TU Delft: an Ellen MacArthur Foundation Pioneer University

In line with the university's fields of expertise and philosophy, the TU Delft is firmly committed to work towards a circular economy together with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF). This registered charity works in education, business innovation and analysis to stimulate a transition to a Circular Economy. As of 2014, Delft University of Technology is one of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Pioneer Universities.

Delft University of Technology has been involved with the EMF since 2013 with the Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship. This is the international postgraduate programme on circular economy for design, engineering and business students.

IDE's Circular Product Design research area focuses on the development of methods and tools that enable the design of products that are used more than once (i.e. that have multiple lifecycles). This research area explores circular design strategies, such as product life-extension, reuse, remanufacturing and recycling, and the business models that enable these strategies.

The faculty already offers three courses in the Bachelor and Masters that teach our students on how to apply circular thinking in design engineering.