Institutional Plan 2017 - 2020

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Overview of projects of Strategic Plan 2020
Goals 2020
Achieved in 2016
Challenges
2017 - 2020
Bachelor College
n Differentiated and streamlined
TU/e-wide education
n Increase in numbers and diversity
of student inflow
n Securing quality and performance
of undergraduate education
n Large-scale educational reform;
new curricula completed; first
class will graduate in 2015;
performance increased
significantly; evaluation by Ruth
Graham in 2015
n Growing in a managed fashion,
continuing educational reforms
such as blended learning and
educational differentiation;
continuing to develop excellence
in education
Graduate School
n Coherent and internationally
oriented graduate programs
(MSc, PDEng, PhD)
n Increase in numbers and diversity
of graduates
n Securing the quality of graduate
programs and increasing
performance
n Reform and streamlining of MSc
programs, start of new master’s
degree programs in 2015
n Increase in numbers and diversity
of graduates
n Increasing the excellence of
graduate programs
n Tailoring the graduate programs
to our focus areas
Quality assurance
education
n Securing and controlling the
quality of programs (BSc, MSc,
PDEng and PhD)
n Quality assurance BSc programs
improved. Institutional audit
NVAO passed in 2013. Developed
vision quality assurance graduate
phase
n Midterm review as preparation
for second NVAO audit in 2019.
Further development of quality
assurance PDEng programs
Strategic Areas, Centers
and Institutes
n Increase connection between
education and research with
market and society, collaboration
with governments, industry and
societal organizations.
n Strategic Areas Energy, Health
and Smart Mobility (2012),
n High Tech Systems and Data
Science Centers (2014) and
n Institutes: Complex Molecular
Systems (ICMS, 2010) and
Integrated Photonics (IPI, 2016)
n Strengthening scientific profile
of TU/e
n Strengthening TU/e impact
through roadmap-based
partnerships with industry,
governments and scientific
institutes
Educational excellence
n Targeted strengthening of
educational excellence in certain
disciplines and in innovative
interdisciplinary fields
n Realized large research programs
with partners and companies
(Gravitation, CBBC, etc.)
n More focused research profile,
based on science for society,
industry and science
n Increased investment in
recruiting excellent scientific
talent and professional support
of researchers’ personal
development
n New approach for scouting and
stimulating personal grants
n Even more focused research
profile around themes of
excellence and impact
Research infrastructure
n Profiling and professionalizing
research facilities
n Facility sharing with third parties
n External funding for research
facilities
n Overview of research facilities on
website
n Proposals for research facilities
n Realize TU/e roadmap for
research facilities
n Planning and obtaining external
funding for large facilities
Knowledge valorization
nStimulating societal and
economic use of TU/e knowledge,
increasing external funding for
research
nStrengthening collaborations
with industry, government and
societal organizations
nStimulating entrepreneurial
culture
nTU/e Impuls PhD positions in
progress
nDeveloped vision and action plan
for valorization
nInitiatives and financial facilities
entrepreneurship, developed
with regional and national
partners: STARTUP/eindhoven
and Brightmove
nAchieving multiplier within
TU/e Impuls program
nCreate living labs for relevant
topics
nRealize TU/e Research Support
Network
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