Runner-up among international students is Electrical Engineering, where 11% of the total number of students are of foreign origin. Apart from this, the department scores well with international employees. Ing. Gerard Jacobs, Policy official and coordinator for HBO Bachelors on this popularity: “This interest may be connected with the image of Eindhoven in the rest of the world. The presence of Dutch companies abroad, Philips in particular, also contributes to the interest in a study of Electrical Engineering at the TU/e.”
The reasons for the popularity of Mathematics and Computer Science are diverse, says prof. dr. Mark van den Brand, who works at this department: “First of all, the TU/e has a good reputation abroad for mathematics and computer science. Students from Asia and India look carefully at the ranking. Also, one of the most famous computer scientists, prof. dr. E.W. Dijkstra, comes from here. This still has an unusually strong appeal. In our recruitment of MSc and PhD students we focus strongly on foreign students. Thus, we have contacts with India and Uganda for the recruitment of students in those countries.”/.