Organisational structure

The University of Twente has an organisational structure in which governance, participation, education, research and support are closely interconnected. On this page, you can find more information about the various governing bodies, faculties and institutes, and the way in which people across the UT work together on education, research and societal impact.

Management

The Executive Board is the highest executive council of the University of Twente (UT) and is charged with the administration and management of the University. The board consist of three members: a chair, a vice-chair and the rector magnificus. They are appointed by the Supervisory Board. The Board is supported by the Secretary of the University the highest official adviser of the Board.

The faculties are managed by multimember faculty boards. Our faculty boards consists of: dean and portfolio's education, research and operations. A student will also be affiliated with each Faculty Board in an advisory role (student assessor). The Faculty Boards are responsible for the general oversight and management of the faculty. This includes structuring the faculty’s activities in teaching and education, the pursuit of science, and contributing to the overall management of the university. The portfolio allocation of the Faculty Board can be found in the attached Portfolio Allocation Model for Faculty Boards.

The University Council, in short URaad or UR, is the centralised participation body and regularly consults with the Executive Board. More information about participation at UT can be found on our participation website.

The Student Union is the umbrella body of students and student organisations at UT. UT has issued the Student Union with a mandate to write policies for student activities and student facilities at the UT.

Faculties

The education (Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes) and research are organised within our five faculties/schools:

Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS)
Engineering Technology (ET)
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Science and Technology (TNW)
Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)

Next to the programmes administered by the faculties mentioned above, University College Twente offers the broad honours BSc programme ATLAS and Twente Graduate School offers post graduate education (PhD and EngD).

The Pre-university college and the pupils lab organise connecting activities for primary school pupils and pupils from the first grades of secondary school, under the name Pre-U.

Research institutes

Our strength lies in the collaboration between the various disciplines. In the research institutes the University of Twente connects technology (high tech) to human behaviour and social relevance (human touch).

MESA+ - INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY

MESA+ is one of the world’s leading research institutes on nanostructures, nanomaterials, nanosystems and nanodevices. Embracing a cross-disciplinary approach and benefiting from the NanoLab - infrastructure that ranks among the very best on the globe - over 500 researchers deliver high quality, competitive and frequently ground-breaking research. The results are evident in our numerous publications as well as in various high-profile achievements.

TECHMED CENTRE

The TechMed Centre is a leading innovation hub in the health-tech domain with state-of-the-art infrastructure, ranging from research labs, preclinical testbeds and simulated hospital environments to the actual healthcare system. Its mission is to enable sustainable and personalised health by means of technology. The TechMed Centre improves healthcare through research & development, education and collaboration in a global network.

DIGITAL SOCIETY INSTITUTE

The Digital Society Institute performs scientific research in technology that is essential for digitalization, on methods and techniques for integrating digital technology in our environments, and in how we can come to intelligent, well-informed decision making. An important aspect of our mission is to conduct research that has an impact on society.

Service departments

The service departments below support education and research at the campus. All their products and services will be bundled in the UT Service Portal (utwente.nl/serviceportal). At this point CES and SP still need to be moved there.