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For changes of current abbreviations, please contact: onlinemedia@utwente.nl.
For changes of former abbreviations, please contact G. Kleinsman (archiving department).
| Abbr. | Full name EN | Full name NL | More info |
|---|---|---|---|
| (I)FY | (International) Foundation Year | (International) Foundation Year | |
| 4TU | 4TU.Federation | 4TU.Federatie | Cooperation of the Dutch universities of Delft, Eindhoven, Twente and Wageningen; www.4tu.nl |
| AA | Applied Analysis | Applied Analysis | Research Department @ EWI/EEMCS faculty within SACS Cluster: www.utwente.nl/eemcs/sacs |
| ACA | Affiliated Companies Administration | Affiliated Companies Administration | Sub-department @ FIN-FS |
| ADO | Alumni & Development Office | Alumni & Development Office | Department @ MC service department; www.utwente.nl/mc |
| ADVIES | Counselling | Advies | Department @ HR |
| AES | Applied Earth Sciences courses | Applied Earth Sciences courses | Course @ ITC faculty, www.utwente.nl/itc |
| AF | Central garbage area | Centraal afvalstoffendepot | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or the Buildings page |
| AIO | - | Assistent in Opleiding | Dutch name for PhD student type |
| AM | Applied Mathematics | Applied Mathematics | Bachelor Programme @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bam |
| AM | Applied Mathematics | Applied Mathematics | Master Programme @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; |
| AM | Applied Mechanics | Applied Mechanics | Now Department MS3, Research Department @ ET faculty: www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 |
| AMBER | Applied Microfluidics for BioEngineering Research | - | Research group @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/tnw/dbe/amber |
| AMH | Health, Safety and Environment | Arbo, Milieu en Huisvesting | Departments @ TNW Faculty and @ EWI/EEMCS Faculty |
| AMI | Applied Mathematics Institute | Applied Mathematics Institute | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/ami |
| AO | Admission Office | Admission Office | Service, part of CES |
| AO | Admission officer | Admission officer | Employee of CES-SAS |
| AP | Applied Physics | Applied Physics | Master Programme @ TNW faculty; |
| AST | Applied Stem Cell Technology | Applied Stem Cell Technology | Research Department @ TNW faculty; |
| AT | Advanced Technology | Advanced Technology | Bachelor Programme @ TNW faculty; |
| ATLAS | Academy of Technology and Liberal Arts & Sciences | Academy of Technology and Liberal Arts & Sciences | University College Twente, Bachelor Programme; |
| ATP | Advanced Travel Partner | Advanced Travel Partner | Travel agency with the HR service department |
| B&P | Policy & Project Office | Beleid & Projecten | Department @ CFM |
| BA | Bastille | Bastille | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://su.utwente.nl/en/services/student/unionbuildings/bastille/ |
| BA | Business Administration | Business Administration | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/ba |
| BAfoeG | Duitse vorm van studiefinanciering | German financial aid for students | |
| Bata | - | Batavierenrace | |
| BB | - | Boerderij Bosch | Location/building where UT Kring is located; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| BB | Image archive | Beeldbank | System maintained by LISA; www.utwente.nl/beeldbank |
| BB | Office of the Director | Bedrijfsbureau | Department @ CES faculty |
| BBR | - | Bestuurs- en beheersreglement | Document that states all official department names; www.utwente.nl/bestuur |
| BD | - | Bedrijvendagen | |
| BE | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | Department @ ET facylty; www.utwente.nl/en/et/be |
| BE | Built Environment | Built Environment | 4TU Institute, www.4tu.nl/be |
| BFD | Dean's Office | Bureau Faculteitsdecaan | Department @ BMS, EWI/EEMCS and TNW faculty |
| BH | Buitenhorst | Buitenhorst | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#horst-complex |
| BHV | In-house emergency service | BedrijfsHulpVerlening | |
| BI | Biomagnetisch Centrum | Biomagnetisch Centrum | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings. |
| BI | Construction Management Engineering | Bouw / Infra | Research department @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/et/cme |
| BIOS | Biomedical and Environmental Sensor Systems | Biomedical and Environmental Sensor Systems | Research Department @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/bios |
| BIT | Business Information Technology | Bedrijfsinformatietechnologie | Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bit |
| BK | - | Bedrijfskunde | Forner name of Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty, now IBA |
| BKO | University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) | Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs | Certification for teachers; http://www.utwente.nl/celt |
| BKS | Qualification for Academic Advisors | Basis Kwalificatie Studieloopbaanbegeleiding | Certification for teachers; http://www.utwente.nl/bks |
| BL | Wooden Cabins | Blokhutten | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| BMC | Biomedical Chemistry | Biomedische Chemie | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/pbm |
| BME | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | Master Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/bme |
| BMPI | Biomedical Photonic Imaging | Biomedical Photonic Imaging | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/bmpi |
| BMS | Faculteit Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences | Faculteit Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences | |
| BMT | Biomedical Technology | Biomedische Technologie | Bachelor Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/bmt |
| BNT | Biomolecular Nanotechnology | Biomolecular Nanotechnology | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/bnt |
| BOB | Office for Educational Support | Bureau Onderwijsbegeleiding | Department @ EEMCS faculty |
| BOOZ | Bureau Education and Research Affairs | Bureau Education and Research Affairs | Department @ ITC faculty |
| BOZ | Educational Affairs Office | Bureau Onderwijszaken | Service within the Student Affairs & Logistics (SA&L) department @ CES |
| BPE | Biophysical Engineering | Biophysical Engineering | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/bpe |
| BSA | Binding Recommendation | Bindend Studie Advies | Regulation that states how many EC a student has to pass in the first year |
| BSc | Bachelor of Science | Bachelor of Science | - |
| BSS | Biomedical Signals and Systems | Biomedical Signals and Systems | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/bss |
| BST | Biomaterials Science and Technology | Biomaterials Science and Technology | Chair @ TNW faculty |
| BTC | - | BedrijfsTechnologisch Centrum | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| BV | Security | Beveiliging | Department @ CFM |
| C&E | Culture & Events | Cultuur & Evenementen | Department @ CFM; www.utwente.nl/cultuur |
| C4C | - | Centre4Cloud | Research Centre within EWI/EEMCS faculty; |
| CAAC | Campus Art Advisory Committee | Campus Art Advisory Committee | Campus Art Advisory Committee (CAAC), campus-art@utwente.nl. https://www.utwente.nl/campus/sport-cultuur/kunst-architectuur/caac/ |
| CAES | Computer Architecture Design and Test for Embedded Systems | Computer Architecture Design and Test for Embedded Systems | Research Department @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/caes |
| CATU | Catering UT | Catering UT | Department @ CFM for catering staff |
| CBP | Computational BioPhysics | Computational BioPhysics | Chair @ TNW faculty, now CCP |
| CC | - | Campus Coalitie | Partij Universiteitsraad, www.cc.utwente.nl |
| CCI | - | Centrale Commissie Innovatie | - |
| CCOW | Commissie Corona Onderwijs | Commissie Corona Onderwijs | Committee to coordinate education during Corona crisis |
| CCP | Computational Chemical Physics | Computational Chemical Physics | Research Group @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/ccp |
| CCT | Central CrisisTeam | Centraal CrisisTeam | |
| CDO | - | Centraal Directeuren Overleg | - |
| CE | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering | Department @ ET, supporting education for the related BSc and MSc programmes |
| CEE | Centre for Engineering Education | Centre for Engineering Education | 4TU Centre; www.4tu.nl/cee |
| CEGOON | - | Centrale goederen ontvangst | Web application, Employee Portal |
| Cehres | Centre for eHealth Research and Disease Management | Centre for eHealth Research and Disease Management | Research centre @ BMS faculty; www.ehealthresearchcenter.org/ |
| CELT | Centre of expertise in learning and teaching | Centre of expertise in learning and teaching | Department @ CES; www.utwente.nl/celt |
| CEM | Civil Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering and Management | Department @ ET Faculty; no website yet |
| CEM | Civil Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering and Management | Master Programme @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/cem |
| CES | Center for European Studies | Center for European Studies | Research Centre @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/ces |
| CES | Centre for Educational Support | Centre for Educational Support | Service; www.utwente.nl/ces >> former SO / S&O |
| CFES | Center for e-Government Studies | Center for e-Government Studies | Research Centre @ BMS faculty |
| CFM | Campus & Facility Management | Campus & Facility Management | Service department; former name FB; www.utwente.nl/cfm |
| CHE | Chemical Eng | Scheikundige Technologie | Master Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/che |
| CHEPS | Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies | Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies | Research Department @ BMS faculty; |
| CHOIR | - | Center for healthcare operations improvement & research | Research Centre @ EWI/BMS faculty; |
| CI | - | Citadel | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#citadel |
| CIPV | - | Centrum voor Integrale ProductieVernieuwing | Information Centre |
| CIR | Centre for Interface Research | Centrum voor Interface Onderzoek | Dutch Research programme; www.utwente.nl/cir |
| CME | Construction Management & Engineering | Construction Management & Engineering | Master Programme @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/cme 4TU Master Programme; www.4tu.nl/cme |
| CME | Construction Management & Engineering | Construction Management & Engineering | Research group within the CEM department @ ET faculty, www.utwente.nl/en/et/cem >> former BI B/I |
| CMOB | Change Management & Organization Behaviour (CMOB) | Change Management & Organization Behaviour (CMOB) | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/bms/cmob |
| CMS | Computational Material Science | Computational Material Science | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/cms |
| CN | Carillon | Carillon | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| CNPH | Clinical Neurophysiology | Klinische Neuropysiologie | Department @ TNW faculty |
| COM | Communication Studies | Communication Studies | Bachelor and Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/com |
| COM | Communication | Communcation | Department @ MC; www.utwente.nl/mc |
| COPS | Complex Photonic Systems | Complex Photonic Systems | Chair @ TNW faculty; cops.tnw.utwente.nl |
| CPE | Cognitieve psychologie en ergonomie (CPE) | Cognitieve psychologie en ergonomie (CPE) | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/cpe |
| CPM | Catalytic Systems and Micro Devices | Katalytische Processen en Materialen | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/cpm |
| CR | Carré | Carré | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/carré |
| CREATE | Creative Technology | Creative Technology | Bachelor Programme @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/create |
| CSC (CS) | Computer Science | Computer Science | Master Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/cs |
| CS | Communication Science | Communication Science | Research group @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/cs |
| CS | Customer support | Klantcontact | Department @ LISA for IT support |
| CSD | Center for the study of democracy | Center for the study of democracy | Information Centre @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/csd |
| CSE | Chemical Science and Engineering | Chemical Science and Engineering | Bachelor Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/cse |
| CSO | Office management Cluster | Cluster Secretariële Ondersteuning | Department @ BMS; information on BMS Intranet |
| CSTM | Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability | Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability | Research Department and Information Centre @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/cstm |
| CTD | Centre for Training & Development | - | Service for UT employees; www.utwente.nl/ctd |
| CTS | Centre for Transport Studies | Centre for Transport Studies | |
| CU | - | Cubicus | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#cubicus |
| CVA | - | Commissie Verlening Afstudeersteun | |
| CvB | Executive Board | Executive Board | Officiele afdelingsnaam is Excecutive Board (www.utwente.nl/eb), CvB is veel gebruikte afkorting. |
| DACS | Design and Analysis of Communication Systems | Design and Analysis of Communication Systems | Research department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/dacs |
| DAMUT | Department of Applied Mathematics | Afdeling Toegepaste Wiskunde | Research department @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; |
| DAS | - | De Ambitieuze Student | Univcersity Council Party |
| DBE | Developmental BioEngineering | Developmental BioEngineering | Department @ TNW; www.utwente.nl/tnw/dbe |
| DBV | Managing Director | Directeur bedrijfsvoering | |
| DCT | Decentral CrisisTeam | Decentraal CrisisTeam | |
| DE | Research group in the DPM department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/dpm | ||
| DIR | Directorate | Directie | Department @ CES, FIN, HR, M&C, SP |
| DIV | Dean's Office | Bureau Faculteitsdecaan | Department @ EWI |
| DLAB | DesignLab | DesignLab | DesignLab in the Gallery building; also a main organisational unit |
| DMB | Datamanagement & Biometrics | Datamanagement & Biometrics | Research group @ EWI/EEMCS faculty, also called Data Science (DS); www.utwente.nl/eemcs/ds |
| DMMP | Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming | Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming | Research Department @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/dmmp |
| DPM | Design, Production and Management | Design, Production and Management | Department @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/et/dpm, former OPM |
| DR | - | Drienerburght | Former hotel; Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF). |
| DS | Data Science | - | Research group @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; |
| DSI | Digital Society Institute | Digital Society Institute | One of the three main UT research institutes; www.utwente.nl/dsi |
| DSM | Demand & Supply management | Demand & Supply management | Department @ LISA |
| DU | Design United | Design United | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/du |
| EB | - | Externe Betrekkingen overleg | Onderdeel van Overleg Studievereniging (OS); www.utwente.nl/os |
| EB | Executive Board | Executive Board | Department of the Executive Board members (Dutch: CvB) |
| EC/ECTS | European Credit (Transfer System) | European Credit (Transfer System) | - |
| ECTM | Experimental Centre for Technical Medicine | Experimental Centre for Technical Medicine | Facility within TechMed Centre, www.utwente.nl/ectm |
| ED | Education | Education | Department @ SP |
| EE | Electrical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Bachelor Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/bee, Master Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/mee |
| EEMCS | Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science | Faculty EWI/eemcs, www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/ |
| EFD | Engineering Fluid Dynamics | Engineering Fluid Dynamics | Research Group within the TFE department @ ET faculty; also called TS in Dutch |
| EFSM | Engineering of Fibrous Smart Materials | Engineering of Fibrous Smart Materials | Now part of the MS3 department @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 |
| EIS | Embedded Information Services | Embedded Information Services | Department @ LISA |
| ELAN | ELAN Teacher Development | ELAN Docentontwikkeling | Research department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/elan |
| ELO | - | Elektronische Leeromgeving | - |
| EMS | Energy, Materials and Systems | Energy, Materials and Systems | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/ems |
| EMSYS | Embedded Systems | Embedded Systems | Master Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/emsys |
| EOS | Earth Observation Science | Earth Observation Science | Department @ ITC; www.itc.nl/eos |
| EPA | European Public Administration | European Public Administration | Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/epa |
| ER | Erve Holzik | Erve Holzik | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| ESA | Earth Systems Analysis | Earth Systems Analysis | Department @ ITC; www.itc.nl/esa |
| ES | Educational Support | Educational Support | Support department @ ET faculty, former BOO |
| ES | Embedded Systems | Embedded Systems | Master Programme at 4TU; www.4tu.nl/es |
| EST | Educational Science and Technology | Educational Science and Technology | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/est |
| ETE | Elastomer Technology and Engineering | Rubber Technologie | Research group within the MS3 department @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 |
| ET | Engineering Technology | Engineering Technology | Faculty (former CTW), www.utwente.nl/et. |
| ET | Ethics & Technology | Ethics & Technology | 4TU Institute, www.4tu.nl/ethics |
| EVA | Eduroam Visitor Access | Eduroam Visitor Access | Guest access for Eduroam network, www.utwente.nl/eva. |
| EWI | Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science | Faculteit Electrotechniek, Wiskunde en Informatica | Faculty, called EEMCS in English; www.utwente.nl/ewi or www.utwente.nl/eemcs for English |
| F&A | Finance & Accounting | Finance & Accounting | Research Department @ BMS faculty; BMS, vakgroep, www.utwente.nl/bms/fa |
| F&C | Finance and Control | Finance and Control | Department @ EEMCS |
| FAC | Facility Services | Facility Services | Department @ CFM |
| FA | Finance & Accounting | Finance & Accounting | Department @ BMS |
| FA | Financial Audit | Financial Audit | Department @ GA |
| Fainco | Faculty Internationalization Coordinator | Facultaire Internationaliseringscoördinator | - |
| FB | Business Information Management | Functioneel Beheer | also called BIM |
| FB | Faculty Bureau | Faculteitsbureau | Department @ ITC |
| FBS | Financial Business Support | Financial Business Support | Department @ FIN |
| FCG | Financial Governance & Compliance | Financial Governance & Compliance | Department @ FIN |
| FEA | Financial and Economic Affairs | Financial and Economic Affairs | Department @ ITC; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| FFNT | Female Faculty Network Twente | Female Faculty Network Twente | |
| FIM | Financial Information Management | Financial Information Management | Sub-department @ FIN-FS |
| FIN | Finance | Finance | Department @ BMS faculty and @ TNW faculty |
| FJUT | Form for annual interviews | Formulier Jaargesprekken UT | Web application, Employee Portal |
| FMT | Formal Methods and Tools | Formal Methods and Tools | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; fmt.cs.utwente.nl |
| FPC | Fraunhofer Project Centre | - | Joint venture of FPC, UT & Saxion; www.utwente.nl/fraunhofer |
| FR | Faculty Council | Faculteitsraad | - |
| FR | Financial Reporting | Financial Reporting | Sub-department @ FIN-FS |
| FSC | Financial Service Centre | Financial Service Centre | Sub-department @ FIN-FS |
| FS | Financial Services | Financial Services | Department @ FIN; has several sub-departments |
| FSM | Fluid and Solid Mechanics | Fluid and Solid Mechanics | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/fsm |
| GA | Garage | Garage | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| GA | General Affairs | General Affairs | Service Department; www.utwente.nl/ga; houses UT wide department like UToday, Executive Board Support, Financial Audit and more. |
| GEM | Geo-information Science and Earth Observation | Geo-information Science and Earth Observation | Course @ ITC; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| GFM | Geoinformatics courses | Geoinformatics courses | Course @ ITC; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| GIMA | Geographical Information Management and Applications | Geographical Information Management and Applications | Course @ ITC; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| GIP | Geo-information Processing | Geo-information Processing | Department @ ITC; www.itc.nl/gip |
| GO | - | Geïntegreerd onderwijs | - |
| GSIM | Governance and Spatial Information Management | Governance and Spatial Information Management | Course @ ITC; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| GW | - | Gedragswetenschappen | After merging with MB, new name: BMS |
| GZW | Health Sciences | Gezondheidswetenschappen | Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/gzw |
| HB | - | Hal B | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| HC | - | Hoorcollege | - |
| HD | - | Hogedruklab | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| HMI | Human Media Interaction | Human Media Interaction | Master Programme @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/hmi Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; hmi.ewi.utwente.nl |
| HNRS | Honours Programm | Excellentieprogramma's | Department @ EEMCS |
| HO | - | Hogekamp | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| HR | - | Dienst Human Resources | Support Service; www.utwente.nl/hr |
| HR | - | Horstring | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| HRD | Human Resources Development | Department @ HR | |
| HR | Human Resources | Human Resources | Department @ BMS |
| HR | Human Resources | Human Resources | Department @ EEMCS |
| HR | Human Resources | Human Resources | Department @ TNW |
| HRIA | Information and Administration | Informatie en Administratie | Department @ HR |
| HRM | Human Resource Management | Human Resource Management | Department @ BMS |
| HRM | Human Resources | Human Resources | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/hrm |
| HSE | Health, Safety and Environment | Veiligheid en Gezondheid | Department @ HR; www.utwente.nl/hr |
| HS | Health Sciences | Health Sciences | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/hs |
| HS | Hybrid Systems | Hybrid Systems | Chair at SACS Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/sacs |
| HT | - | Horsttoren | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| HTF | High Tech Factory | High Tech Factory | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| HT | Humans & Technology | Humans & Technology | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/ht |
| HTM | High Tech Materials | High Tech Materials | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/htm |
| HTS | High Tech Systems | High Tech Systems | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/hts |
| HTSR | Health Technology & Services Research | Health Technology & Services Research | Research Department @ BMS faculty; http://www.utwente.nl/bms/htsr |
| IAAJ | Informal Closing Academic year | Informele Afsluiting Academisch jaar | |
| IA | International Affairs | International Affairs | Department @ SP |
| IBA | International Business Administration | International Business Administration | Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/iba |
| IBR | Research Institute for Social Sciences and Technology | Research Institute for Social Sciences and Technology | Research Institute, (discontinued, now in IGS) |
| ICD | Integrated Circuit Design | Integrated Circuit Design | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/icd |
| ICE | Interfaces and Correlated Electron Systems | Interfaces and Correlated Electron Systems | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/ice |
| iCRiSP | Centre for Conflict, Risk and Safety Perception | Centre for Conflict, Risk and Safety Perception | IBR Information Centre (IBR is discontinued, now IGS) |
| ID1 | Internal Facility Services | Interne Dienst | Department @ CFM |
| ID2 | Internal Facility Services | Interne Dienst | Department @ CFM |
| ID3 | Internal Facility Services | Interne Dienst | Department @ CFM |
| ID4 | Internal Facility Services | Interne Dienst | Department @ CFM |
| IDE | Industrial Design Engineering | Industrial Design Engineering | Department @ ET, supporting education for the related BSc and MSc programmes |
| IDE | Industrial Design Engineering | Industrial Design Engineering | Master Programme @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/ide |
| IDS | Integrated Devices and Systems | Integrated Devices and Systems | Research group @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/ids |
| IEBIS | Industrial Engineering & Business Information Systems | Industrial Engineering & Business Information Systems | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/iebis/ |
| IELTS | International English Language Testing System | International English Language Testing System | - |
| IEM | Industrial Engineering & Management | Industrial Engineering & Management | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/iem |
| IGS | Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies | Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies | Research Institute; www.utwente.nl/igs |
| IIH | ITC Internationaal Hotel | ITC Internationaal Hotel | Department @ ITC faculty; www.itc.nl/iih |
| ILS | Integrated Library system | - | |
| IM-FAB | - | Informatiemangament Functioneel Applicatiebeheer | Department of the service CES |
| IM | Informatie Management | Informatie Management | Department @ CES; www.utwente.nl/en/educational-systems |
| IM | Information Management | Informatie Management | Department @ LISA, also called UIM; www.utwente.nl/uim |
| IM | Inorganic Membranes | Inorganic Membranes | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/mtg |
| IMS | Inorganic Materials Science | Anorganische Materiaalkunde | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/ims |
| INF | - | Technische Informatica | Bachelor Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/inf |
| Infra | - | Infra voor Netwerkbeheer, Serverbeheer en Telefonie | Department @ ICTS |
| INK | Procurement | Inkoop | Department @ CFM |
| INT | Recruitment and Internationalization | Recruitment en Internationalisering | Department @ HR |
| INTS | International Support | International Support | Department @ CES, within SO&IR |
| INVL | NOVEL-T | NOVEL-T | Website NOVEL-T |
| IOMS | - | Integrated Optical MicroSystems | Research Department @ EWI (discontinued) |
| IPIT | - | Instituut voor maatschappelijke veiligheidsvraagstukken | Information Centre @ BMS faculty; www.ipit.nl |
| IR | Institutional Research | Institutional Research | |
| ISA | - | Informatievoorziening, Systeemontwikkeling en Applicatieondersteuning. | Department @ ICTS |
| ISA | Indian Student Association | Indian Student Association | |
| ISCM | Information Systems and Change Management | Information Systems and Change Management | Research Department @ BMS until 2012, now IEBIS |
| ISPOR | International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research | Student chapter @ BMS faculty; | |
| IST | Instructional Technology | Instructietechnologie | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/ist |
| ITC | Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) | Faculteit ITC Geo-Informatie Wetenschappen en Aardobservatie (ITC) | Faculty; www.itc.nl |
| ITCID | ITC Service Desk | ITC Interne Dienst | Department @ CFM |
| ITO | IT Infra and Operations | IT Infra and Operations | Department @ LISA |
| IxD | Interaction Design | Interaction Design | Research group in the DPM department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/dpm |
| JOIN | - | - | Document Management System; www.utwente.nl/join |
| KAT | - | Keuzemodel Arbeidsvoorwaarden | Web application, Employee Portal |
| KC | - | Klantcontact | Department @ ICTS, see www.utwente.nl/icts/over_icts/organisatie/ |
| KH | - | Kleinhorst | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| KP | - | KPMG-gebouw | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| KS | - | Kennicentrum Subsidies | Initiative @ FIN; www.utwente.nl/nl/intranet/ks |
| KT | - | Keet | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| LA | - | Land Administration | Course @ ITC faculty; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| LA | - | Langezijds | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| LA | Learning Agreement | Learning Agreement | |
| LA | Library & Archive | Library & Archive | |
| LCM | Loan Collect Module | Loan Collect Module | Software tool @ FIN |
| LEGS | Legal & Economic Governance Studies | Legal & Economic Governance Studies | Research Department @ BMS faculty until 2012, now PA |
| LI | - | Linde | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| LISA | Library, ICT-Services & Archive | Library, ICT-Services & Archive | LISA, aggregation of ICTS and B&A; www.utwente.nl/lisa |
| LKI | Lady Kick-In | Lady Kick-In | |
| LL | - | Leerlingen Lab | Lab for students primary/secondary school; website Pre-U Leerlingenlab |
| L | Lecture | Lecture | Used in course schedules |
| LMD | - | Last Minute Dag | Voorlichting voor de zomer |
| LO | Logistics | Logistiek | Department @ CFMg |
| LPNO | Laser Physics & Nonlinear Optics | Laserfysica | Department @ TNW |
| LT | Low Temperature Physics | Low Temperature Physics | Chair @ TNW faculty |
| LTSH | Long Term Strategy Housing | - | Strategy for housing projects @ UT; |
| LVO | - | Loket Voortgezet Onderwijs | |
| MACS | Mathematics of Computational Sciende | Mathematics of Computational Sciende | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/macs |
| MA | Management | Management | Support department @ ET faculty (same as BFD in other faculties) >> former name BH |
| MA | Marketing | Marketing | Department @ MC service department; www.utwente.nl/mc |
| MA | Mechanical Automation and Mechatronics | Mechanical Automation and Mechatronics | Chair @ MS3 |
| MB | - | Management en Bestuur | After merging with GW, new name: BMS faculty |
| MBA | Master of Business Administration | Master of Business Administration | - |
| MBI | BusinessInformationTechnology | BusinessInformationTechnology | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/mbi |
| MCBP | Medical Cell Biophysics | Medische Celbiofysica | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/mcbp |
| MC | Marketing & Communication | Marketing & Communicatie | Service department; www.utwente.nl/mc |
| MCO | - | Media, Communicatie en Organisatie | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/mco |
| MCP | - | Marketingcommunicatie en Consumentenpsychologie | Research Department @ BMS until 2012, now CW-CMC |
| MCS | Mesoscale Chemical Systems | Mesoscale Chemical Systems | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/mcs |
| MD | Medical Services | Medische Dienst | MD |
| MEEM | Master of Environmental and Energy Management (MEEM) | Master of Environmental and Energy Management (MEEM) | Master Programme, majority on location in Leeuwarden; www.utwente.nl/meem |
| ME | Meander | Meander | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Bachlor Programme @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/bscme |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Department @ ET, supporting education for the related BSc and MSc programmes |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Master Programme @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/me |
| MESA | MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology | MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology | One of the three main UT research institutes; www.utwente.nl/mesaplus |
| MES | European Studies | European Studies | Bachelor and Master Programmes @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/pa/ |
| MFS | Marine & Fluvial Systems | Marine & Fluvial Systems | Research group within the CEM department @ ET faculty, www.utwente.nl/en/et/cem > former name WEM |
| ML | Medialab | Medialab | Department @ MC service department; www.utwente.nl/mc |
| MMS | Multiscale Modeling and Simulation | Multiscale Modeling and Simulation | Research Department @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/mms |
| MNF | Molecular Nanofabrication | Molecular Nanofabrication | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/mnf |
| MO | - | Mondriaan | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| MOR | Mathematics of Operations Research | - | Research group @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/mor |
| MPS | Marketing and Project Services | Marketing and Project Services | Department @ ITC faculty; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| MPS | Psychology | Psychology | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/mps |
| MR&V | Social Risks and Safety Studies | Social Risks and Safety Studies | Research Department @ BMS faculty until 2012, now Research Department @ PA faculty |
| MRM | Master Risico Management | Master Risico Management | |
| MS3 | Department of Mechanics of Solids, Surfaces & Systems | Department of Mechanics of Solids, Surfaces & Systems | Department @ ET faculty: |
| MSc | Master of Science | Master of Science | - |
| MSCT | Mathematical Systems and Control Theory | Mathematical Systems and Control Theory | Research Department @ EWI faculty, now HS; www.math.utwente.nl/ssb |
| MSM | Multi Scale Mechanics | Multi Scale Mechanics | Research group @ Thermal and Fluid Engineering department (ET), www.utwente.nl/tfe |
| MSS | Micro Sensors and Systems | Micro Sensors and Systems | Department @ EEMCS |
| MST | Membrane Science & Technology | Membraantechnologie | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/mtg |
| MTE | Telematics | Telematics | Master Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/mte |
| MT | Managementteam | Managementteam | - |
| MT | Mechatronics | Mechatronics | Master Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/mt |
| MTP | Materials Science and Technology of Polymers | Materiaalkunde en Technologie van Polymeren | Chair @ TNW faculty; mtp.tnw.utwente.nl |
| MWM | Multidisciplinary Water Management | Multidisciplinary Water Management | Research group within the CEM department @ ET faculty, www.utwente.nl/en/et/cem >> former WEMWM |
| MZS | Participation | Medezeggenschap | Departmant @ SP; www.utwente.nl/medezeggenschap |
| NACM | Numerical Analysis and Computational Mechanics | Numerical Analysis and Computational Mechanics | Research Department @ EWI faculty; aacs.ewi.utwente.nl/ |
| NAJO | - | Najaarsoverleg | - |
| NanoLab | Cleanroom | Cleanroom | Department @ EWI |
| NBP | Nanobiophysics | Nanobiophysics | Department @ TNW |
| NEM | NanoElectronic Materials | NanoElectronic Materials | Chair @ TNW faculty |
| NE | Nano Electronics | Nano Electronics | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/ne |
| NH | - | Noordhorst | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| NIG | Netherlands Institute of Government | - | Research School for Public Administration and Political Science. Secretary: UT; www.utwente.nl/en/nig |
| NIKOS | NIKOS Centre for entrepreneurship, strategy, internation business and marketing | NIKOS Centre for entrepreneurship, strategy, internation business and marketing | Information Centre @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/nikos |
| NIM | Neuro Imaging | Neuro Imaging | Department @ TNW |
| NI | Nano-Ionics | Nano-Ionics | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/ni |
| Nirict | - | Nirict | 4TU instituut, www.4tu.nl/nirict |
| NL | Nanolab | Nanolab | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| NOM | - | Nieuw Onderwijs Model | |
| NRM | Natural Resources Management | Natural Resources Management | Course @ ITC faculty; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| NRS | Natural Resources | Natural Resources | Department @ ITC faculty; www.itc.nl/nrs |
| NSC | Notebook Service Centrum | Notebook Service Centrum | ICTS; www.utwente.nl/icts/nsc |
| NSM | Nonlinear Solid Mechanics | Nonlinear Solid Mechanics | Research group in the MS3 department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 >> NSM used to be called TMMVV |
| NT | Nanotechnology | Nanotechnology | Master Programme @ TNW; www.utwente.nl/nt |
| Nuffic | Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Ed. | Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Ed. | - |
| O&V | Building Caretakers & Real Estate | Onderhoud & Vastgoed | Department @ CFM |
| OAJ | Opening Academisch jaar | Opening Academisch jaar | |
| OA | Operational Audit | Operational Audit | SECR; www.utwente.nl/secr/oa |
| OBP | - | Ondersteunend- en Beheerspersoneel | - |
| OC | - | Ontwikkelcentrum | |
| OD | - | Onderwijskundige Dienst | |
| OER | - | Onderwijs- en Examenregeling | - |
| OFE | Office Foreign Employees | Office Foreign Employees | Part of Human Resources (www.utwente.nl/hr) |
| OFI-nummer | - | Intern bankrekening nummer van de UT | - |
| OH | - | Oosthorst | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| OILS | Operational Information Learning Services | Operational Information Learning Services | Department @ LISA |
| OIT | - | Opening Inschrijvingstermijn Tentamens | - |
| OLC | Programme Committee | Opleidingscommissie | - |
| OLD | - | Overleg OpleidingsDirecteuren | - |
| OLD | Programme Director | Opleidingsdirecteur | - |
| OLO | - | Online leeromgeving (voor scholieren) | |
| OMD | Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis | Onderzoeksmethodologie, Meetmethoden en Data-analyse (OMD) | Research Department @ BMS; www.utwente.nl/bms/omd |
| OM | Online Media | Online Media | Team/Department Online Media Marketing and Communication |
| OMPL | Operational Methods for Production & Logistics | Operational Methods for Production & Logistics | Research Department @ BMS faculty until 2012, now IEBIS |
| OoA | Offer of Admission | Offer of Admission | |
| OOC | - | Overleg Onderwijs Commissarissen | Onderdeel van Overleg Studieverenigingen (OS) |
| OOHR | Operations, Organization and Human Resources | Operations, Organization and Human Resources | Department @ BMS faculty until 2012, now BA |
| OO | O&O square | O&O plein | Location; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| OPD/OD | Open Days | Open Dagen | www.utwente.nl/en/opendays or www.utwente.nl/opendagen |
| OPL | Learning and Development | Learning and Development | Department @ HR |
| OPUT | - | Overleg Personeelszaken UT | |
| OS | - | Overleg Studieverenigingen | |
| OSC | Education Service Centre | Onderwijs service centrum | Department @ BMS |
| OS | Optical Science | Optical Science | Research group @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/os |
| OTR | - | Oppervlaktetechnologie en tribologie | |
| OUT | - | Openluchttheater | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| OWB | Education Support Office | Onderwijsbureau | Department @ TNW |
| P / Pr | - | Practicum | Used in course schedules |
| P&C | Planning & Control | Planning & Control | Department @ TNW |
| P&O | - | Personeel en Organisatie | - |
| P-Nut | PhD Network of the University of Twente | PhD Network of the University of Twente | |
| PA | - | Paviljoen | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| PA | Public Administration | Public Administration | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/pa |
| PBM | Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials | Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/pbm |
| PCF | Physics of Complex Fluids | Physics of Complex Fluids | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/pcf |
| PCP | Privacy ContactPersoon | Privacy ContactPersoon | Every service and faulty is assigned a PCP |
| PCRS | Psychology, Conflict, Risk and Safety | Psychology, Conflict, Risk and Safety | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/pcrv |
| PCS | Photocatalytic Syntheses | Photocatalytic Syntheses | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/pcs |
| PDA | Policy, Data & Analytics | Policy, Data & Analytics | Department @ SP |
| PD | Projects & Development | Projects & Development | Department @ LISA |
| PeHT | Personalized eHealth Technology Programme | Personalized eHealth Technology Programme | Research department @ TechMed/DSI |
| PE | Power Electronics | Power Electronics | Department of EEMCS faculty |
| PERS | Human Resources | Human Resources | Department @ ITC |
| PGM | Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management | Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management | Department @ ITC faculty; www.itc.nl/pgm |
| PGT/PHT | Psychology, Health & Technology | Psychologie, Gezondheid & Technologie | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/pgt |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctor of Philosophy | - |
| PIN | Physics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials | Physics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/pin |
| PITS | Platform for International Twente Student Associations | Platform for International Twente Student Associations | Student Union |
| Pj | Project | Project | Used in course schedules |
| PKM | - | Positionering en Kwaliteitsverbetering Masteronderwijs | |
| PLD | Professional Learning Development | Professional Learning Development | Department @ BMS, formerly BPO; www.utwente.nl/pld |
| PMR | Product-Market Relations | Product-Marktrelaties | Research group in the DPM department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/dpm |
| POF | Physics of Fluids | Vloeistoffysica | Chair @ TNW faculty; pof.tnw.utwente.nl |
| POLMT | Political Science and Research Methods | Political Science and Research Methods | Research Department @ BMS until 2012, now PA |
| PO | Policy | Policy | Service department @ ET faculty |
| PR | - | Persrelaties | Department Press Relations of Marketing and Communications |
| PSI | - | Personeel, Strategie en Internationalisering | Commission of the UR (University Council) |
| PS | Pervasive Systems | Pervasive Systems | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/ps/ |
| PSTS | Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society | Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society | Master Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/psts |
| PSY | - | Psychologie | Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/psy |
| PT | Production Technology | Production Technology | Research group in the MS3 department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 |
| PVI | - | Personeelsvereniging InTerContact | Association @ ITC faculty; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| QTM | - | Quantum Transport in Matter | Research Department @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/qtm |
| RA | - | Ravelijn | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#ravelijn |
| RAM | Robotics and Mechatronics | Robotics and Mechatronics | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/ram |
| RAVIS | - | Regeling Afstudeersteun voor Internationale Studenten | - |
| RB | Reservation Office | Reserveringsbureau | Department @ CFM |
| RCEC | Research centre for examination and certification | Research centre for examination and certification | Information Centre @ IBR (IBR is discontinued, now IGS); www.rcec.nl |
| RIS | Research Information System | - | System for researchers; for support information see www.utwente.nl/ris |
| RIST | - | Relatie Informatie Systeem Twente | |
| RKT | Research & Knowledge Transfer | Research & Knowledge Transfer | Department @ SP |
| RM | - | Reconstructive Medicine | |
| RM | - | Rector Magnificus | - |
| ROSTOP | - | Regeling Ondersteuning Topsporters | - |
| RPL | Rapid Prototyping Lab | Facility for researchers and students to create prototypes; www.utwente.nl/rpl | |
| RRVD | - | Registratie Reis- en Verblijfkosten en overige Declaraties | Web application, Employee Portal |
| RvT | Supervisory board | Raad van Toezicht | |
| S&AL | Student Affairs & Logistics | Student Affairs & Logistics | Department @ CES; www.utwente.nl/nl/ces/sal |
| S&C | System & Control | System & Control | |
| SACC | Student Affairs Coaching & Counselling | Student Affairs Coaching & Counselling | |
| SACS | Systems Theory, Analysis and Computational Science | Systems Theory, Analysis and Computational Science | Research Department @ EWI/EEMCS faculty: www.utwente.nl/ewi/sacs |
| SAI | Stan Ackermans Institute | Stan Ackermans Institute | 4TU Institute; www.4tu.nl/sai |
| SAS | Signals and Systems | Signals and Systems | EWI faculty, at present SCS Research Department |
| SAS | Student Affairs and Services | Student Affairs and Services | Department @ CES |
| SA | Student Affairs | Student Affairs | Group @ ITC - BOOZ |
| SBD | Strategic Business Development | Strategisch Business Development | Department @ GA; www.utwente.nl/sbd |
| SB | Strategisch Beraad | - | EB - SB; www.utwente.nl/nl/eb/sb Before: UMT - Universitair Management Team |
| SB | Student Councelling | Studentbegeleiding | Part of CES; www.utwente.nl/studentenbegeleiding |
| SC | Semiconductor Components | Semiconductor Components | |
| SC | Sports Centre | Sportcentrum | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#sports-centre |
| SCS | Services, Cybersecurity & Safety | Services, Cybersecurity & Safety | Research Department @ EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/eemcs/scs |
| SC | Systems and Control | Systems and Control | Master Programme @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/sc |
| SDAC | Structural Dynamics, Acoustics & Control | Structural Dynamics, Acoustics & Control | Research group in the MS3 department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 (SDAC used to be called TM) |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals | Sustainable Development Goals | Initiative @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/sdg |
| SEB | Support Executive Board | Support Executive Board | Department @ GA (www.utwente.nl/nl/ga/sem/medewerkers) |
| SEB | Support Executive Board | Support Executive Board | Department within GA. Used to be called BO-CvB |
| SEC | Science, Education and Communication | Science, Education and Communication | Master Programme @ 4TU; www.4tu.nl/sec |
| SEL | Sustainable Energy Laboratory | Sustainable Energy Laboratory | Building, currently under construction |
| SEPA | - | Semipermanente gebouwen | Temporary buildings, general term |
| SE | Software Engineering | Software Engineering | Research Department @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/trese |
| SET | Sustainable Energy Technology | Sustainable Energy Technology | Master Programme @ ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/set; also Master Programme @ 4TU; www.4tu.nl/set |
| SFI | Soft matter, Fluidics and Interfaces | Soft matter, Fluidics and Interfaces | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/sfi |
| SG | Studium Generale | Studium Generale | Department @ BMS offering general/public lectures; www.utwente.nl/sg |
| SH | - | Seinhuis | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| SI | Study Information Centre | Study Information Centre | |
| SIT | - | Sluiting Inschrijvingstermijn Tentamens | - |
| SK | Shopping Centre/Sky | Winkelcentrum/Sky | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| SL | - | Sleutel | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings ; De Veste (organization for student housing on campus) is located here |
| SL | Studielink | Studielink | |
| SLT | Student Lab Twente | Student Lab Twente | Service/laborary for students @ TNW faculty |
| SMCT | Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology | Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology | Chair @ TNW faculty |
| SMS | - | Student Mobiliteit Systeem | - |
| SNT | - | Studenten Net Twente | |
| SNTDAS | - | Studenten Net Twente Digitaal Administratie Systeem | Web application |
| SO&IR | Scholarship Office & International Relations | Scholarship Office & International Relations | Department @ CES |
| SOIR | Scholarship Office & International Relations | Scholarship Office & International Relations | Department within CES, www.utwente.nl/soir |
| SOR | Stochastic Operations Research | Stochastic Operations Research | Research Department @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/sor |
| SO | Scholarship Office | Scholarship Office | http://www.utwente.nl/internationalstudents/scholarshipsandgrants/ |
| SP | - | Secretaressepool | Department @ PAO |
| SP | - | Spiegel | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#spiegel |
| SPE | - | Studentenpastoraat | Part of CES; www.utwente.nl/spe |
| SPORT | Sports Centre | Sportcentrum | Department @ CFM |
| SP | Statistics and Probability | Statistics and Probability | Research Department @ EWI faculty (discontinued) |
| SP | Strategy & Policy | Strategy & Policy | Service department; www.utwente.nl/sp |
| SPT | Sustainable Process Technology | Sustainable Process Technology | |
| SR | - | Schuur | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| SRC | - | Studiereiscommissie van de Student Union | |
| SRN | Selfservice Registration Portal for Network Devices | Selfservice Registration Portal for Network Devices | Web application of the IT department to register wired internet connections (like student computers and employee private laptops). Employee computers sold bij the IT department are already registered. Application to register your device: webapps.utwente.nl/srn |
| SSC | Student Services | Student Services | Department @ CES, central information desk for students (enrolment, fees, etc) |
| SSC | Student Services | Student Services | Group of CES-SAS https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/student-services/ |
| SST | Stochastic Systems and Signals | Stochastic Systems and Signals | Research Department @ EWI faculty, now HS |
| ST | - | Stal | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| STAFF | Staff | Staf | Department @ Lisa |
| STAT | Statistics | - | Chair @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; |
| STEPS | Science, Technology & Policy Studies | Science, Technology & Policy Studies | Research Department and Information Centre @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/steps |
| ST | Science & Technology | Science and Technology | English name for TNW faculty |
| ST | Staff | Staf | Department @ CFM |
| STT | Solar Team Twente | Solar Team Twente | |
| STT | Surface Technology and Tribology | Surface Technology and Tribology | Research group in the MS3 department at ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/ms3 |
| SU | Student Union | Student Union | |
| SV | - | Studievereniging | - |
| TACS | Twente Autorisation Control System | Twente Autorisation Control System | Application to control access for several UT wide information systems |
| TAP | - | Twente Account Provisioning | Password system/ Password change; tap.utwente.nl/ |
| TAS / TASWF | Time Accounting System | Time Accounting System | Web application for logging hours, Employee Portal |
| TA | Travel Agency | Travel Agency | Department @ ITC |
| TAY | Twente Academy Young | Twente Academy Young | |
| TBK | - | Technische Bedrijfskunde | Bachelor Programme @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/tbk |
| TCCR | Twente Centre for Career Research | Twente Centre for Career Research | Discontinued Information Centre |
| TCO | Techno Centre for Education and Research | Techno Center voor Onderwijs en Onderzoek | TNW; www.utwente.nl/tco |
| TCS | Technical Computer Science | Technical Computer Science | Bachelor programme @ EWI Faculty; www.utwente.nl/tcs |
| TechMed | Technical Medial Centre | Technical Medical Centre | One of the three main UT research institutes; www.utwente.nl/techmed |
| TEM | Transport, Engineering & Management | Transport, Engineering & Management | Research group within the CEM department @ ET faculty, www.utwente.nl/et/tem >> former name VVR |
| TE | Telecommunication Engineering | Telecommunication Engineering | Research Department @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/te |
| TE | Thermal Engineering | Thermal Engineering | Research group within TFE department @ ET faculty www.utwente.nl/en/et/tfe |
| TFE | Thermal and Fluid Engineering | Thermal and Fluid Engineering | Department @ ET Faculty; www.utwente.nl/en/et/tfe |
| TGS | Twente Graduate School | Twente Graduate School | PhD and PDEng programmes for the whole UT; office is part of TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tgs |
| TG | Technical Medicine | Technische Geneeskunde | Bachelor Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tg |
| TH | - | Teehuis | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| TIME | Twente is Maintenance Excellence consortium | Twente is Maintenance Excellence consortium | Cooperation between four research groups @ BMS/ET faculty; www.utwente.nl/time |
| TMI | TechMed Infra | TechMed Infra | Support department within TechMed Centre |
| TMS | Technology Management and Supply | Technology Management and Supply | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/tms |
| TM | Technical Medicine | Technical Medicine | Master Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tm |
| TN | - | Technische Natuurkunde | Bachelor Programme @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tn |
| TNW | Faculty of Science and Technology | Faculteit Technische Natuurwetenschappen | TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw |
| TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language | Test of English as a Foreign Language | - |
| TOM | Twente Educational Model | Twents Onderwijs Model | In English also called TOM (do not use TEM); www.utwente.nl/tom |
| ToR | Transcript of records | Cijferlijst | |
| TPC - Navitas | Twente Pathway College from Navitas | Twente Pathway College from Navitas | |
| TPC | Twente Pathway College | Twente Pathway College | Twente Pathway College Foundation year; |
| TPRC | - | ThermoPlastic composite Research Centre | |
| TP | Tennispark | Tennispark | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| TRA | - | Tijdelijke Registratie Accounts | Web application, Employee Portal |
| TR | Tissue Regeneration | Tissue Regeneration | Chair @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/tr |
| TST | Transducers Science and Technology | Transducers Science and Technology | Research Department @ EWI faculty; www.utwente.nl/ewi/tst |
| T | Tutorial | Tutorial | Used in course schedules |
| TWC | Twente Water Centre | Twente Water Centre | Information Centre; www.utwente.nl/water |
| UB | - | Universiteitsbibliotheek | |
| UCB | - | Universitaire Commissie Bedrijfsvoering | |
| UCOW | - | Universitaire Commissie Onderwijs | Advisory board for the Excutive Board; www.utwente.nl/ucow |
| UCT | University College Twente | University College Twente | Department @ EWI/EEMCS faculty; www.utwente.nl/uct |
| UD | - | Universitair docent | - |
| UFonds | University Foundation | Universiteitsfonds | Foundation to support the UT; www.utwente.nl/ufonds |
| UHD | - | Universitair hoofddocent | - |
| UIM | Information Management | Universitair Informatiemanagement | Department @ LISA; www.utwente.nl/uim |
| UniTe | - | UniTe platform for internationalization and integration | Student Union; www.studentunion.utwente.nl/unite |
| UPark | U Parkhotel | U Parkhotel | Hotel on campus in former Hogekamp faculty building |
| UPM | Urban Planning and Management | Urban Planning and Management | Course @ ITC faculty; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| UR / URaad | - | Universiteitsraad | |
| UT-Flex | - | Virtueel uitzendbureau UT | Web application, Employee and Student Portal |
| UT | - | Universiteit Twente | |
| UTLC | UT Language Centre | UT Language Centre | Department @ CES: www.utwente.nl/en/ces/language-centre |
| UToday | UToday | UToday | www.utoday.nl; officially part of the GA department |
| UTQ | University Teaching Qualification | University Teaching Qualification | English BKO; www.utwente.nl/ces/od/professionaliseren/bko/ |
| UTTU | UT Travel Unit | UT Travel Unit | ITC; www.utwente.nl/hr/arbeidsvoorwaarden/dienstreizen/atp/boeken/ |
| VB | - | Vestingbar | |
| VGD | - | Vastgoedgroep Drienerlo | Discontinued, tasks now given to CFM |
| VG | Health & Safety | Veiligheid & Gezondheid | Department @ HR; www.utwente.nl/nl/hr/vg |
| VI | - | Vlinder | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| VL | - | Vleugel | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| VOJO | - | Voorjaarsoverleg | Abbreviation use |
| VOS | - | Voorlichting Oude School | M&C; VOS was discontinued in 2012 |
| VR | - | Vrijhof | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#vrijhof |
| VTB | - | Vereniging Twentse Bestuurskundigen | |
| VWI | VWI Nestorix | VWI Nestorix | Alumni association Philosophy master; www.utwente.nl/vwi |
| WA | - | Waaier | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#waaier |
| WAR | - | Werkgroep Afstudeerregelingen (WAR) | |
| WC | - | Werkcollege | - |
| WEWI | Science Shop | Wetenschapswinkel | Service offered by Novel-T; www.utwente.nl/wewi |
| WFID | - | WorkFlow Interne Doorberekeningen | Web application, Employee Portal |
| WH | - | Westhorst | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#horst-complex |
| WIJSB | Philosophy of Science | Wijsbegeerte | Research Department @ BMS faculty; www.utwente.nl/bms/wijsb |
| WP | - | Wetenschappelijk personeel | - |
| WP | - | Windpark | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |
| WP1 | Science Staff | Wetenschappelijk Personeel | Department @ EWI |
| WRS | Water Resources & Environmental Management | Water Resources & Environmental Management | Course @ ITC faculty; www.utwente.nl/itc |
| WRS | Water Resources | Water Resources | Department @ ITC faculty; www.itc.nl/wrs |
| XUV | XUV Optics | XUV Optics | Department @ TNW faculty; www.utwente.nl/tnw/xuv |
| ZH | - | Zuidhorst | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#horst-complex |
| ZI | - | Zilverling | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/about/buildings/#zilverling |
| ZS | Self study time | Zelfstudie | |
| ZW | Outdoor swimming pool | Zwembad | Location/building; find it on the campus map (PDF) or https://www.utwente.nl/buildings |