the staff and good contacts with the professional practice. CH is an active union, which is completely run by students and organizes activities for all students of mathematics and informatics.
Freshman’s weekend & party
Probably you’ll first get acquainted with the study during the freshman’s weekend. During this weekend you get to know your fellow students through day and evening activities and you form a group for the reception week following after it. Another activity organized by CH is the freshman’s party. This party is organized by and for freshmen, which is the key to having a good time.
Education
One of the main tasks of CH is book selling. During the first weeks of the study period, CH members can buy the required study materials for each year of study at strongly reduced prices!
To pass your exams you must prepare well. To help you CH has an exam archive with old exams of nearly every course which you can copy to practice.
CH is actively involved in the education policy of the faculty. Thus for both Computer Science and Technical Mathematics there is an Education official who takes part in the faculty committees that define the education at the faculty.
Problems with the study program students encounter are collected by course response groups (CRGs) and discussed with the Education official once a week. If necessary the official person can bring up this subject at a higher level. Other tasks of the CRGs are making lists for the subject matter covered by an exam and writing a personal evaluation for each course. These evaluations are published each years in the so-called ‘Meer dan KonsumentenGids’, published by the student organization VSSD.
Visits to companies
Nothing beats getting a glimpse behind the scenes of a real company. A few times a year CH organizes visits to companies. During such a visit you get a lot of information about the company and you can discover where you want to work when you’ve completed your studies.
Another way to learn more about a particular company is taking a look at the company archive of CH. Here you find annual reports and the profiles of a lot of national and international companies.
You get to know companies best by taking part in the so-called ‘Delftse Bedrijvendagen’. During this annual event senior students and companies get the opportunity to meet one another and, if desired, to have an exploratory talk.
Lectures and symposiums
You did not choose your subject without a reason. A hunger for technology is there to be fed, and for that reason it is always nice to learn something new about the world of informatics. Several times a year CH organizes a lecture where a renowned individual from business or university life tells something about his or her activities. At anniversary years a big symposium is organized. This event features many well-known speakers from within the country and abroad, and a number of workshops are organized where you can put different subjects into practice.
Recreational Facilities
Studying is an activity you should do in a relaxed atmosphere. For that reason you need to turn your mind to other matters every once in a while. This can be a lunch with fellow CH members, partying in a pub, or an active afternoon of athletics. Each March CH celebrates its formation. All kinds of activities are organized: cabaret, visits to breweries, lunches and a major party. Each year this is a climax!
Vincent van den Tol, student Computer Science and chairman of CH:
“Already at high school I was the one who gathered people to organize stuff. Now I do the same, but full-time. More than full-time now that the ‘bedrijvendagen’ are coming. It takes up a year and I am not even sure whether I’ll be able to do just one exam. However, I do receive a grant for the work and I have to admit that I learn a lot about organizing things. Speaking for 600 people, writing an article for the yearbook, those are the tasks that are defined most clearly. Being a chairman is defined least. I am halfway through the curriculum. Next year I’ll take up studying again. I expect I’ll see the department in a different light!”
Useful to know
practical matters
Before you can start studying at the TU Delft, there are a few matters which you must know and take care of. How should you apply for admission? Do you have the required diploma and qualifications? Are you entitled to a student’s grant? Here you will find information in brief and the addresses where to get more information.
Admission
Level of education
In principle, applicants should have passed at least matriculation or any other diploma which allows admission to a state university of technology in their own country. In the Netherlands, for example, this is a diploma from a VWO school . This type of education takes six years and concentrates heavily on science and foreign languages. The Dutch “VWO” diploma is equivalent to the university entrance qualifications in other West European countries, such as the German ‘Arbitur’, the French ‘Baccalaureat serie S’, British certificates (GCSE/A-levels, with at least 3 advanced levels and 2 GCSE grades). The VWO diploma is roughly equivalent to a certificate from an American junior college.
Language ability
The language of instruction is Dutch. Written teaching material is mostly in Dutch; sometimes in English. Therefore, every student must speak, understand and write Dutch. Proficiency in English is also necessary; you must prove your knowledge of English in advance through a score report of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of the Educational Testing Service (ETS, Princeton, USA) or a score report of the British International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Entrance examinations
Entrance examinations in the Dutch language, mathematics, physics and for some courses chemistry have to be passed before admission as a regular student takes place. The TU Delft has preparatory courses to help you obtain the required level for the examinations in Dutch, mathematics and physics.
Admission to the TU Delft
The admission procedure is described in detail in the booklet “Studying at Delft University of Technology,” which you can obtain at STA*D.
Registration with the IBG
When you have passed the required entrance examinations of TU Delft, you must also register at the “Informatie Beheer Groep”(IBG) ; apply for registration forms at IBG/CBAP, P.O. Box 30157, 9700 LJ Groningen, the Netherlands. The IBG must have received your completed forms before May 1st preceding the next academic year. This registration is only valid for one year!
Residence permit and medical insurance
If you do not have the Dutch nationality and live in a country outside the European Union, Monaco, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or Japan, you must get a temporary residence permit before you come to the Netherlands (a so-called “Machtiging tot Voorlopig Verblijf”). Submit your application for a permit to the Dutch Embassy or the Dutch Consulate in your country.
Medical insurance
In accordance with the Dutch law you must be adequately insured for general medical, specialist and hospital treatment.
What does it cost to study?
Foreign students should expect to pay at least fl. 14.000,00 a year on study and living expenses in the Netherlands. It is hard to manage on less, and the Dutch government does not allow foreign students to stay if they do not have at least this amount. The chances on receiving a Dutch government grant are negligible, and the university does not provide scholarships or grants for students.
Tuition Fee Grants for students from EU countries
If you are a student from a EU country and registered as a regular student in the Netherlands, you are entitled to an allowance to cover your tuition fees.
Please contact the “Steunpunt Studiefinanciering” for an application form on the number +31 (0)50 599 7755.
Accommodation
The TU Delft does not have a campus; all students live in Delft, or in its neighboring cities Rotterdam and the Hague. Accommodation is supplied by housing corporations, of which DUWO is the largest administrator of housing for young people. The “Kamerwinkel” of the DUWO is a noncommercial accommodation agency. Everyone who is looking for a room can register for a year. Most rooms are found in the private sector, however, where they usually are assigned according to the “instemming”; a system where the other tenants choose the future tenant.
A handicap and studying
The Student Advisory Bureau has a useful system with special information for the handicapped about special facilities and the accessibility of buildings within the TU Delft and the city. The bureau offers any guidance the handicapped might need. A special brochure about a handicap and studying can be obtained from the bureau.
Sports
The sports center of the TU Delft is the home base of about 40 student sports clubs. You can also do courses, take part in matches and tournaments. The sports center offers endless opportunities for sportive recreation, from American football to Ultimate Frisbee. TU students can buy a membership card for fl. 100,- a year, which gives access to as many courses and workouts as you like.
Culture
The Cultural Center of the TU Delft is also located in the TU district. Students and TU employees do courses in video, photography, visual arts and design, verbal expression, dance and music. The building has been especially equipped for these activities, having about thirty larger and smaller rooms, amongst which a dark room, practice rooms, a workshop where instruments can be built and a sound studio. In the large hall concerts are given regularly.
Delft, city for students
High-quality education is important, of course – but there are more reasons to choose Delft. It is simply a splendid university town with lots of good pubs, outdoor cafés and nice shops. Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague are within easy reach day and night. The Scheveningen beach is just a streetcar away. In a word, an attractive place with lots of opportunities to relax.
Student clubs
No other university town has so many large and small student clubs as Delft. The clubs help first-year students to feel at home in their new town. Besides study supervision the student clubs from Delft offer activities in the field of culture, music, and sports. At the student clubs you do not only meet students from your own discipline, but also students who do entirely different TU programs. This broadens your horizon considerably. Moreover, by helping to organize one of the great number of activities, you can develop your organizational skills quite a lot.
Addresses
For information on:
The TU Delft and information activities
Study information TU Delft
015 278 5404
Email: voorlichting@cmg.tudelft.nl
Internet: www.tudelft.nl
Information activities Electrical Engineering
Study information Electrical Engineering
015 278 2988
Email: info@its.tudelft.nl
Internet: www.its.tudelft.nl
Study Association Electrical Engineering (ETV)
015 278 1989
Email: etv.its.tudelft.nl
The study Electrical Engineering and shortened university programs
Student counselors Electrical Engineering
015 278 5158
Email: bsoo@its.tudelft.nl
Enrollment
Informatie Beheer Groep
Centraal Bureau Aanmelding en Plaatsing
P.O. Box 30157
9700 LJ Groningen
050 599 99 99
Internet: www.IB-groep.nl
Student grants and loans
Informatie Beheer Groep
Steunpunt Studiefinanciering
050 599 7755
Email: vragen@ib-groep.nl
Internet: www.IB-groep.nl
Admission
Studentenadviesbureau Delft
015 278 8012
Email: ssc@bu.tudelft.nl
Internet: www.tudelft.nl
Enrollment TU Delft
Centrale Studentenadministratie TU Delft
015 278 4249
Email: balie1.csa@bu.tudelft.nl
Internet: www.tudelft.nl
Lacking VWO subjects (“deficiëntie”)
Deficiëntie Mathematics B
Pure Mathematics Department TU Delft
015 278 3901
Deficiëntie Physics
Applied Physics TU Delft
015 278 1452
Summer course mathematics and physics
James Boswell Institute
030 253 8666
M.Sc. programs (2year English)
M.Sc. bureau TU Delft
015 278 7384 / 7356
Email: msc@bu.tudelft.nl
Internet: http://www.tudelft.nl/msc/
Accommodation
Stichting DUWO / Kamerwinkel DUWO
015 219 2200
Email: info@duwo.nl
Internet: www.duwo.nl
Kamerbureau VSSD
015 278 2050
Email: vssd@oli.tudelft.nl
Internet: www.oli.tudelft.nl
Student’s clubs
Verenigingsraad (VeRa)
of the Delft student’s clubs
015 212 0619
Culture
Cultural Center “Mekelweg 10”
015 278 3988
Sports
Sports Center TU Delft
015 278 2443
The fifteen in Delft
Architecture
Civil Engineering*
Electrical Engineering
Geodetic Engineering*
Industrial Design Engineering*
Aerospace Engineering*
Marine Technology*
Materials Science*
Chemical Technology/Biotechnology
Applied Earth Sciences
Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management*
Computer Science
Applied Physics
Technical Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
* In the Netherlands, the title of “ingenieur” (ir.) in these studies can only be obtained at the TU Delft.
The Technical University Delft is the largest and the broadest technical university in the Netherlands. Together its seven faculties offer education in fifteen programs of study. The university has about 13.000 students; nearly 20% of those are women.
Primarily the TU Delft aims at offering academic education in technical subjects at the highest level. Performing high-quality innovative research is necessary for achieving this goal. Besides this, the TU Delft has also set itself a social task: developing of durable and environmentally friendly technology is an important aspect of education and research. Different fields of the TU Delft are amongst the world’s best. Delft engineers play an important part in international research projects and industrial projects. Within Europe the TU Delft has contacts with some twenty universities. It also collaborates with universities in the United States, Japan, and Third World countries.
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The brochure Electrical Engineering is a joint publication of the Faculty ITS and the Communication & Marketing Group TU Delft
Text
Kees van der Meer/ Marjolein Vliegenthart - Faculty ITS
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Annelies van Rosmalen – Internal and External Communication
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Herman Kempers - BGC, TU Delft
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Hans Geers - Faculty ITS
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