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Life lessons in Delft

Former TU MSc students who have returned to their home countries enjoyed learning about new cultures while in Delft, a Page4 survey reveals.TU Delft’s international MSc programme began in 1997.

What has become of these MSc graduates since leaving Delft? How do they look back on their time in this small Dutch city? Page 4 contacted 30 MSc students from the 1998-2000 yearbook, and 21 ex-students responded. In addition to the knowledge and skills they gained here, the former TU students say they learned a lot from being part of the TU’s international community of MSc students. “In Delft I learned to tolerate all kinds of people,” writes Sam Muniafu, from Kenya. Amina Bacar, from Mozambique, says that TU Delft broadened her global horizons: “I not only learned about Dutch culture but also about other cultures, because in Delft there are students from all over the world.” Tata Lao, writing form New York, agrees: ”It was great meeting Dutch people and people from different countries.” Maria Parra, from Columbia, writes to say that during the MSc program, “I spent two years in a multicultural environment and this was a continuous learning process. I became more tolerant, mature and above all, I learned to appreciate what other cultures have to offer and saw the good and bad characteristics of my own culture with an impartial point of view.”

Of the MSc class of ’00, eight students remained in Holland, of which six are currently working on their PhDs at TU Delft. The 13 ex-students who returned to their home countries are now engaged in a wide range of occupations, from cultural heritage preservation worker in Bethlehem, to a university lecturer in Kenya, from a job working for a family-run Architecture, Engineering and Design company in Sao Paulo, to working for the Ericsson research lab in China.

Most students had an enjoyable and instructive time in Delft. “Life is an accumulation of time, containing a lot of lessons for everybody, “writes Mochamad Chalid, from Indonesia. “I learned a lot of lessons in Delft, like a maturity in thinking, being decisive, and learning how to stand alone in my work and socially.” Or, as Fabio Zeppelini writes enthusiastically from Brazil: “I definitely plan to come back to Delft some day and eat some vla!”

Former TU MSc students who have returned to their home countries enjoyed learning about new cultures while in Delft, a Page4 survey reveals.

TU Delft’s international MSc programme began in 1997. What has become of these MSc graduates since leaving Delft? How do they look back on their time in this small Dutch city? Page 4 contacted 30 MSc students from the 1998-2000 yearbook, and 21 ex-students responded. In addition to the knowledge and skills they gained here, the former TU students say they learned a lot from being part of the TU’s international community of MSc students. “In Delft I learned to tolerate all kinds of people,” writes Sam Muniafu, from Kenya. Amina Bacar, from Mozambique, says that TU Delft broadened her global horizons: “I not only learned about Dutch culture but also about other cultures, because in Delft there are students from all over the world.” Tata Lao, writing form New York, agrees: ”It was great meeting Dutch people and people from different countries.” Maria Parra, from Columbia, writes to say that during the MSc program, “I spent two years in a multicultural environment and this was a continuous learning process. I became more tolerant, mature and above all, I learned to appreciate what other cultures have to offer and saw the good and bad characteristics of my own culture with an impartial point of view.”

Of the MSc class of ’00, eight students remained in Holland, of which six are currently working on their PhDs at TU Delft. The 13 ex-students who returned to their home countries are now engaged in a wide range of occupations, from cultural heritage preservation worker in Bethlehem, to a university lecturer in Kenya, from a job working for a family-run Architecture, Engineering and Design company in Sao Paulo, to working for the Ericsson research lab in China.

Most students had an enjoyable and instructive time in Delft. “Life is an accumulation of time, containing a lot of lessons for everybody, “writes Mochamad Chalid, from Indonesia. “I learned a lot of lessons in Delft, like a maturity in thinking, being decisive, and learning how to stand alone in my work and socially.” Or, as Fabio Zeppelini writes enthusiastically from Brazil: “I definitely plan to come back to Delft some day and eat some vla!”

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