TU Delft

Register for Courses
This varies by your track:

Rotor Design: Sign up for courses during October of the fall semester

Offshore Engineering: You do not need to enroll in your courses. You still need to enroll in the courses on Brightspace to receive the course material and turn in assignments. You will also still need to register for the exams on Osiris (About a month before the exam date).

Brightspace
The main website for course information. Lecture material, assignments, etc. are posted and turned in here.

Lecture Style
Two hour lectures broken into 45 minute lecture -> 15 minute break -> 45 minute lecture -> 15 minute break. Some lectures are recorded and posted to a website called Collegerama.

Assignments
Many courses

Library
The library is a great place to work. During the exams it can be extremely busy. The last 3 weeks of the period the library has XL opening hours, then it will be opened from 08:00 to 02:00. Normally the opening hours are 08:00 to 24:00. During the opening hours XL the library will be full almost imediately after it has opened. Students wait in line in front of the doors in order to get a nice spot to study for the exams.

Accommodation Office
By the end of October, most of the first-year-students will receive a message in Osiris (TU Delft) to confirm the start of the next semester (might not apply to non-Delft students). There you will confirm your start from February on but you will also have the choice to ask for help with finding accommodation using the services of DUWO. EWEM students have priority to these available rooms and are guaranteed housing (as informed by EWEM coordinators).

This service will mean the following in short:


 * Sign-Up Costs: 272.50 EUR (non-refundable)
 * Deposit & Visa: EU-Students: 0 EUR  // Non-EU-students: 11.282.50 EUR (refundable Deposit) + 192 EUR (Visa)
 * What: Choose from DUWO accommodations
 * When: Gain access in mid-December for 4 days
 * How: First-pay First-served principle (so if you want to use this service, make the payment as soon as possible)
 * Pros: Usually close to Campus; Affordable options; Mostly furnished; Short term possible
 * Cons: Housing is not guaranteed (Sign-Up costs will not be refunded); Student Dorm Houses
 * Be Aware: There are housing scams; There is a general Housing shortage in Delft; Often 12 months minimum are required for a contract; Some places are unfurnished

Finding on Your Own
See the recommended Platforms by TU Delft (Link 1, Link 2).

To find something on your own, the recommended options are Facebook and some housing services, according to previous students at TUDelft.

Facebook Groups (Delft):


 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/room.delft
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/423432078076403/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/1738247783112092/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/delfthousing/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/640861752667980/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/403520589745309/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/kamer.in.delft/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/188819971740988/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/roomandroommateindelft/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/1489043101396159/

Facebook Groups (The Hague):


 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/1761978560549243/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/denhaag.housing/
 * https://www.facebook.com/groups/1543292529248216/

Website:


 * https://kamernet.nl/en/for-rent/rooms-delft
 * https://www.roombase.nl/en/cities/delft
 * https://www.room.nl/ (Duwo housing)

Room for Feb. onwards will most likely be offered on the websites/facebook from december and january. Looking earlier there has a low chance of finding a room.

Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second biggest city in The Netherlands only a 10 minute train ride away from Delft. It has the best football club, namely Feyenoord, who usually beat Ajax with big numbers. It was bombed during the Second World war and therefore looks very different than other Dutch cities. It has many skyscrapers and other modern architecture highlights like the Eramus bridge, The Markthal and the Kubuswoningen. Rotterdam also holds the biggest seaport of Europe and is the location of many leading companies in the offshore sector as Heerema, Damen and Boskalis.