The TU Delft Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management is a faculty for graduation and post-graduation studies in

Technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

Policy Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an or ...

and

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

of the

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

. Through internationally oriented

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

and

research Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to ...

the faculty want to contribute with "sustainable solutions to complex social problems". The research of the faculty focuses on "large scale socio-technical systems, such as

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...

s for

transport Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...

energy Energy () is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is transferred to a physical body, body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of Work (thermodynamics), work and in the form of heat and l ...

and

telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

History

The faculty started in 1997 from a merger between the two existing faculties of the

at the time: ''Technology and Society'' and ''Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management''. The Faculty of Technology and Society (Dutch: Faculteit der Wijsbegeerte en Technische Maatschappijwetenschappen (WTM)) had been a joint faculty from the 1960s.Kees Versluis.
Dertig jaar algemene wetenschappen; Van filosofie tot technische hygiëne
" ''DELTA,'' donderdag 30 november 1995, jaargang 27, nr. 37. It originated in the faculty of General Science, which was initiated with the foundation of the Delft University of Technology in 1905. It initially contained physics, mathematics and social sciences. An independent physics department was founded in the 1920s, and the remaining faculty of General Science was split in two in the 1965. The Faculty of Technology and Society including

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

skills A skill is the learned or innate ability Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various Action (philosophy), actions. They include common abilities, like walking, and rare abilities, like performing a double backflip. Abilities are in ...

technology assessment Technology assessment (TA, , ) is a practical process of determining the value of a new or emerging technology in and of itself or against existing technologies. This is a means of assessing and rating the new technology from the time when it w ...

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

and

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...

. Notable faculty members in those days were Joop Doorman, Henk Lombaers and Pierre Malotaux. The faculties main task was to provide service education to all the other faculties of the Delft University of Technology. The Faculty of Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management was built from scratch and started in 1992 with a new curriculum and research programme. From 1992 to 1998 Henk G. Sol was founding Dean of the new School for Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. He prepared the merger, in 1998, into the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

Organization

The faculty has evolved three departments with three sections each. These are: * Engineering Systems and Services department ** Energy and Industry ** Information and Communication Technology ** Transport and Logistics * Multi Actor Systems department ** Policy Analysis ** Policy, Organisation, Law and Gaming ** Systems Engineering and Simulation * Values, Technology and Innovation department ** Ethics/Philosophy of Technology ** Safety and Security Science ** Economics of Technology and Innovation

Programs offered

The faculty offers the following bachelor programme, which is taught in Dutch, entitled "Technische Bestuurskunde." The faculty offers the following five master programmes, which are taught in English: * Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA) * Complex Systems Engineering and Management (COSEM) * Management of Technology (MOT) * Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics (TIL) * Industrial Ecology (joint-degree with

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Academics affiliated, a selection

Past and/or present academics affiliated with TU Delft Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management: * Ciano Aydin * Kornelis Blok * Harry Bouwman * Karel Brookhuis * Hans de Bruijn * Michel van Eeten * Neelke Doorn * Marina van Geenhuizen * Vic Hayes * Dirk Helbing * Ernst ten Heuvelhof * Jeroen van den Hoven * Marijn Janssen * Martin de Jong * Peter Kroes * Rolf Künneke * Zofia Lukszo * Ibo van de Poel * Hugo Priemus * Sabine Roeser * Henk G. Sol * Yao-Hua Tan * Wil Thissen * Rene Wagenaar * Alexander Verbraeck * Marc de Vries * Hans Wamelink * Bartel van de Walle * Margot Weijnen

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