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==Student life==
Student life at TU Delft is organized around numerous [[student societies]] and [[Corporation (university)|corporations]]. They can be generally categorized into [[Professional society|professional societies]], social societies and sport societies. More than half of TU Delft students belong to an officially recognized society{{Ref}}.
[[File:Koornbeurs delft.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Building of the [[Koornbeurs Society]] in the old town of Delft.]]

There are two student parties at TU Delft: ORAS<ref name="ORAS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oras.nl|title=ORAS Student Party Website|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2010-06-17}}</ref> ({{lang|nl|Organisatie Rationele Studenten}}) and Lijst Bèta (successor of AAG).<ref name="AAG2">{{Cite web|title=AAG Student Party Website|url=http://www.aag.tudelft.nl/|access-date=2010-06-17|publisher=TU Delft|archive-date=2011-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170950/http://www.aag.tudelft.nl/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  AAG (Afdeling Actie Groepen) started as an action group of students in the 1960s, willing to have more impact on the quality of education at the then Polytechnic Institute Delft. ORAS became active in the early 1970s as a counterbalance to AAG. After already taking a break from the yearly elections in 2008, AAG did not participate anymore in the elections of 2010 due to disappointing results.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AAG stopt|url=https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/aag-stopt|access-date=2020-12-16|website=AAG stopt {{!}} TU Delta|date=10 March 2010 |language=nl}}</ref> In 2011, a new party was established, Lijst Bèta, that got 2 out of the 10 seats in the student counsil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medezeggenschap|url=https://oras.nl/fractie/medezeggenschap/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=ORAS|language=nl-NL |last1=Hordijk |first1=Lucas Pijnacker }}</ref> Since then, Lijst Bèta and ORAS compete each year for seats in TU Delft's Students Council ({{lang|nl|Studenten Raad}}). Further, all student organizations of TU Delft are associated with The Council of Student Societies Delft VeRa ({{lang|nl|De VerenigingsRaad}}) and The Society for Study and Student Matters Delft VSSD ({{lang|nl|Vereniging voor Studie- en Studentenbelangen Delft}}).

Apart from [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]] and [[Master's student|master]] student organizations, [[PhD]] students of TU Delft have their own organization called Promood (PhD Students Discussion Group Delft) ({{lang|nl|Promovendi Overleg Delft}}), which represents TU Delft PhD students at the university. It is also a member of Dutch PhD Students Network ({{lang|nl|Promovendi Netwerk Nederland}}).

Each faculty of TU Delft has its own set of professional student organizations. Numerous societies are present at the university,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/practical-matters/study-associations-student-associations/|title=Study associations & student associations|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044500/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/practical-matters/study-associations-student-associations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> many of them with rich traditions, customs and history. For example, [[Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology|aerospace engineering]] department hosts [[SSVOBB|Foundation for Students in Airplane Development, Manufacturing and Management]] ({{lang|nl|Stichting Studenten Vliegtuigontwikkeling, -bouw en -beheer}}), while [[civil engineering]] department [[Het Gezelschap "Practische Studie"|Society for Practical Studies]]. International professional student organizations are also present at TU Delft, including European Association of Aerospace Students.

Apart from professional student societies, students organize themselves only for the purpose of enriching their social life. Many of the societies have sectarian roots, like a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Menschen Vereeniging Wolbodo|Wolbodo Student Society]], [[Katholieke Studentenvereniging Sanctus Virgilius Delft]], that during the course of the years lost the religious affiliations and accepts students from any denomination.  Besides societies which have their roots in religion, there are also general (with no religious bonds) societies. One of these is [[Sint Jansbrug]]. These societies accept anyone who studies at the TU Delft or any other higher education facility in the Delft area. Also organization that has its roots in [[Rover Scout]] movement [[Delftsche Zwervers]] (at the same time the oldest student scouting group in the world) is present or local branch of the European [[AEGEE]].

Student sports are organized around clubs, that focus mostly on single discipline. Those include rowing society [[D.S.R.V. Laga]] and rowing club [[Proteus-eretes|Proteus-Eretes]] (both with many [[Olympic medals]] won by the members of the club) or [[American football]] club [[Delft Dragons]].