Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2022 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | European Green Deal | — |
| 25 May 2022 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | European Green Deal | SRC |
| 28 Sept 2021 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | Speech on the European Green Deal at Trans Europe Express 2.0 symposium | — |
| 28 Sept 2021 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | Speech on the European Green Deal at Trans Europe Express 2.0 symposium | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Founded in 1961, the University of Twente is a young, dynamic, entrepreneurial university with nearly 4,000 employees and 12,000 students. Given UT’s mission to be a university of technology that puts people first, we ensure that the power of science and technology is harnessed to achieve the best possible impact in a changing world. We cherish our rich tradition of combining technical and social sciences in our five profiling themes: improving healthcare by personalised technologies, creating intelligent manufacturing systems, shaping our world with smart materials, engineering our digital society, and engineering for a resilient world. Our research institutes combine scientific excellence with a sharp eye for knowledge valorisation and social application and are highly successful in generating spin-off businesses. Our mission and vision are stated in the Shaping2030 document: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/about/shaping2030/
EU Legislative Interests
Main sectors of interest are Education, Research and Innovation - related dossiers and programmes. Also (indirectly) dossiers on Euregional and regional developments and international cooperation. The University of Twente is currently focusing its activities in the four impact domains: Climate, Chip Technology, Health and Safety, carrying out activities in a diverse set of areas such as - amongst others: human-technology relations, quantum nano, bio-nano, engineering, chemistry, mobility, water, crisis management, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, earth observation and robotics. Therefore we target the EU legislative proposals and policies in the related areas, for example: the Chips Act, the EU Cybersecurity Act, the AI Act, and concerning Education, Research and Innovation, for example: R&I Framework Programmes (Horizon2020, Horizon Europe, FP10), Digital Europe, the forthcoming European Competitiveness Fund, Erasmus+, ERA Policy Agenda. Most recent EU legislative proposals or policies targeted, or where the University of Twente provided input on, are: - Public consultation on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation programmes 2014-2027 - Erasmus+ 2021-27 interim evaluation & Erasmus+ 2014-20 final evaluation - ERA Policy Agenda (2025-2027) The University of Twente is member of different networks that also produce input papers/recommendations toward EU entities, and jointly participated in the latest public consultations on FP10 and ERA Policy Agenda: ECIU, CESAER, Neth-er, UNL.
Communication Activities
Funded projects under Horizon 2020, Erasmus + and Horizon Europe. Various initiatives under other programs, such as EFRO, Interreg, etc. Contributions to various initiatives led by the associations listed in field 12 e.g. through ECIU (https://www.eciu.eu/eu-affairs) or CESAER (https://www.cesaer.org/publications/) and through Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the umbrella organization of Dutch universities. Participation in the campaign: ResearchMatters (https://research-matters.eu/).
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The University of Twente is a member of the following associations that carry out activities related to EU policies: UNL (https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/en), VSNU (https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/), 4TU (https://www.4tu.nl/en/), ECIU (https://www.eciu.eu/ and https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/collaboration/eciu/), Cesaer (https://www.cesaer.org/ and https://www.cesaer.org/members/), Science|Business (https://sciencebusiness.net/ and https://sciencebusiness.net/network), EARMA (https://earma.org/ and https://earma.org/members/institutions/) The University of Twente is also engaged in the partnerships and collaborations described here: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/collaboration/. The University of Twente recently joined the UNILION group: https://www.unilion.eu/.
Organisation Members
N/A
Additional Information
Link to Annual Report (2024): https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/ and https://jaarverslag.utwente.nl/