TU Delft | Campus Rotterdam update
Our Future Vision
The TU Delft | Campus Rotterdam Development Plan outlines the university's long-term ambition for a fully-fledged teaching, research and innovation campus in Rotterdam by 2040 and provides insight into the steps needed to get there. We will take every step carefully and deliberately, remaining open to adjustments. Plans will be aligned with the current political reality of new austerity measures, and the programme team will remain open to all potential concerns that may arise during this long-term development. In every phase, we will maintain close contact with participation bodies, faculties, staff, and students, keeping everyone informed of upcoming developments and the questions that arise.
The draft Development Plan is currently being assessed by our consultation bodies, including the Student Council.
Insight into the Route
Through the development of Campus Rotterdam, TU Delft demonstrates its commitment to social challenges and the development of technical talent in Rotterdam. This campus is a crucial strategic step in our cooperation with other knowledge institutions, the business community, and the municipality of Rotterdam. The Executive Board (EB) emphasizes that the road to a fully-fledged campus by 2040 follows a phased approach, with the launch of three new Bachelor's degree programmes in 2027 and a growth target of 10,000 students by 2040.
New Phase
The Executive Board has recently appointed Professor Maaike Kleinsmann as the new chair of the TU Delft | Campus Rotterdam programme. She is succeeding Professor Lucas van Vliet, whose temporary position on the programme team has now come to an end.
With Maaike's arrival, the programme team will have a permanent chair, enabling us to continue building on our ambitions as Rotterdam Campus takes shape. "It's a real pleasure to be asked to lead the Campus Rotterdam programme. Together with Han Derkx, in his role as vice-chair of the programme, and the programme team, I want to create a new campus that both impacts the immediate environment and also contributes to the huge transitions the Netherlands is facing. In addition to my role as chair, I'm also going to take the lead on the 'Health & Tech' theme, while continuing to work one day a week on my research."
Lucas van Vliet looks back on the recent past with pride: "The TU Delft | Campus Rotterdam programme is about to enter a new phase of developing a campus into a unique and innovative hub. Here, education, research, and industry come together in a city where many challenges surrounding the major transitions of the coming decades converge. As plans become more specific, it's good that there will be an almost full-time chair."
Your opinion matters
We want to broadly gauge what you consider important for the future of the campus. Therefore, we are starting preparations in December for a Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) to gather these insights. This method will help us get a clear picture of what matters and what is considered important. This will help us make more well-informed decisions for the future, with room for diverse perspectives within the organization. We have previously done the same on the topic of fossil fuels. The choices and responses in this consultation will be processed anonymously, meaning they will not be linked to other data such as name or email address. The consultation will be carried out by Populytics.
