Welcome to the Department of the Built Environment
We are driven by our ambitions to make a difference. Sustainability, in its broadest definition, is the cornerstone of our research and education.
We take the lead in (re)shaping the built environment and making it futureproof, safe, healthy, inclusive and with respect for planetary boundaries.
We are in an outstanding position to do so because we house the entire spectrum of technology, engineering, design and human behavior disciplines in the built environment, with world class experimental facilities, on all scale levels. This allows us to address societal challenges from a unique integral perspective.
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News from our department
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September 29, 2023
Looking back on MomenTUm 2023
On September 28 and 29, we celebrated the academic ceremony of the year with all of our bachelor’s graduates and the best teachers of 2023.
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September 25, 2023
'Dealing with uncertainty, that’s what we want to teach our students'
‘The Faces of Challenge-Based Learning’ series: Isabelle Reymen, scientific director of TU/e innovation Space, which took CBL to the next level.
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Building with robots
September 21, 2023

Research on decay of paintings and new environment-scanning mobile networks rewarded with huge European grants
September 5, 2023
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Linking smart and physical port cities
August 31, 2023
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‘It's only when students work with the material that it sticks’
August 29, 2023
Contact
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Visiting address
Department of the Built EnvironmentVertigoBuilding number 6 -
Postal address
Department of the Built EnvironmentVertigoPO Box PO Box 5135600 MB Eindhoven -
Departmental secretariat
Departmental.secretariat.be@ tue.nl -
Reception Vertigo Building
reception.vertigo@ tue.nl