University of Twente: Overview, Rankings, Fees & Courses

University of Twente was founded in 1961 in Netherlands. Since then, the university has been considered as an institution that allows its students and its teachers to grow to their maximum potential. The management and overall operations of the university are carried out by the Executive Board. The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and rector Magnificus are the three main members of the board. There are faculty boards that handle the working of the various members of the faculty. The Acceptance rate of this university is 51%.

Departments in the university offer UG and PG courses. 5 major departments at the University of Twente are-

1. Engineering Technology

2. Science and Technology

3. Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences

4. Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

5. Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

In addition to these major faculties, some other courses offered are honors BSc course, ATLAS, and Ph.D. and PDEng.

The university has taken the initiative to be in touch with their alumni and encourage them to be a part of their alumni groups. Several students who have passed out from the university have gone out to become quite popular and successful in various fields of work. Some immensely popular alumni of the Twente University include Jos Benschop- Senior Vice-President-Technology at ASML, Geert-Jan Bruinsma-Founder, Booking.com, Gerben Edelijn-CEO Thales Nederland B.V., and Boet Kreiken-CEO KLM Cityhopper, to name a few.

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