Overview
The Eindhoven University of Technology was founded as the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (THE) on June 15, 1956 by the Dutch government. It was the second institute of its kind in the Netherlands, preceded only by the Delft University of Technology. It is located on its own campus in the center of Eindhoven, just north of the central station. It is currently home to about 240 professors, 7200 students, 250 PDEng-students, 600 Ph.D. students, 200 post-doc students and 3000 regular employees. It also supports about 100 student associations and 15 alumni associations. Yearly, the Eindhoven University of Technology produces almost 3000 scientific publications, 140 PhD-awards, and 40 patents.
The Eindhoven University of Technology is main participant in the technological top institutes DPI and NIMR. One of the former students of the university is Gerard Kleisterlee, the current CEO of Philips.
The university is located in an area where several companies active in technology are doing their research, like Philips, ASML and DAF. The university maintains close contacts with most of these companies. As of April 29, 2005, Prof.dr.ir. C.J. van Duijn has the position of rector magnificus. In 2006, the University celebrated its 50th birthday.
In a 2003 European Commission report , TU/e was ranked as 3rd among European research universities (after Cambridge and Oxford, at equality with TU Munich and thus making it the highest ranked Technical University in Europe), based on the impact of its scientific research. In 'The Times Higher Education Supplement World University Ranking 2005'. it was ranked 74th among world universities, and 67th in 2006.
The university operates several international cooperations with other universities all over the world; the Brain Bridge with Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China, is an example of such a cooperation.
Departments
TU/e comprises nine departments:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Architecture, Building and Planning
- Electrical Engineering
- Industrial Design
- Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
- Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (formerly Technology Management)
- Applied Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mathematics and Computer Science
Distinguished alumni
- Kees Schouhamer Immink, scientist and president Turing Machines Inc.
- Gerard Kleisterlee, president Philips since 2001
- Camiel Eurlings, Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management since 2006
- G.M. Nijssen, Dutch computer scientist
- Jan Dietz, Dutch computer scientist
- Jo Coenen, Dutch architect
- René van Zuuk, Dutch architect
- Wiel Arets, Dutch architect
Distinguished faculty
- Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
- Edsger W. Dijkstra
- Arie Andries Kruithof
- Jack van Lint
- Bert Meijer
- Wietse Venema
- Harry Lintsen
International acclaim
On the 2009 THE–QS World University Rankings list, the Eindhoven University of Technology was ranked inside the top 200 for the fifth consecutive year.
| Year |
Rank (Change) |
| 2005 |
70 |
| 2006 |
67 (▲ 3) |
| 2007 |
130 (▼ 63) |
| 2008 |
128 (▲ 2) |
| 2009 |
120 (▲ 8) |
参考文献
- ^ Facts and Figures 2009 report, Eindhoven University of Technology
- ^ TU/e: Facts and figures URL accessed on July 3, 2006
- ^ European Commission ranking of the 22 European universities with the highest scientific publication impact(see here for the full report)
- ^ The world’s top 100 technology universities URL accessed on July 3, 2006
External links
- TU/e
- Departments at TU/e
- List of student societies (dutch)
- All Masters at TU/e
- TiasNimbas, the business school of Eindhoven University of Technology and Tilburg University
- ECIS (Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies) – a research centre based at the School of Innovation Sciences at TU/e
