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19/12/2025

A moment for rest, coziness, and Christmas spirit: the Cursor editorial team is closing their laptops for a short break to enjoy the holiday season. https://bit.ly/4pNyzt2

A moment for rest, coziness, and Christmas spirit: the Cursor editorial team is closing their laptops for a short break to enjoy the holiday season.

19/12/2025

For ten years now, Mohammed Nagy Elagroudy has been unbeatable in his sport: the lightning-fast game of speed-ball. And he manages to do so while also pursuing a PhD at TU/e. His secret is simple, he says: discipline and a routine. https://bit.ly/45hvF7o

For ten years now, Mohammed Nagy Elagroudy has been unbeatable in his sport: the lightning-fast game of speed-ball. And he manages to do so while also pursuing a PhD at TU/e. His secret is simple, he says: discipline and a routine.

19/12/2025

By now, it has become a cheerful tradition: Winter University brings life to the otherwise quiet TU/e campus between Christmas and New Year’s. Students and PhD candidates who stay in Eindhoven during the holidays are welcome to join a wide range of cozy activities. https://bit.ly/4av3HsB

By now, it has become a cheerful tradition: Winter University brings life to the otherwise quiet TU/e campus between Christmas and New Year’s. Students and PhD candidates who stay in Eindhoven during the holidays are welcome to join a wide range of cozy activities.

19/12/2025

Following damage related to a protest earlier this month, TU/e will more strictly enforce compliance with existing regulations governing the use of TU/e buildings. Anyone who fails to comply risks a warning or a fine, or may be temporarily denied access to TU/e buildings. For students, the measures may go further, for example through exclusion from examinations or education. https://bit.ly/4pMdhMt

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

19/12/2025

We see it. We know it. And yet we do nothing.
In this contribution on climate change, emeritus professor Niek Lopes Cardozo shows that we ourselves are the elephant in the room. https://bit.ly/3Y0cjQr

[Translate to English:] Hoe moeten we omgaan met de opwarming van de aarde? Over deze vraag van ideeënplatform Beste-ID en het Rathenau Instituut bogen zich 140 wetenschappers, ondernemers, kunstenaars en denkers, onder wie 5 TU/e'ers. De komende weken zijn hun bespiegelingen ook hier te lezen. 3: ...

18/12/2025

The United Kingdom will rejoin the European exchange program Erasmus+ starting in January 2027. To take part, the UK will have to pay around 650 million euros.

18/12/2025

TU Eindhoven will discontinue the math test that has been mandatory since 2021 for students from universities of applied sciences enrolling in a pre-master's program.

TU/e will discontinue the math test that has been mandatory since 2021 for students from universities of applied sciences enrolling in a pre-master's program. The university intended to reduce dropouts and increase academic success with the test, but the effect has been less fruitful than hoped.

18/12/2025

TU Eindhoven researchers Isabelle Reymen en Joaquin Vanschoren have been awarded funding from the national organization Open Science NL, for three projects that aim to strengthen the infrastructure of open science.

An overview of brief news items about TU/e and the academic world

18/12/2025

TU Eindhoven researchers Isabelle Reymen en Joaquin Vanschoren have been awarded funding from the national organization Open Science NL, for three projects that aim to strengthen the infrastructure of open science.

18/12/2025

To ensure that more bachelor’s students stay in Eindhoven for their master’s degree, TU Eindhoven has hired four retention officers. Growth is primarily needed in the four “Beethoven departments”, that aim to supply Brainport with more semicon talent.

To ensure that more bachelor’s students stay in Eindhoven for their master’s degree, TU/e has hired four retention officers. That number is no coincidence: the additional students are primarily expected to come from the four departments that fall under Project Beethoven, which aims to supply the...

18/12/2025

Decluttering is Cursor columnist Annemarie van Malsen's New Year's resolution for 2026. The storage room of the TU Eindhoven Department of Industrial Design is overflowing with boxes of printed sweaters, mugs, T-shirts, and other goodies. “This could be done more sustainably.”

At the end of the year, Annemarie van Malsen sets out to bring some order to the storage space of the Industrial Design department. Among other things, she comes across several boxes filled with T-shirts and giveaways purchased for conferences and events. Surely, she thinks, this could be done more....

17/12/2025

Nearly one hundred students at TU/e can call themselves student ambassadors. They represent the university online, on campus, and at (inter)national fairs. “As a student I can explain way more about the study and student life than a regular staff member.”