Editing Delft University of Technology (section)

==History==
===Royal Academy (1842–1864)===
[[File:Jan Adam Kruseman William II King of the Netherlands 1840.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[William II of the Netherlands]], founder of Royal Academy in Delft.]]
Delft University of Technology was founded on 8 January 1842 by [[William II of the Netherlands]] as ''Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade''.<ref name="History"/> One of the purposes of the academy was to educate [[civil servants]] for the colonies of the [[Dutch East India Company]]. The first director of the academy was Antoine Lipkens, constructor of the first Dutch [[optical telegraph]], called simply as Lipkens. Royal Academy had its first building located at Oude Delft 95 in Delft. On 23 May 1863 an Act was passed imposing regulations on technical education in the Netherlands, bringing it under the rules of [[secondary education]].

===Polytechnic School (1864–1905)===
On 20 June 1864, Royal Academy in Delft was disbanded by a Royal Decree, giving a way to a ''Polytechnic School of Delft'' ({{lang|nl|Politechnische School te Delft}}). The newly formed school educated [[engineer]]s of various fields and architects, much needed during the rapid [[Industrial Revolution|industrialization period]] in the 19th century.

===Institute of Technology (1905–1986)===
Yet another Act, passed on 22 May 1905, changed the name of the school to ''Technical College (Institute) of Delft'' ({{lang|nl|Technische Hoogeschool Delft}}, from 1934 {{lang|nl|Technische Hogeschool Delft}}), emphasizing the academic quality of the education. Polytechnic was granted university rights and was allowed to award academic degrees. The number of students reached 450 around that time. The official opening of the new school was attended by Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Wilhelmina]] on 10 July 1905. First [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the newly established college was [[Ingénieur|ir.]] J. Kraus, [[hydraulic engineer]]. In 1905, the first doctoral degree was awarded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/alumni/inspiring-alumni/alumni-walk-of-fame/historical-alumni-lustrum-edition-2017/jacob-kraus/|title=Jacob Kraus|publisher=Delft University of Technology|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044602/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/alumni/inspiring-alumni/alumni-walk-of-fame/historical-alumni-lustrum-edition-2017/jacob-kraus/|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1924 until the construction of the new campus in 1966, the ceremonies were held in the [[Saint Hippolytus Chapel, Delft|Saint Hippolytus Chapel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historischgis.delft.nl/emap/gemeentedelft/data/monumenten/toeristisch/8.pdf |title=St.-Hippolytuskapel |publisher=Delft municipality |language=nl |access-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809142610/http://historischgis.delft.nl/emap/gemeentedelft/data/monumenten/toeristisch/8.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2016 }}</ref>

[[Legal personality|Corporate rights]] were granted to the college on 7 June 1956. Most of the university buildings during that time were located within Delft city centre, with some of the buildings set on the side of the river [[Schie]], in the Wippolder district.

Student organizations grew together with the university. The first to be established on 22 March 1848 is the ''Delftsch Studenten Corps'' housed in the distinctive ''Sociëteit Phoenix'' on the Phoenixstraat.  This was followed by the ''Delftsche Studenten Bond'' (est. 30 October 1897) and the ''[[Sanctus Virgilius|KSV Sanctus Virgilius]]'' (est. 2 March 1898). In 1917, ''Proof Garden for Technical Plantation'' ({{langx|nl|Cultuurtuin voor Technische Gewassen}}) was established by [[Gerrit van Iterson]], which today is known as Botanical Garden of TU Delft. In that period, a first female professor, Toos Korvezee, was appointed.

===Delft University of Technology (1986–present)===
After the end of World War II, TU Delft increased its rapid academic expansion. [[Studium generale#Contemporary usage|Studium Generale]] was established at all universities in the Netherlands, including TU Delft, to promote a free and accessible knowledge related to culture, technology, society and science. Because of the increasing number of students, in 1974 the first ''Reception Week for First Year Students'' ({{lang|nl|Ontvangst Week voor Eerstejaars Studenten}}, OWEE) was established, which has become a TU Delft tradition since then.

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On 1 September 1986, the Delft Institute of Technology officially changed its name to Delft University of Technology, underlining the quality of the education and research provided by the institution. In the course of further expansion, in 1987 Delft Top Tech<ref name="Top Tech">{{Cite web|url=http://www.delft-toptech.nl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020528151434/http://www.delft-toptech.nl/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2002|title=TU Delft Top Tech|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=6 August 2010}}</ref> institute was established, which provided a professional master education in management for people working in technology-related companies. On 1 September 1997, the 13 faculties of the TU Delft were merged into 9, to improve the management efficiency of the growing university. In the early 1990s, because the vast majority of the students of the university were male, an initiative to increase the number of female students resulted in founding a separate [[emancipation]] commission. As a result, ''Girls Study Technology'' ({{lang|nl|Meiden studeren techniek}}) days were established. In later years the responsibilities of the commission were distributed over multiple institutes.
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Since 2006 all buildings of the university are located outside of the historical city center of Delft. The relatively new building of [[Materials science|Material Sciences]] department was sold, later demolished in 2007 to give place for a newly built building of the [[Haagse Hogeschool]]. Closer cooperation between TU Delft and Dutch universities of applied sciences resulted in physical transition of some of the institutes from outside to Delft. In September 2009 many [[Vocational universities in The Netherlands#Universities of Applied Science|institutes of applied sciences]] from [[the Hague]] region as well as Institute of Applied Sciences in Rijswijk, transferred to Delft, close to the location of the university, at the square between Rotterdamseweg and Leeghwaterstraat.

In 2007 the three Dutch technical universities, TU Delft, [[TU Eindhoven]] and [[University of Twente]], established a [[federation]], called [[3TU]].

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On 13 May 2008, the building of the [[TU Delft Faculty of Architecture|Faculty of Architecture]] was destroyed by fire, presumed caused by a short circuit in a [[coffee machine]] due to a ruptured water pipe. Luckily, the architecture library, containing several thousands of books and maps, as well as many architecture models, including chairs by [[Gerrit Rietveld]] and [[Le Corbusier]], were saved. The Faculty of Architecture is currently housed in the university's former main building.