Annual Report 2016 Annual Report TU Delft | 2016 1 On the cover: Arash Maghsoudloo MSc, a doctoral candidate in the Geo-Engineering department of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Annual Report 2016 Delft University of Technology Contents Key indicators ...................................................................................................................................6 Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................8 Report of the Supervisory Board 2016 ...........................................................................................12 1 TU Delft in brief ............................................................................................... 18 1.1 Institutional profile.................................................................................................................... 19 1.2 Highlights ..................................................................................................................................19 1.3 Strategic priorities .....................................................................................................................23 1.4 Highlights ..................................................................................................................................23 1.5 Management and Organisation ................................................................................................26 2 Education........................................................................................................ 30 2.1 Bachelor’s degree programmes .............................................................................................31 2.2 Master’s degree programmes .................................................................................................32 2.3 PhD candidates ........................................................................................................................32 2.4 Other degree programmes .......................................................................................................32 2.5 Digital Teaching Methods .........................................................................................................33 2.6 Collaboration ...........................................................................................................................34 2.7 Internationalisation ...................................................................................................................34 2.8 Quality ......................................................................................................................................35 2.9 Study success ..........................................................................................................................37 2.10 After Graduation .....................................................................................................................38 3 Research ........................................................................................................ 40 3.1 Academic profile .......................................................................................................................41 3.2 Research facilities ....................................................................................................................43 3.3 Thematic cooperation ...............................................................................................................46 3.4 Regional, sectoral and international cooperation .....................................................................55 3.5 Quality and productivity ............................................................................................................56 4 Valorisation ..................................................................................................... 62 4.1 Research funding .....................................................................................................................63 4.2 Large-scale EU projects ...........................................................................................................66 4.3 Innovation programmes ............................................................................................................67 4.4 Intellectual property ..................................................................................................................69 4.5 Alliances with businesses ........................................................................................................70 4.6 Fostering entrepreneurship ......................................................................................................71 4.7 Valorisation indicators ...............................................................................................................71 5 Organisation and policy .................................................................................. 74 5.1 Organisational developments ...................................................................................................75 5.2 Diversity & Inclusion .................................................................................................................75 5.3 Integrity .....................................................................................................................................76 5.4 Legal matters ............................................................................................................................76 5.5 Safety .......................................................................................................................................78 5.6 Real Estate ...............................................................................................................................79 5.7 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................80 5.8 Holding: TU Delft Services BV and TU Delft Enterprises .........................................................82 5.9 Collaboration ............................................................................................................................82 4 6 Financial report ............................................................................................... 86 6.1 Financial developments ............................................................................................................87 6.2 Liquidity position .......................................................................................................................88 6.3 Income analysis ........................................................................................................................89 6.4 Expenditure alysis ....................................................................................................................90 6.5 Investments ..............................................................................................................................91 6.6 Provisions .................................................................................................................................92 6.7 Capital position .........................................................................................................................93 6.8 Financial key indicators ............................................................................................................93 6.9 Summarised financial statements.............................................................................................94 6.10 Rights and obligations not included in the balance sheet ......................................................96 6.11 Explanatory notes to the consolidated balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure .............................................................................................................................97 6.12 Accounting policies for the valuation of assets and liabilities .................................................99 6.13 Accounting policies for determination of the result ...............................................................102 6.14 Remuneration of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board ............................................104 6.15 Expense claims of Executive Board members .....................................................................105 6.16 Board statement ...................................................................................................................106 6.17 Audit report of the independent accountant ..........................................................................106 7 Continuitiy section .........................................................................................112 7.1 General ................................................................................................................................... 113 7.2 Long-Term Budget (part A) ..................................................................................................... 113 7.3 Report on the presence and operation of the internal risk management and control system (part B1) ..................................................................................................................... 117 7.4 Description of the most important risks and uncertainties (part B2) ....................................... 118 7.5 Report of the supervisory body (part B3)...............................................................................