The University of Twente is located on the greenest, largest university campus in the Netherlands. On this campus and beyond, we co-create a thriving research and innovation ecosystem. Our organisational structure has five faculties, three institutes and six interfaculty units.
Faculties
Our faculties are the human powerhouse for the institutes and interfaculty units. That way, we benefit fully from all the disciplinary knowledge we have in-house. Education and research in our five faculties are organised within specific research groups or scientific departments:
A full list of research department names is also available in the research information system.
Research institutes
Colleagues from all of these five faculties collaborate in three research institutes to contribute to our four Impact Domains (Health, Safety, Security, and Chip Technologies):
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.
Our recently established Climate Centre serves as a UT-wide hub for collecting and connecting all matters related to climate-positive research.
Facilities
Our campus has world-class research facilities, allowing our researchers to explore, create and contribute to grand challenges. From our wind tunnel, the VR Lab, operation rooms, NanoLab, modelling workshops, and ExperiVan, to our DesignLab, many facets of research are supported.
Responsible research
At the University of Twente, everyone involved in education and research is responsible for upholding the standards of scientific integrity. Every member of staff is required to adhere to the guidelines laid down in the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice and the European Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity. The University of Twente encourages a work environment that promotes and guarantees responsible research practices. To this end, it offers facilities such as integrity education for PhD students, ethical review, and research data management.
Collaboration
University of Twente and RadboudUMC agreed on a collaboration in May 2024.
By collaborating with relevant partners both nationally and internationally, the University of Twente gives a boost to the quality of her research. We are part of several networks and networking organisations, in which we frequently collaborate with a number of partners.
- The UT is participating in the regional network of knowledge partners and is, as such, part of Novel-T, together with the Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the municipality of Enschede, and the Overijssel province. The aim is to strengthen the economic climate and create 10,000 new high-quality jobs in Twente.
- The 4TU Federation is a combined force of four technical universities in the Netherlands (Twente, Delft, Eindhoven, and Wageningen) that dedicate themselves to strengthening and integrating technological knowledge. This is happening, for instance, within the 4TU Centres of Excellence.
- ECIU (European Consortium of Innovative Universities) comprises twelve European universities and two partner universities outside of Europe with a distinguishing DNA. They collaborate frequently, both at the research level and in the area of transferring scientific knowledge.
More information on strategic global academic partnerships can be found elsewhere on our website.
