Interdisciplinary CBL

At TU/e, we are innovating education to prepare you to become an engineer of the future. A key part of this is the integration of Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) into our curriculum. In CBL courses, you will work in interdisciplinary teams on real-world, open-ended challenges provided by institutes, industry partners or NGOs. These challenges are designed to help you develop essential competencies for the engineer of the future: an entrepreneurial mindset, creative systems-level thinking, and the ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines. Whether you are a Bachelor’s or Master’s student, there are several opportunities to enrich your education through interdisciplinary CBL electives. These courses are available at TU/e, at several universities across the Netherlands, and within several European partner universities.

You can find more information about available programs, projects, challenges, and their requirements below.

TU/e innovation Space is the location where teams of students collaborate on innovative solutions to societal challenges. Teams work in Matrix, a vibrant learning environment with many (prototyping) facilities where you can conceptualize ideas, have meetings and develop your prototypes. Within TU/e innovation Space there are several opportunities for both Bachelor’s and Master’s students.

When you participate in an inter-university EWUU challenge you work together on a challenge with a mixed team of Bachelor’s and Master’s students not only from TU/e but also from universities within the EWUU alliance. They offer you activities where you get the opportunity to collaborate with a wide variety of disciplines from our different institutions in mixed hybrid teams. (link Challenges – Challenging Future Generations)

EuroTeQ Collider, In the EuroTeq Collider for Master’s students you form an interdisciplinary and international team. You collaborate on developing solutions with industry partners, start-ups, academics, governmental and societal institutions. At the final Euroteqathon event selected teams from all partner universities come together to compete and celebrate their creativity and innovative ideas! (Link: The EuroTeQ Collider - EuroTeQ)