Quality Assurance

TU Delft’s scientific reputation is largely determined by the quality of its research performance and – secondarily, but intricately bound up with that performance – its educational programmes. Read more >

Open Science

At TU Delft we strongly support Open Science. This includes Open Research and Open Education as well as Open Innovation. In our view, the opposite of ‘Open Science’ is not ‘Closed Science’ – it’s science done inappropriately. Read more >

Scientific Integrity

TU Delft considers academic integrity a shared responsibility. All staff members that are involved in research, education and impact have their own responsibility, but the university also has Institutions’ duties of care. Thereby she follows the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, that entered into force on 1 October 2018. Read more >

Research vision

Human Research Ethics

Research Ethics is about ensuring that your research is planned and executed in a way which will not generate undue harm, or take disproportionate risks, that could negatively impact Research Subjects, society, the environment or even researchers themselves. It involves a combination of meeting any legal requirements (particularly around Health, Safety & Environment, Medical or Animal Research, and Data Privacy), as well as any professional and ethical standards that are relevant to the research you want to conduct. Read more >