Hi everyone,
I’m a Mechanical Engineering premaster (bridging) student at TU Delft and I’m looking for advice from people who have dealt with grading disputes or the Board of Examiners.
Here’s what happened:
One of my course practicals consists of several Jupyter notebooks.
I failed one notebook on the first attempt and submitted a repaired version before the official repair deadline.
After the repair grading, my score became a pass.
A few days later, the course team announced that there had been a grading mistake and took all repair grades offline.
When the corrected grades were published, my notebook was suddenly back to exactly the same score as before the repair.
I’ve checked that:
I uploaded the correct repaired notebook before the deadline.
The repaired notebook contains multiple substantial corrections to exercises that previously contained mistakes.
Unfortunately, the grading system provides no feedback, so I have no idea what was actually assessed or why the score returned to the original value and I’m kind of freaking out. I am certain I took out some very clear and obvious errors, so I think there was just an error with the automatic submission or something.
I’ve already emailed the course staff asking them to confirm that the repaired notebook was actually graded and whether they can explain the assessment, but so far they don’t respond in a timely manner at all. Grading has taken 7 weeks (!) and now I’m too late to do anything against it because they are so slow in grading stuff, seem to make errors and I can’t even get a response or timely review.
The problem is that I’m a premaster student and I have to satisfy the programme requirements before 30 August. The available one-to-one review moment appears to be at the end of August, which may be too late if there really is a grading or administrative error.
My questions are:
Has anyone dealt with something similar at TU Delft?
Is it worth contacting the Board of Examiners now because of the time pressure?
Can the Board of Examiners request that a grading issue be handled more urgently (“spoed”) if a programme deadline is approaching?
Is there anyone else (programme coordinator, study advisor, etc.) that I should contact in parallel?
I’m not asking whether I deserve a higher grade—I genuinely just want to make sure the repaired notebook was assessed correctly and that I don’t lose the opportunity to have a possible error reviewed because they are so slow to check my work.
Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve worked very hard the whole year, have an 8.4 grade average. It would be tragic if I had to drop out because of potentially an autograder mistake I cannot get corrected in time due to others being slow and just flat out not responding and I am (hopefully understandably) freaking out.

Hoi,

In september begin ik aan mijn eerste jaar Werktuigbouwkunde aan de TU Delft en ik had een paar vragen.

Is het de moeite waard om de studieboeken te kopen, of zijn online versies meestal te vinden en voldoende?

Zijn er toevallig al groepen voor eerstejaars Werktuigbouwkunde?

Als jullie nog andere handige tips hebben, hoor ik die ook graag.

Hi everyone!

I’m a Computer Science student from Portugal and I’m planning to apply to TU Delft. My current average grade is 15/20 (roughly equivalent to a 3.0 GPA).

I know this meets the minimum admission requirements, but I’d really like to hear from people who have gone through the admissions process.

• Is a GPA around 3.0 generally considered safe for admission, or is it still quite competitive?
• How much weight does the motivation letter carry in the final decision? Can a strong motivation letter make a noticeable difference?

If you were admitted with a similar profile, or if you know someone who was, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! I’m starting my MSc in Civil Engineering this September, but due to a last-minute mix-up with my mandatory military service, I can only attend the first week of classes before having to head back home until mid-October (when I'll return permanently). Has anyone experienced a similar delay, or does anyone know if missing these few weeks will cause major issues with attendance—or even if it's permitted? Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated!

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I’m trying to get my housing in plaza and idk how to connect with their team, on top of that they’re asking a lot of documents in which I have sent but hvnt got any reply.

Has anyone used this platform before? kindly lemme know how do I get this sorted.

Hi everyone,
I’m currently trying to define the best academic path for a future PhD, and I would appreciate advice from people familiar with TU Delft, fluid mechanics, coastal engineering, or interdisciplinary PhD programs.

My background is somewhat unconventional. I have a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, and I am currently completing a master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on water resources and hydroinformatics in Colombia.

My experience and research interests include:
Environmental hydraulics and water-quality modelling.
Numerical modelling of rivers, reservoirs, channels and hydraulic systems.
CFD, turbulence and transport processes.
Sediment transport and sediment–water-quality interactions.

Stratification and thermodynamic effects on turbulence and mixing.
Physics-informed neural networks and other computational methods.
Coastal, estuarine and port environments, including flows generated by ships and propellers.

I recently visited TU Delft and spoke with researchers in hydraulic, coastal and fluid engineering. One recurring comment was that my interests were still too broad, which I understand. I am now trying to identify a more precise research direction.

My main doubt is whether a future PhD focused on fundamental fluid mechanics would make more sense through a Physics or Applied Physics department, or whether I should remain within Civil, Hydraulic or Coastal Engineering.
I am not interested only in applying existing hydraulic software. I would like to study the underlying physics, develop or improve numerical methods, and eventually apply them to environmental and coastal engineering problems. For example, I am interested in how turbulence, stratification, sediment and complex flow structures interact in estuaries, ports or navigable channels.

My questions are:
Would someone with an Environmental Engineering bachelor’s degree and a Civil Engineering master’s degree be considered for a PhD in Physics or Applied Physics focused on fluid mechanics?

Would the transition require substantial additional coursework in theoretical physics, mathematics or mechanics?

At TU Delft, would this type of research normally be located in Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or through collaboration between departments?

Would a PhD in Coastal or Hydraulic Engineering still allow me to conduct fundamental research in turbulence and fluid mechanics?

How can I make my profile more specific without abandoning the connection between fundamental physics, numerical development and environmental applications?

Would joint supervision between a fluid physicist and a coastal or hydraulic engineer be a realistic option?

I sometimes feel that I may have chosen the wrong academic route because my degrees are in environmental and civil engineering rather than physics or mechanical engineering. At the same time, most of my interests have gradually moved toward fluid mechanics, turbulence and computational physics.

I would be especially grateful to hear from people who moved from environmental or civil engineering into fundamental fluid mechanics, or from current students and researchers at TU Delft.
Thank you.