Editing Delft University of Technology (section)

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 | name                   = Delft University of Technology
 | native_name            = {{lang|nl|Technische Universiteit Delft}}
 | image                  = Zegel Technische Universiteit Delft.svg
 | image_upright          = .8
 | latin_name             = 
 | mottoeng               = Challenge the Future
 | established            = {{start date and age|1842}}<ref name="History">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=300c4edd-74f6-4f4d-a5cd-42a70682cb98&lang=en|title=History of TU Delft|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2009-05-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228094426/http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=300c4edd-74f6-4f4d-a5cd-42a70682cb98&lang=en|archive-date=2008-02-28}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]], [[Technical University|technical]]
 | campus                 = Urban ([[university town]])
 | budget                 = [[Euro|€]] 1,093 million (2024)<ref name="Jaarverslag 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/organisatie/feiten-en-cijfers/jaarverslagen|title=TU Delft – Annual Reports|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2024-11-16}}</ref>
 | president              = {{ill|(Tim) van der Hagen|nl|Tim van der Hagen}}<ref name="Executive Board">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/organisation/executive-board/|title=Executive Board|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref>
 | rector                 = (Tim) van der Hagen<ref name="Executive Board"/>
 | faculty                = 4,415  (including 1,365 faculty members of all ranks, 29.9% female, 49.6% international, full-time equivalents in 2024) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures|access-date=2024-11-16|website=TU Delft|language=en-US}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 2,870 (2024)
 | students               = 26,971 (2024)
 | undergrad              = 13,484 (2024)
 | postgrad               = 13,047 (2024)
 | doctoral               = 3,549 (2024)
 | city                   = [[Delft]]
 | country                = [[Netherlands]]
 | former_names           = Koninklijke Akademie van Delft<br/>Polytechnische School van Delft<br/>Technische Hoogeschool van Delft
 | affiliations           = [[IDEA League|IDEA]]<br/>[[Climate-KIC]]<br/>[[CESAER Association|CESAER]]<br/>[[European University Association|EUA]]<br/>[[4TU]]<br/>[[UNITECH International|UNITECH]]<br/>[[European Society for Engineering Education|SEFI]]<br/>[[Stichting Academisch Erfgoed|SAE]]<br/>[[Transatlantic Policy Consortium|TPC]]<br/>[[ATHENS Programme|ATHENS]]<br/>[[Partnership of a European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universities|PEGASUS]]<br/>
ENHANCE Alliance
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.tudelft.nl/en/|tudelft.nl/en/}}
 | colors                 = [[Cyan]], [[black]] and [[white]]<ref name="TU Delft Colors">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tu-delft-corporate-design/components/colour|title=TU Delft corporate design: Colour|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref><br />{{color box|#00A6D6}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | coor                   = {{Coord|52|0|6|N|4|22|21|E|region:NL_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | logo                   = Delft_University_of_Technology_logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = .7
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The '''Delft University of Technology''' ('''TU Delft'''; {{langx|nl|Technische Universiteit Delft}}) is the oldest and largest Dutch [[public university|public]] [[Institute of technology|technical university]], located in [[Delft]], Netherlands. It specializes in [[engineering]], [[technology]], [[computing]], [[design]], and [[natural science]]s.

It is considered one of the leading technical universities in Europe and is consistently ranked as one of the best schools for architecture and engineering in the world. According to the [[QS World University Rankings]] it ranked 3rd worldwide for [[architecture]] and 13th for [[Engineering|Engineering & Technology]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Architecture & Built Environment 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/architecture-built-environment |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Engineering & Technology 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/engineering-technology |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> It also ranked 3rd best worldwide for [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[aerospace engineering]], 3rd for [[Civil engineering|civil]] and [[structural engineering]], 11th for [[chemical engineering]], and 12th for [[design]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/mechanical-aeronautical-manufacturing-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Civil and Structural Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/civil-structural-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Chemical Engineering 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/chemical-engineering |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=QS World University Rankings for Art & Design 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/art-design |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

With eight [[Faculty (division)|faculties]] and multiple [[research institutes]],<ref name="TU Delft Research Institutes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/research/faculties-and-institutes|title=Faculties and institutes|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2024-09-21|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014094303/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/research/thematic-cooperation/42457/research-institutes-tu-delft-institutes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> TU Delft educates around 27,000 students ([[undergraduate]] and [[postgraduate]]), and employs more than 3,500 [[doctoral]] candidates and close to 4,500 teaching, research, support and management staff (including more than 1,300 faculty members of all [[academic ranks in the Netherlands]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/facts-and-figures|access-date=2021-05-18|website=TU Delft|language=en-US}}</ref>

The university was established on 8 January 1842 by King [[William II of the Netherlands|William II]] as a royal academy, with the primary purpose of training [[civil servants]] for work in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1864 and an institute of technology (making it a full-fledged university) in 1905. It changed its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986.<ref name="History"/>

Dutch [[Nobel laureates]] [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]], [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], and [[Simon van der Meer]] have been associated with TU Delft. TU Delft is a member of several university federations, including the [[IDEA League]], [[CESAER Association|CESAER]], [[UNITECH International]], ENHANCE Alliance, LDE, and [[4TU]].