The study is good but it is too much and tried to teach too much in 3 years. Lots of students suffer from depression or burnout due to this permanent high stress. The hybrid online/ on campus teaching did not make this better.
View moreI really enjoyed my time as a student at TU Delft. The first year was filled with courses, assignments and exams, where you learn to be an independent and critical researcher and thinker. Personally, I really enjoyed the fact that my program included a curricular internship: I got to experience a true workplace, gained a lot of hands-on practice and I feel that thanks to this I have better career prospects. Moreover, I really appreciated the many opportunities that TU Delft gives to its students. While studying, it is possible to have part-time jobs at the faculty, to join student teams, to work on your own start-up, to be part of sports teams and clubs.
On the negative side, one thing I did not like was working on the thesis. It is a very long individual project, so sometimes it is hard to keep up the motivation. Luckily, the international and friendly environment really makes it all better!
Coming to TUDelft was for me a jump into the void. I didn’t know what to expect, just that I would study aerospace engineering and that I would have to find out how to organise my life on my own.
Surprisingly, the introduction to student life went very smoothly thanks to the multiple programs the TUDelft makes for this very purpose. The study load is also balanced and you can be rewarded with high grades without having to die for it (although you’ll still sweat ;). I had a great time this last 3 years here, both enjoying the study programme and making many international friends.
The only issue I have found is that if they don’t do research in a certain area you won’t be allowed to do your master thesis on such topics, even through internship or collaboration with another uni (this at least applies to aerospace).
Anyways, if you can find a department that you like, which won’t be difficult, I would definitely recommend to consider coming to the TUDelft (some people call it the MIT of Europe!)