Student review [#19323]
for Computer Science and Engineering
at Delft University of Technology - TU Delft
Delft, The Netherlands
This programme is composed of great content, from theory to practice, and the environment offers many useful facilities, including quiet study spaces, 3D printers and professional personal support. However, some courses deviate from their standards.
Regarding the curriculum and the topics covered by each course, the programme is great and all-encompassing. The programme gives a good foundation in mathematics that is relevant to computing, an understanding of the most low-level concepts about hardware, and other core subjects like algorithm design, database management, etc. It continues to explore some more modern content including machine learning, quantum computing and human-computer interaction. But most importantly, it does not get lost in the theory but keeps the student grounded with several group projects, many programming assignments, and a supervised internship at a local company of choice.
Unfortunately, it is not a perfect programme, and while I am generally very satisfied with it, I was disappointed with the way some individual courses were organised in terms of presentation and teaching quality. Several courses do not follow as high of a standard as the rest, and this can be disheartening when one has a particular interest in their content. They either lack a coherent structure or flow from topic to topic, making them difficult to follow, or lack deeper explanations of concepts within each topic, making students confused about what exactly they are expected to know. This weight sometimes carries over into other, well-organised courses to which students cannot dedicate as much attention.
Nevertheless, I found these courses to be exceptions, and my overall experience has been positive. I can also see that the individual courses are improving year to year, slowly but surely.
Outside of university, student life in Delft isn’t much of a sensation, but it is close to two large cities, each with great nightlife. After all, a peaceful surrounding is very welcome when studying, and that’s exactly what Delft is.
All considered, CSE at TU Delft offers the entire spectrum of subjects in the field of computing, all in a peaceful environment and great student life opportunities at the same time.