Delft University of Technology

📚 Courses & programs at Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is best known for Aerospace, CS, Civil Eng. Popular programs for international students include:

• MSc Computer Science
• MSc Data Science
• MSc Aerospace Eng
• MSc Robotics
• MSc Eng

Class profile: Strong technical background. Notable alumni: Aerospace & tech leaders.

✅ Entry requirements

💰 Fees & cost of studying

Plan your budget for tuition + living + health insurance + the visa fee. Compare funding with the free scholarship finder.

📝 Step-by-step admission process

1. Find English-taught master's (Studielink)
2. Meet IELTS 6.5 + GRE if recommended
3. Apply by Apr 1 (non-EU)
4. Receive offer → pay deposit
5. Arrange proof of funds
6. Apply for MVV residence permit

📄 Documents checklist

• Transcripts
• Motivation letter
• LORs
• CV
• IELTS / TOEFL
• GRE (recommended)
• Passport
• Proof of funds

🛂 Student visa & post-study work · Netherlands

• Student visa: Residence permit (MVV)
• Work while studying: 16 hrs/week during term
• Post-study work: Orientation Year (zoekjaar): 1 year

📅 Intakes & deadlines

All figures are indicative and change year to year — always confirm on the official site (tudelft.nl) before applying.

How Delft University of Technology compares in Netherlands

The figures on this page mean little on their own. Set against the 5 other Netherlands universities in our dataset, they say something more useful about where an application to Delft University of Technology is likely to be won or lost.

• Selectivity. An indicative acceptance rate of about 35% against a median of 40% across the 5 other Netherlands universities in our dataset. 0 of them are harder to get into than Delft University of Technology. It sits on the more selective side of its national peer group, so meeting the published minimums is the floor rather than the goal.
• Rank in context. QS #49, against a peer median of #124; 0 Netherlands universities rank above it here. Rank is worth exactly this much and no more — it is driven by institution-wide research output and reputation surveys, not by the department you would actually join, so treat it as a coarse filter and judge the programme on its own page.
• English bar. IELTS 6.5 against a peer median of 6.5. That is exactly the national norm, so a score built for this application should travel across your whole shortlist. Equivalents: TOEFL 90, PTE 59.

Programme areas: MSc Computer Science · MSc Data Science · MSc Aerospace Eng · MSc Robotics · MSc Eng. Entry requirements are set per programme, not per university, so the figures above are the institutional baseline — a competitive department inside an accessible university can run far tighter than the headline rate suggests.

Practical order of work for Delft University of Technology: clear the English requirement first, because it gates everything and is the only part of the application you fully control; then confirm which of the Sep (Fall) intakes you are targeting, since the typical deadline is Apr 1 / Jan 15 and funding decisions usually close before admission decisions; then build the application around one specific programme rather than the institution. Budget the application fee of €100 per programme, and living costs of €10,800–13,200/yr on top of tuition of €18–20k/yr.

Figures here are indicative and compiled for comparison. Acceptance rates in particular are institution-level estimates and move year to year — confirm anything you are deciding on against the university's official pages.