Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven University of Technology, located in the heart of the Netherlands' high-tech industrial heartland, has played a significant role in driving the Dutch knowledge economy over the last six decades. The university, known as TUE, was founded in 1956 to provide highly skilled graduates for Philips' famous laboratories, which went on to create the first audio and video cassettes, CD and laserdisc players.
TUE's connections to other businesses in the so-called 'Brainport' area – the Dutch equivalent of Silicon Valley – are arguably just as important in the twenty-first century. The region is the corporate home of ASML, NXP, DAF Trucks, and DSM, as well as several Dutch R&D institutes, and it has the most patents in Europe. The Intelligent Lighting Institute, the Data Science Center Eindhoven, the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, and the Materials Technology group are among the TUE research groups with significant links to industry.
Its key research areas include automotive systems, broadband telecommunication technologies, information and communication systems, nano-engineering, plasmas, and polymers, with energy, health, and smart mobility identified as key research areas. TUE's continued success in the RoboCup, in which soccer robots built by universities around the world compete for global glory, demonstrates its expertise in robotics. TUE won its third world championship in July 2019, after reaching its ninth final in a row.
- Location: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands.
- Phone: +31 40 247 9111
- Website: https://www.tue.nl/
- Ranking: 99th in the world by QS World University Ranking in 2019, 34th in Europe, 3rd in Netherlands. Etc.
