Research facilities

To attract outstanding scientific talent, to conduct groundbreaking research and to train new generations of engineers, TU Delft is heavily dependent upon excellent but expensive research infrastructure. This is what makes it possible for us to test the real-life practicality of models simulated on computers, for example – something no other Dutch university is able to do on such a large scale and a defining factor of TU Delft’s profile in the international research landscape.

On its campus, TU Delft has a wide range of research facilities. These facilities are unique in the Netherlands and are used to conduct research for business and industry. They range from wind tunnels, a chip facility, high-voltage laboratory and nuclear reactor to serious gaming and product evaluation. Here are just a few of the unique research facilities TU Delft has at its disposal.

Some of our facilities: 

• Aerodynamics and Propulsion Laboratory – wind tunnels
• Aerospace Engineering Cleanroom
• CESAR Observatory
• Delft Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory (DASML)
• Delft Design Labs
• Delft High Performance Computing Centre
• Delft TapeLab
• Electrical Sustainable Power Lab
• Else Kooi Lab
• Fermentation/cultivation facilities
• Geosciences and Engineering Laboratory
• Hexapod
• Holland Proton Therapy Centre
• Human-Machine Interaction Laboratory
• INSYGHTLab
• KAVLI NanoLab Delft
• Laboratory Aircraft Citation II (PH-LAB)
• MacroLab / Stevinlaboratory
• MicroLab
• Multi Model Agents for Imaging and Therapy
• PARSAX and RadarLab
• Process and Energy Technology Laboratory
• QuTech research center for Quantum Computing and Quantum Internet
• Reactor Institute Delft
• Ruisdael Observatory
• Serious Gaming Lab
• Ship Hydromechanic Laboratory
• Simona Research Simulator
• The WaterLab
• WetFridges Low T Nanotech Research Facility

For material science equipment, see labs.tudelft.nl