TU/enable is a student-initiative aimed at students with a refugee background who are currently waiting for their status or have recently received their status. Do you have an academic background and are you seeking to actively maintain and develop your current knowledge and skills in preparation for a smooth integration in the Dutch education- and labour market?
TU/enable offers newcomers a chance to participate in a selection of regular undergraduate courses for free, providing you with your first experience in a Dutch university. Upon completion of the course, a testimonium can be obtained.
Note: If you are not interested in separate courses, but want to pursue a full Bachelor's- or Master's program, TU/enable cannot help you. Please see: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/become-a-tue-student/admission-and-enrollment/
Note: the program is not suited for international students. International students are advised to contact the International Office via io@tue.nl (for questions related to admission and enrollment) or services.io@tue.nl (for questions related to housing and insurance).
What is required for me to participate in one of the courses on offer?
In order for you to participate in, you are required to understand and speak (academic) English (at least level B2/C1). Participants are expected to have a level of education which is equivalent to at least the Dutch ‘VWO-diploma’ (secondary school) or to have prior academic experience. Moreover, availability and intrinsic motivation are also prerequisites.
How do I apply for one of the courses on offer?
Simply download and fill in our intake form (see Downloads), and send it to TUenable@tue.nl, together with your CV. We will then get back to you as soon as possible. If you are not sure if TU/enable is something for you, you can also send an e-mail asking for more information or an exploratory meeting.
How much time will each course take me?
Each course is taught over a time period of eight weeks. These eight weeks consist of lectures and assignments (if applicable), after which an exam is conducted in the two weeks after that. Each course is expected to cost you approximately 140 hours throughout those 8-10 weeks, consisting of lectures, time spent on assignments (if applicable) and preparation time for the exam. This means that you require roughly 14 hours per course per week.
Which courses are on offer?
In the table below you can find TU/Eindhoven courses that are open for TU/enable students.These courses are taught in a specific quartile in the academic year*. All offered courses are regular undergraduate courses of the Industrial Engineering faculty, the Electrical Engineering faculty or the Industrial Design faculty of which the lecturers have agreed to open their courses to students with a refugee background. More information on the offered courses can be found in the brochure through the download link on the right.
There is a possibility of participating in a more advanced course, in case of very well completing a course listed below. This will be in careful consultation with us.
* A course is taught in a specific quartile of the academic year. This means that you can only participate in this course during that particular quartile. Thus, a course is bound to a specific quartile.
Can TU/enable support me with books or travelling expenses?
TU/enable will try to make sure that students have access to the necessary study material. However, for some courses, the study material is provided by the responsible lecturer. Thus, books are not always necessary. As for travelling expenses, we are able to cover 80% of travel expenses with a maximum of 200 Euros per month per student. To receive these funds, you must send us the travel statement showing you have travelled to Eindhoven. This must be done before the 5th of the next month. For the month of December, this deadline is the 23rd.
!!!This is not possible anymore for students starting in quarter 2 of this academic year. You MUST live within a one hour radius of the TU/e in order to apply!!!
Quartile 1 (2 September 2024 - 8 November 2024)
Application deadline: Monday 12 August 2024
Faculty: Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
1JP00 | Work & Organizational Psychology (Premaster) | Ad Kleingeld | 5 |
2WAB0* | Calculus variant A | Hans Cuypers | 5 |
2WBB0* | Calculus variant B | Hans Cuypers | 5 |
0LEUA0 | Decisions under Risk and Uncertainty | Diana Martin | 6 |
1JK00 | Management and Behaviour in Organisations (Non-IE) | Leander van der Meij |
*Prerequisites: the course 2WAB0 or 2WBB0 + knowledge about the basics of the programming language Python. If you have acquired sufficient Calculus knowledge in another way, this will be verified.
Faculty: Mathematics
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
2IT60 | Logic and set theory | Bas Luttik | 6 |
Quartile 2 (11 November 2024 - 31 January 2024)
Application deadline: Monday 7 October 2024
Faculty: Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
1ZEUB0* | Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship | Marcel Bogers | 7 |
1CK40 | Intermediate Finance and Accounting | Loe Schlicher |
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0HV30 | Social Psychology and Consumer Behavior | Peter Ruijten | 8 |
0SV20 | Industrial Ecology to Crade-to-Cradle: Mass Flow Based Concepts | Bart Wesselink |
* No participation in group work; no testimonium can be obtained
Faculty: Electrical Engineering
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
5XCA0 | Fundamentals of electronics | Vojkan Vidojkovic | 8 |
Faculty: Industrial Design
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
DAB150 | Introduction to Business Design | Jim Steenbakkers | 10 |
Faculty: Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
6BBR05* | Advanced calculus for CEC | Georgios Skantzaris | 9 |
* Prerequisite: the course 2WAB0 or 2WBB0. If you have acquired sufficient Calculus knowledge in another way, this will be verified.
Faculty: Mathematics and Computer Science
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
2DRR00 | Linear Algebra and Applications | Jemima Tabeart |
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Quartile 3 (3 February 2024 - 18 April 2024)
Application deadline: Friday 16 December 2024
Faculty: Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
1BV00 | Fundamentals of business information systems* | Sybren de Kinderen | 11 |
1CV10 | Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting | Lijia Tan |
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Faculty: Built environment
| Course code | Course name | Responsible lecturer | Page number |
|---|---|---|---|
7W9X0 | Transportation engineering | Peter van der Waerden | 11 |
Quartile 4 (24 April 2025 – 4 July 2025)
Application deadline: -
No courses on offer as of yet.
Attention: the resits of the exams of quartile 4 take place during the summer holidays (Monday 11 August 2025 - Saturday 16 August 2025).
Is traveling to Eindhoven too far for you? Our colleagues from the university of Utrecht, the university of Leiden, and the university of Wageningen also have an initiative offering free courses to refugee students. More information can be found via these links: https://www.uu.nl/en/education/incluusion, https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/other-modes-of-study/education-for-refugees/inclusion, and https://www.wur.nl/en/Education-Programmes/WURth-while.htm.