Academic skills

In most TU Delft education programmes, courses such as ‘Technical Writing’, ‘Academic/Scientific Writing’ and ‘Oral Presentation Skills’ are part of the BSc or MSc curriculum. These courses are often integrated into technical courses or projects. Most courses can also be taken as electives:

The Centre for Languages and Academic Skills (ITAV) offers the following electives in academic communication skills for BS/MSc students (click on the course names to find the course descriptions in the TU Delft Study Guide):

Title

Code


Schriftelijk rapporteren


Technical writing


Mondeling presenteren


Oral presentation skills


Discussie- en vergadertechniek


Scientific writing 


Argumentation: Analysis and Reasoning


Persuasion and Debate


Talk like TED


The Centre for Languages and Academic Skills (ITAV) offers the following courses in the interfaculty part of the TU Delft BSc Honours Programme:

Title

Code


Meeting and Conference Skills 


Rhetoric and Public Speaking 


Scientific Writing