Opening of the Academic Year

The Opening of the Academic Year 2010-2011 will be held on 6 September in the Muziekcentrum in Enschede. The event will mark the official start of the new academic year at the University of Twente. Proceedings will begin at 14.30. Our guest speaker will be Professor Pieter Winsemius, former minister of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy. In keeping with the theme 'Sustainability', Prof. Winsemius will discuss how the exact sciences and social sciences can complement one another and look at ways in which the university can make a contribution to society.

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Integrating social and engineering sciences. Developing high tech, with a human touch. It is what the University of Twente is committed to. The UT is the only full campus university in the Netherlands and has 3,300 faculty and staff and 9,000 students.

Researchers develop smart biomaterial

Researchers from University of Twente's MIRA research institute and its spin-off business Progentix Orthobiology BV have developed a biomaterial that promotes the formation of bone tissue. It can be used to repair bone tissue that can no longer regenerate itself. Research that was recently published in the leading scientific... Read more

Kick-In 2010: for and by students

Over the past ten days, the University of Twente campus and the centre of Enschede have been overflowing with brand new first-year students. During the Kick-In, the university's introductory period, they got to know the city, the university and each other. For the latest batch of students, the Kick-In began last Wednesday, but the students who organize....Read more

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