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| TPM Newsletter 6 July 2022 |
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| Hi there! Welcome to the last of three newsletters for all new Master students in CoSEM |
| You have registered for the master's program Complex Systems Engineering & Management (CoSEM)! You may still have doubts about whether you are going to follow this program or what studying at TU Delft actually entails. To help you make this choice, three international students have gathered all the information they need to help you!
Meet the team
We are a team of three current international CoSEM students, Marilyn, Doruk and Hilman, who also had doubts before deciding to come here, so we decided to join and write this issue from our own experiences to orient newcomers. This issue covers Energy Challenge at TU Delft, online beginners course Dutch and Things you need when you arrive in the Netherlands.
Thanks!
Thank you for reading our newsletter this past academic year! We hope that they were helpful to you in everything you need to before you come here. If not, feel free to reach out to any one of us! Now comes the fun part, have a great summer, and hope to see you on campus this upcoming fall in Delft! |
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| In this Newsletter |
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- It is almost time to meet!
- Your First Week in the CoSEM Programme
- Online beginners course Dutch
- Energy Challenge at TU Delft
- Things you need when you come here
- Summer in the Netherlands
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| It’s almost time to meet! |
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What are you looking forward to most in the new academic year? Is it learning new theories and skills in CoSEM? Is it meeting new fellow students and teachers? Or is it living in a different place, a different country perhaps? You may be excited by the thought of all these new experiences you will have. We, the teaching staff of CoSEM, are looking forward to meeting you, teaching you what we know, and learning from you by listening to your stories.
While I know more or less what to expect at the faculty next year, for you this will be much more vague. So besides being curious about what is going to happen, you may also be a little anxious: will it all go well?
If you like, send me an informal email telling me what you think you will like most about staying in Delft, or what might be challenging for you. I will share my thoughts with you. You may need some patience due to the holiday period, but I will get back to you.
Have a good summer period and stay safe!
See you in September,
Ivo Bouwmans
CoSEM Director of Studies |
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| Your First Week in the CoSEM Programme |
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The first week of your CoSEM education is dedicated to making a good start. In the first week we offer the course ‘Introduction to designing in socio-technical systems.’ It is a week-long, hands-on course. We refer to it as ‘bootcamp.’ The aim of the activities in this course is to engage you in forming a learning community with your peers, to introduce you to the TPM mindset, and to support you in using and enlarging the skill set that is needed for designing in socio-technical systems.
We introduce you to the body of knowledge that will be taught in the subsequent, design-related courses in the COSEM MSc programme (SEN1121, 1131, 1141, 1151 and 1161). The programme consists of a mix of lectures and collaborative project work or assignments. You will build on knowledge and skills from your Bachelors and enrich this with new theory, concepts and methods and skills. On Friday you and your team will deliver a final assignment and this will be reviewed by peers and instructors. During the course you will meet lecturers from all design-related courses, including Dr Pieter Bots and Dr BinBin Pierce.
We teach this course on-campus, in Delft in the TPM building. The course starts on Monday September 5 at 8:45 am sharp. Your attendance is obligatory, Monday through Friday, 8:30-17:30. Attendance of on-campus social functions is expected. Please bring your laptop to make the assignments and to study lecture materials. You must enroll yourself in the course via the online platform Brightspace SEN1111. We open Brightspace for enrollment on August 22 and hope that everybody will be enrolled by August 31 so that we can form the teams. Brightspace will hold all information that you need with regard to the day-to-day programme and learning materials. |
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| Online beginners course Dutch |
| How do you order your coffee in Dutch? What is life like in a typical Dutch city? The Delft Dutch Course for Beginners will help you in your first steps learning Dutch and give you a head start getting around in the Netherlands. You are going to learn the language by following the daily life of Maria, an Argentinian student who lives in Delft. |
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| Help us out! |
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| Does this newsletter help you to make your choice to come to Delft? Let us know and share your ideas! |
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| Energy Challenge at TU Delft |
| This year, TU Delft celebrated its 180th Anniversary! To mark this special occasion, the university dedicated the remainder of the academic year to reflecting on its role in the Energy Transition. Starting in May, the campus hosted many events including lectures, conferences, and tours about the energy challenge. And on June 9th, a big energy challenge was held where several students presented awesome ideas and inventions from their courses on the future of the energy transition, and cash prizes were won! |
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| Practical information |
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We have listed some important information for you:
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| Things you need when you arrive |
| Curious about what you need to organize before coming to the Netherlands? Do you want to check if you miss something regarding your preparations? Here we wrote some information that can be helpful for the first-timer in the Netherlands and TU Delft! |
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| Summer in the Netherlands |
There are plenty of activities you can do during the summer in the Netherlands. You can visit the beach, castles or islands. Here there is a list with recommendations for planning your summer (check it here). Also, besides staying in the Netherlands you can travel throughout Europe. Be careful that the UK is no longer from the EU. So, depending on your situation, you may need to apply for a visa.
If you like museums there is a very convenient option for having cheap access, the museum card. For only €65 per year, you can enter more than 400 museums in the Netherlands. |
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| Colophon |
Third edition Delft, the Netherlands, July 2022, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Master programme CoSEM
Editors: Doruk Ergez, Hilman Puskas, Marilyn Lawino, Ivo Bouwmans, Joyce Zwetsloot, Toke Hoek.
Earlier editions of the CoSEM newsletter are still available online. |
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| Contact |
| If you have any questions about this newsletter or suggestions for possible new items or events, please contact the editorial office at internationaloffice‑tbm@tudelft.nl. |
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