Support innovative Education

TU Delft wants to (continue to) offer world-class education to students. Delft University Fund supports the development of additional education programs and innovations and makes scholarships available for excellent international students.

Online education

TU Delft is at the forefront of open and online education. Open and online education ensures that TU Delft's top education is accessible worldwide. TU Delft's mission is to make its education available to everyone.
Delft University Fund contributes by financing new online courses for students and professionals.

The Delft online education offer can be found here: https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/.

A selection of the online courses made possible by donations to Delft University Fund:

Sustainable packaging in a circular economy

: As the world's population grows in size and wealth, both our collective demand for packaging materials and the waste we generate from them will increase dramatically. At present, large amounts of packaging waste escape formal collection and recycling systems and end up polluting the environment. In addition, their material value is forever lost to the economy. The MOOC Sustainable Packaging in a Circular Economy is about how we can improve packaging systems to exploit this wasted potential. In this course, participants learn more about the design of sustainable packaging systems.

For more information about the course and the registration options, visit: https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/sustainable-packaging-in-a-circular-economy/

This Massive Open Online Course is made possible by Stichting Verpakking & Milieu

Solar Engineering, Zero Energy Building Design en Sustainable Aviation

: The necessary energy transition requires many more well-trained engineers than technical universities and colleges can supply. Open and online education is available and affordable for many people, including those who do not have access to high-quality higher education or professionals who want to pursue this theme further.

Stichting Post voor Postacademisch Technisch Onderwijs (PATO) is committed to promoting technical education among professionals. Over the past 8 years, the PATO foundation has substantially contributed to the preparation of engineers for this necessary energy transition in the field of Solar Engineering (Photo Voltaic systems), Zero Energy Building Design and Sustainable Aviation. The first two online courses have even won the prestigious edX Prize as the most innovative ‘learner centered courses’ on the edX platform.

For more information about online courses in the field of the energy transition, see:

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/extension-school/portfolio/energy-transition

Scholarships for international students

Justus & Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarships

The Justus & Louise van Effen Fund is financed by the estate of Justus and Louise van Effen. The fund annually issues Excellence Scholarships and Research Grants to excellent national and international master's students.

Excellence Scholarships

The Justus & Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarships give excellent international master students the opportunity to obtain their engineering degree at TU Delft. This two-year scholarship consists of approx. €60,000 for non-EU students and approx. €28,000 for EU students, to cover full tuition fees and a contribution to living expenses. The fund makes a minimum of 16 Scholarships available every year, 2 per faculty.

For more information

Research Grants

The fund also makes Research Grants available to current master students at TU Delft who want to carry out a research project at a foreign university. The foreign university must be in the global top-20 for Engineering and Technology Universities. The scholarship consists of a monthly stipend of €750 and an allowance for international travel expenses.