About Education
Our goal is to create engineers with the ability to change the world and shaping a future where technology serves as a force for positive change. This means that our student's innovations must not only be groundbreaking but also mindful of their environmental and societal impacts.
The Sustainability in Education Award - Nominations are now Being evaluated!
This award recognizes the efforts of teachers and teaching groups who invest in educational development and direct their teaching toward addressing grand societal challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and biodiversity loss, among others.
WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED ON 3rd OCTOBER - OUR TU/e SUSTAINABILITY DAY!
If you believe you have made the most significant contributions to sustainability efforts, you can nominate yourself for this annually. The winner, or winning group, will receive €2,500 to invest in further educational development for Sustainability.
Please refer to the attachment for detailed submission guidelines or contact sustainability@tue.nl
Thomas Plantenga, TU/e Alumnus and Vinted CEO - using your technical skills to solve societal challenges
Thomas’s journey from TU/e student to CEO showcases how technical education can indeed drive societal progress. His story is a powerful reminder to all of us, and especially to our students here at Eindhoven University of Technology, of the impact we can have.
“[As a technical student] you are very valuable for society and for business, so don’t waste your skills on building an algorithm to extract money out of the Stock Exchange. Do something useful and you will be much happier, and honestly when you try to build something in the form of a company,[... or an algorithm] that benefits society, you don’t have to think that you have to be poor. [...] You can do things that are good for the world and still make a living!”