Delft University of Technology Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Jacobus van 't Hoff

First-ever Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1901)

Engineering diploma

1871

Simon van der Meer

Nobel Prize in Physics (1984)

Engineering diploma

1952

Abdul Qadeer Khan

“Father of Pakistan’s nuclear program”

Engineering diploma

N/A

Gerard Philips

Co‑founder of Philips electronics

Engineering diploma

1883

Ben van Beurden

Former CEO, Royal Dutch Shell

MSc Chemical Engineering

1983

Cornelis Lely

Engineer behind the Afsluitdijk (major Dutch dam)

Engineering diploma

1875

Lodewijk van den Berg

NASA payload specialist (STS‑51B Shuttle)

MSc Chemical Engineering

1961

Prince Friso of Orange‑Nassau

Member of Dutch Royal Family

Engineering diploma

1994

Willem Louis van der Poel

Designer of early Dutch computer (ZEBRA)

BSc Applied Science

1950

Adriaan van Wijngaarden

Developer of van Wijngaarden grammar, co‑designer of ALGOL

Engineering diploma

N/A

Jaap Haartsen

Inventor of Bluetooth technology

Engineering diploma

N/A

Erick van Egeraat

Renowned Dutch architect

Engineering diploma

N/A

Herman Hertzberger

Architect and professor, known for humanistic architectural designs

Engineering diploma

N/A

Hein de Haan

Influential figure at TU Delft's architecture school

Engineering diploma

N/A

Alexandre Horowitz

Designer of the Philips Philishave electric shaver

Engineering diploma

N/A

Adrian van Hooydonk

Head of Design, BMW

Engineering diploma

N/A

Jeroen van der Veer

Former CEO, Royal Dutch Shell

Engineering diploma

N/A

Piet Zwart

Industrial & graphic designer, influential modernist

Attended

N/A

Diederik Korteweg

Mathematician behind Korteweg–de Vries equation

Studied (no degree)

N/A

Maurits Cornelis Escher

World-famous graphic artist & “impossible constructions” pioneer

Studied (no degree)

N/A

Jan Arnoldus Schouten

Influential mathematician contributing to tensor calculus

Engineering diploma

N/A

Eric Wiebes

Former Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs & Climate Policy

Engineering diploma

N/A

Karien van Gennip

Dutch Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Engineering diploma

N/A

Anton Mussert

Founder of Dutch National Socialist Movement

Engineering diploma

N/A

Tim Ockels (Wubbo)

First Dutch astronaut, STS‑61A mission

Engineering diploma

N/A

Erik Meijer

Prominent computer scientist and inventor (Functional Programming)

PhD?

N/A

René de Borst

Noted civil engineer in computational mechanics

MSc Civil Engineering

1982