The University of Twente is a leading international research university, provides a stimulating academic setting for the world’s brightest and most talented minds. We are committed to integrating social and engineering sciences as reflected in our quality teaching and research.

Our students have access to sports facilities, state-of-the-art laboratories, language-learning opportunities and cultural events. The University’s scientific community works together from all the diverse faculties on the basis of a multidisciplinary educational approach to learning.

Our university is located centrally in Europe, about halfway between the three major European capitals Paris, London and Berlin. Amsterdam is only two hours by direct train leaving Enschede central station every hour.

A CAMPUS UNIVERSITY

Our six institutes have a world class reputation in many areas, including nanotechnology, biomedical technology, information technology, governance studies, sustainable energies and high-tech systems. Discover a few more top reasons why you might want to apply.

The University of Twente offers academic programmes and conducts research projects to address actual societal problems. Our motto, High Tech, Human Touch, provides inspiration to our 9,000 enrolled students and 3,300 scientists, who work alongside professionals in the field.

Named among the top 200 research–intensive universities for the sixth year in a row by The Higher Education Ranking (THES), our academic record of excellence is solid. The University offers prospective students a selection of 26 undergraduate programmes to choose from. International students can select from four international Bachelor programmes where courses are taught entirely in the English language. The choice is yours to make

Scientists around the world recognize the contributions of our academic staff and student researchers. The number of citations of scientific articles by the University’s academic staff in recent years was more than 20,000, ranking the University of Twente among the top 25 of the 250 biggest European universities.

Historically the University has maintained close contacts with industry. Many of our 29,000 alumni work and share their talents at companies like Boeing, Ten Kate, Google, Microsoft, Siemens and Phillips. You can continue on as a researcher after finishing your Bachelor and Master degrees. In the Netherlands, PhD candidates are appointed to staff positions and earn a monthly salary for four years.

The University houses over 130 start-up firms on campus. Student entrepreneurs are actively operating many of these firms. As a direct result of knowing how to take knowledge to the market, there have been 800 spin-off companies have emerged from the University in the past two decades.

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