TU Delft offers English taught MSc programmes which take two years (four semesters). In OpenCourseWare we offer a selection of the content of these courses.

The masters that are participating are listed in the menu. Below you'll see a complete list of the available courses. In the future more content of master courses will be added.

See also the complete overview and admission to the master programme.

Offshore Hydromechanics (EN)

Offshore Hydromechanics is built up from four related modules: 1. Basic principles: Hydrostatics, constant flow phenomena and waves, 2. Floating Structures 1: Wave forces & motions, 3. Floating Structures II: wave forces & motions, nonlinear problems, applications, 4. Slender Cylinder Hydrodynamics and Sea Bed Morphology.

Dredge Pumps and Slurry Transport (EN)

After a short overview of dredging as a whole, this course concentrates on principles of pipeline transport of slurries and on the design of a transportation system comprised of pipelines and slurry pumps.

Dredging Processes (EN)

The course focuses on 3 main dredging processes: the cutting of sand, clay and rock; the sedimentation process in hopper dredges; and the breaching process.

Design of Dredging Equipment (EN)

Dredging equipment, mechanical dredgers, hydraulic dredgers, boundary conditions, design criteria, instrumentation and automation.

Offshore Wind Farm Design (EN)

This course makes students familiar with the design of offshore wind farms in general and focusses on the foundation design in particular. The course is based on actual cases of real offshore wind farms that have been built recently or will be built in the near future.

Offshore Moorings (EN)

The course treats the design of offshore mooring systems literally from the ground up: Starting with the anchor and its soils mechanics in the sea bed, via the mechanics of a single mooring line and system of lines. The course concludes by touching on other mooring concepts and the dynamic behavior of the moored object as a non-linear mechanical system.

Technology and Global Development (NL)

Rich and poor: contrasts, how these contrasts came to be, and current developments

Technics and Future (NL/EN)

Companies and governments have to decide upon technological strategies, i.e. which products are to be developed and which processes and infrastructures are required for the future. In order to make these decisions, insight is needed in future technological options and in trends in society. Basic insight in the dynamics of technology in society is important. Some tools are dealt with such as expert interviews, extrapolation, Delphi and scenario techniques.

Technology in Sustainable Development (EN)

Next to their master all TU Delft students can specialise in sustainable development. This course is one of the requirements for the specialisation. It consists of a full-time week of guest lectures and workshops which takes place on a boat, and a group assignment to solve sustainable problems.

Technology Dynamics for Sustainable Innovation (EN)

Conducting innovative research is working on the edge of the known and the unknown. In creating new technology the result is never guaranteed. Society faces a tremendous challenge in order to develop in a more sustainable way. What role is there for technology in this process of change? How could we stimulate innovations in technological systems?

Technology Dynamics and Transition Management (EN)

This version of the subject Technology Dynamics and Transition Management was tought in co-operation with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. At the heart of this module lies a model of technology development from a social perspective, which will be applied to water problems in present-day China.

Sustainable Development for Engineers (NL)

By independent study of the book Sustainable Development for Engineers (K.F. Mulder, 2006) students acquire basic knowledge about sustainable development.

Inleiding Watermanagement (NL)

(In Dutch) De cursus geeft een kennismaking met infrastructuur voor Watermanagement. Voor Waterbeheer ligt de focus op ontwatering, afwatering, wateraanvoer en het ontwerpen van eenvoudige aan- en afvoersystemen. Voor Civiele gezondheidstechniek ligt de focus op Gezondheidstechniek en volksgezondheid, drinkwatervoorziening en Integraal waterbeheer.

Sanitary engineering (NL/EN)

(mostly in Dutch) This course deals with the basic principles and design aspects of sanitary engineering infrastructure. This comprises: drinking water supply and treatment, sewerage and wastewater treatment.

Drinking water treatment 1 (Technology) (EN)

The course gives the technological backgrounds of treatment processes applied for production of drinking water. The treatment processes are demonstrated with laboratory experiments.

Drinking water treatment 2 (Design) (EN)

This course deals with the design of drinking water treatment plants. Theory is discussed and a design excercise is made.

Public hygiene and epidemiology (EN)

Framework of public hygiene and epidemiology; human pathology related to water and sanitation: infections, prevention and therapy: 'social medicine': health and society in the Netherlands and in developing countries; health and environment: environmental epidemiology and ecotoxicology, protective measures and legislation and rules.

Pumping stations and transport pipelines (EN)

Water transport through pipes, pressure losses, (pressure) network design and building, pump selection, pumping stations, power supply, quantitative reliability, operation and maintenance.

Civil Engineering in Developing Countries (EN)

Based on working on exercises on project decision making and planning, the specific context of working abroad in general and in developing countries in particular is illustrated, with regard to socio-cultural aspects, planning and financing of projects, roles of (consulting) engineers and contractors, local materials, techniques and knowledge and environmental issues.

Water Management in Urban Areas (EN)

Master course on design and planning of the urban water management system. It deals with fluxes and processes in water and soil. Furthermore, aspects of water management policy development are discussed.

Methods and Algorithms for System Design (EN)

System design is the central topic of this course. We move beyond the methods developed in circuit design and consider situations in which the functional behavior of a system is the first object under consideration.

Solar cells (EN)

Advanced semiconductor devices as a new source of energy for the 21st century, which deliver electricity directly from sunlight. The suitable semiconductor materials, device physics, and fabrication technologies for solar cells are presented. The guidelines for design of a complete solar cell system for household application are explained. The cost aspects, market development, and the application areas of solar cells are presented.

Digital Signal Processing (EN)

The course treats: the discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), their application in OFDM and DSL; elements of estimation theory and their application in communications; linear prediction, parametric methods, the Yule-Walker equations, the Levinson algorithm, the Schur algorithm; detection and estimation filters; non-parametric estimation; selective filtering, application to beamforming.

Solid State Physics (EN)

In the electrical engineering, solid-state materials and the properties play an essential role. A thorough understanding of the physics of metals, insulators and semiconductor materials is essential for designing new electronic devices and circuits. After short introduction of the IC fabrication process, the course starts with the crystallography. This will be followed by the basic principle of the quantum mechanics, the sold-state physics, band-structure and the relation with electrical properties of the solid-state materials. When the material physics has been throughly understood, the physics of the semiconductor device follows quite naturally and can be understood quickly and efficiently.

Advanced Device Physics (EN)

This course will focus for a large part on MOSFET and CMOS, but also on heterojunction BJT, and photonic devices.

Analog Integrated Circuit Design (EN)

An introductory course in analog circuit synthesis for microelectronic designers. Topics include: Review of analog design basics; linear and non-linear analog building blocks: harmonic oscillators, (static and dynamic) translinear circuits, wideband amplifiers, filters; physical layout for robust analog circuits; design of voltage sources ranging from simple voltage dividers to high-performance bandgaps, and current source implementations from a single resistor to high-quality references based on negative-feedback structures.

Structured Electronic Design (EN)

This course focuses on a systematic approach to the design of analog electronic circuits. The methodology presented in the course is based on the concepts of hierarchy, orthogonality and efficient modeling. It is applied to the design of negative-feedback amplifiers. It is shown that aspects such as ideal transfer; noise performance, distortion and bandwidth can be optimized independently. A systematic approach to biasing completes the discussion. Lectures are interactive and combined with weekly sessions where students can work on exercises under supervision of the professors.

Advanced Statistical Mechanics (EN)

Ensemble theory; noninteracting classical and quantum systems; cluster expansion for interacting systems, many body quantum mechanics, phase transitions, scaling, renormalisation; nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Boltzmann transport equation

Mesoscopic Physics (EN)

Mesoscopic physics is the area of Solid State physics that covers the transition regime between macroscopic objects and the microscopic, atomic world.The main goal of the course is to introduce the physical concepts underlying the phenomena in this field.

Advanced solid state physics (EN)

This course is about the electronic properties of materials and contains lectures about scattering, transport in metals, phonons and superconductivity.

Quantum Information Processing (EN)

Quantum Information Processing aims at harnessing quantum physics to conceive and build devices that could dramatically exceed the capabilities of today's "classical" computation and communciation systems. In this course, we will introduce the basic concepts of this rapidly developing field.

Bio Mechatronics (EN)

Biomechatronics is a contraction of biomechanics and mechatronics. In this course the function and coordination of the human motion apparatus is the central focus, and the design of assistive devices for the support of the function of the motion apparatus.

Biomedical Engineering Design (EN)

This course presents a design philosophy and a design approach, dedicated to rehabilitation technology. This field was selected because of human-machine interaction is inherent and vital. Illustrative examples will be discussed by their entire design proces.

System Identification and Parameter Estimation (EN)

This course is about non-parametric system identification based on estimators of spectral densities and its application to open-loop and closed-loop systems. Furthermore parameter estimation for linear and non-linear systems playes an important role.