Overview

Advancements in computational technology, materials, and fabrication technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for products, services, and system design while creating new societal and environmental challenges.

These new transformative technologies do not simply serve as marginal improvements on existing products; instead, they entail radical changes in how we design, engineer, use, experience, and recover products.

About the program

Within the Sustainable Design Engineering department at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), our goal is to train a new generation of designers who create impact with and through deep knowledge of such emerging technologies in a sustainable, measurable, and scalable way.

Programme Structure

Our department is comprised of three sections. While computation, materials, and sustainability are common themes characterising and driving our research, each section has its own research emphasis:

Design for Sustainability
Knowledge and Intelligence Design (KInD)
Materializing Futures

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

We did our best, but couldn't find the next application deadline and start date information online.

More details

PhD candidates apply for vacancies

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Industrial Design Sustainable Development View 4 other PhDs in Industrial Design in Netherlands

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

We partnered with Aon to provide you with the best affordable student insurance, for a carefree experience away from home.

Get your student insurance now

Starting from €0.53/day, free cancellation any time.

Remember, countries and universities may have specific insurance requirements. To learn more about how student insurance work at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and/or in Netherlands, please visit Student Insurance Portal.

Other requirements

General requirements

To apply for a PhD position you must:

Be familiar with the theory and methodology of the research field
Have a Dutch master’s degree (or a foreign equivalent)
Be proficient in English

Tuition Fee

To always see correct tuition fees

International

2750 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11000 EUR for the full programme during 48 months.
EU/EEA

2750 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11000 EUR for the full programme during 48 months.

Living costs for Delft

780 - 1160 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.