Crowdtech is the survey tool available to all UT staff and students
Introduction
Starting September 1, 2025, the University of Twente will use the Crowdtech platform to conduct all UT-wide surveys. Crowdtech will replace the various tools currently in circulation and provide a central, secure and user-friendly way of conducting surveys. Subject evaluations (SEQs) can also be administered in this platform.
This page provides an overview of planning, support and frequently asked questions.
Why are we switching to Crowdtech?
- One central solution for the entire UT: course evaluations, scientific questionnaires and staff surveys
- Available for students within their education, and also for student associaton surveys
- Improved data security and privacy compliance
- Additional advantage: Crowdtech is a Dutch supplier with data storage in the Netherlands
Timeline and phasing out existing tools
Crowdtech will be available for all new surveys in the new academic year. This is the timeline for implementation:
Period | Actions |
May - June 2025 | Preparations, inventory of ongoing surveys |
June 3rd, 2025 | Crowdtech Demo Session |
June - August 2025 | Testing phase, (optional) training sessions for employees |
September 1st, 2025 | Crowdtech available for all new surveys |
September - October 2025 | Transition support; phasing our other survey tools |
Training & demo sessions
Demo environment:
Thank you all for joining the Crowdtech demo environment and providing us with valuable feedback. While we cannot incorporate all your feedback we are happy with your continued involvement and will create a backlog for future features. Based on your feedback we’ve decided organize an additional advanced user training.
Advanced user training: July 14, 11:00 – 14:00 hours, location Technohal 2275
The training (including lunch) will be held in English. Please sign up by July 11th. Sign up using this form.
Support for longitudinal studies
We are organizing an interactive session with Crowdtech to explore their functionalities and support for longitudinal studies. This is a great opportunity to ask questions, share your research needs, and learn how Crowdtech can support long-term data collection and participant engagement.
We invite you to share any questions you may have about longitudinal studies. In the form, you can also upload a related file (e.g. a draft questionnaire or documentation) to help us better understand your context. After signing up, you will receive an Outlook invitation with all session details. We kindly ask that you register by July 20. Click here to sign up and submit your questions.
Self-study using the Crowdtech Guide
Want to learn more about Crowdtech? Check out their Guide page: guide.crowdtech.com.
Training sessions in summer, Q3 and Q4
Would you prefer to participate in a training session? Sign up for the waiting list or keep an eye on this page for opportunities (trainings last about 3 hours).
What does this mean for you?
Frequently Asked Questions
Contact
Questions about Crowdtech? After Sept. 1, contact us through the following channels or your faculty/department key-user.
- Guide: https://guide.crowdtech.com
- Email: support@crowdtech.com
- Phone: +31 20 412 08 12
- In-platform chat
For UT-specific technical support, we will soon publish contact information per faculty or department. For technical assistance, please email survey-support@utwente.nl.