Considering to collaborate? “Impact for a better society” is the central mission of TU Delft. Building on an excellent scientific profile in science, engineering and design we offer knowledge-intensive, technology-driven solutions to societal challenges. These solutions are rooted in ground breaking research: research that makes us an attractive cooperation partner for other knowledge institutes, society and for businesses. With this approach we are at interplay with the changing drivers at European, national and regional level. Horizon Europe and national topsector policies will be driven by societal missions and key enabling technologies (KETs). Within these missions and KETs lie opportunities for universities and businesses to engage and to set the scene for future society and future economy. However, this can only be achieved by long term mutual commitment. For this reason the focus within Horizon Europe and national funding schemes (NWO) will be increasingly on long term public private partnerships. The aim of TU Delft is to grow as a public private innovation campus and this can only be achieved by strong interaction with the city of Delft, the wider region, Innovation Quarter and the province. Through regional budgets like EFRD and national budgets for regional initiatives a strong regional embedding of national and European innovation efforts is ensured. These means help us to create strong regional ecosystems of universities, larger businesses, SME’s, start-ups and scale-ups. At TU Delft these ecosystems are arising around topics like Quantum technology (i.e. Quantum Campus) and Artificial Intelligence/Robotics (i.e. RoboValley).
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