Factsheet EPA
Subject
Engineering, Policy Analysis
Location
Delft, The Netherlands
Duration
2 years
Language
English
Degree
Master of Science
Start
September every year
Early application
deadline November 1
Application (EU and non EU)
deadline April 1
Work experience
not required
Language test
TOEFL, IELTS, CAE or CPE
Group composition
75% international
Tuition fee
click here
Scholarship
Available
Admission requirement
BSc in technology
Testimonial
Sara Hajiamiri Iran
EPA graduate
"The TU Delft has strong links to other great universities across the world, which is also very helpful for students who want to continue studying at PhD level."
Weblog
TPM Alumni
Graduates (alumni) from Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) programmes are highly satisfied with the programme they took. Read more about the alumni.
Research
The EPA programme is linked to the five core research programmes of the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM)
Multi-Actor Systems
Concentrates on the integration of the system perspective and the actor perspective on complex problem solving. It focuses on what theories, processes and institutional designs can effectively contribute to good decision-making on engineering problems, given the unstructured character of the problems, and the multi-actor context.
Design and Management of Infrastructures
Endeavours to develop a generic framework for understanding and steering infrastructure development, enabling users to learn systematically from experiences in other sectors. Through comparative analysis of infrastructures, fundamental insight is gained into how technological, economic and institutional change interact in shaping infrastructure development, and in the design criteria for infrastructure networks, market structures and governance models so that infrastructure reform processes align with public interests.
Reflection on Technology
Explores the nature and role of modern technology in society, with a focus on articulating possible solutions to problems relating to the decision-making processes that shape and steer technology in our society.
Risk and Design, Development and Management of Technology
Aims to develop models and approaches to help designers, policy makers and managers predict risks to safety, health and environment, choose integrated sets of measures to minimise them at all levels and learn from their successes and failures.
Innovation Systems
Concerned with investigating the factors that influence the emergence and diffusion of innovations. This demands an integrated approach taking into consideration the insights and thinking developed in a range of disciplines. The two most important pillars of the program are reflected in two overlapping research topics: knowledge management, HRM practices and labor relations; and national, regional and sectorial innovation systems and knowledge networks. The programme requires close interaction between researchers from economics, management and other behavioral sciences, including psychology and pedagogy.
All teachers are involved as (senior) researchers in one or more of these research programmes. They use case studies and examples from their own practice and professional careers in class. PhD students, for instance, contribute their own research cases for the smart-board modelling exercises of the policy analysis introduction course. Current real-life cases from staff research projects are used in the continuous and discrete modelling projects. Many of the thesis projects are directly linked to research projects of faculty staff members. Thesis work is typically supervised by an interdisciplinary team of three experienced researchers.
More information
