Academic Year 2023-2024

Technology, Policy
and Management
Exchange courses
Course selection guidelines
The table below shows how the academic year is divided and what is expected of you from
each semester and/or period. With the details below of how many EC you are expected to
obtain, you will be able to make a study plan that will need to be approved by your home
university and TU Delft.

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Things to consider when you choose your courses

1. Will you be staying for 1 or 2 semesters? This will affect the number of EC you need to
choose.
2. You must take a course load equal to 24-30 EC per semester, 12-15 EC per period.
3. Changes to your course plan after your arrival still need to meet the above
requirements.
4. Carefully consider your course workload (minimum 24 EC), and the manageability of it.
Students are not permitted to re-sit exams after the end of the official exchange period.
Alternative course/s will need to be taken at your home university when you return.
5. The courses available at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and
Management are included in the list of TU Delft courses in English. The
majority of courses (at least 51%) should be chosen from TPM.
6. The first year of the MSc Engineering & Policy Analysis (EPA) is taught at
Campus The Hague, located at the city centre.
7. Please read the description in the studyguide carefully; a lot of courses have
prerequisites.

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Courses for 2023
Requirements and Restrictions

BSc
 BSc students can take MSc courses as long as they meet the pre-requisites as stated in
the course description of the TU Delft study guide.

MSc
 All first-year Master courses of the MSc Management of Technology (MOT) have a
limited capacity and are only available to exchange students from the faculty TPM.
 For all courses in the MSc Industrial Ecology (IE) a separate admission is required from
the IE programme coordinator. Only Master level students can apply. Courses in IE take
place either in Leiden or in Delft.
 At TPM all Master courses are given in English. You can follow MSc courses at our
faculty as long as you have the pre-required knowledge.

Minor Courses
 Exchange students are not allowed to take separate minor courses, unless approved by
the coordinator or module manager. We offer 3 minors in Q1 and Q2 that can be chosen
by exchange students.
o Med-Tech Based Entrepreneurship
o Companies and innovation: economical, ethical, juridical and safety perspectives
o Security, Safety and Justice (LDE minor)
 If you are interested in taking one of those minors, please contact internationaloffice-
tbm@tudelft.nl

(Research) Projects
 The Faculty TPM does not facilitate any (research) projects; these are only allowed if
specifically agreed upon in the bilateral agreement.

Courses Bachelor first year

Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)
TB133D Introduction to Programming with BSc 5 Q3
Python
TB141IC ICT System Engineering and BSc 5 Q3
Rapid Prototyping

Courses Bachelor second year

TB241IB Object Oriented Programming BSc 5 Q1
TB241TB Logistics 2 BSc 5 Q1
TB242IB Interconnected Engineering BSc 5 Q2
Systems
TB243EA Analysis of Industrial Systems BSc 5 Q4

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TBM024B Introduction to Energy Systems BSc 5 Q1
TBM301A Writing a Bachelor’s Thesis in BSc 2.5 Q1 / Q3
English
TBM610A Process Management and BSc 5 Q2
Decision-making in Project
Environments
TB341IC I and C Risk and Control BSc 5 Q3
TB341TC Quantitative Models for Transport BSc 5 Q3
TBM007A Critical Thinking in Engineering BSc 3 Q4

Courses Master Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA)

The first year of the EPA programme is taught at Campus The Hague, in the city centre. The second year of
EPA will partly take place in Delft, partly in The Hague

Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)

EPA111a Policy Analysis for International MSc 5 Q1
Challenges
EPA112a Programming for Data Science MSc 5 Q1
EPA113a Political Decision Making MSc 5 Q1
EPA2112 Societal Challenge Project MSc 10 Q1 + Q2
EPA121a Actor and Strategy Models MSc 5 Q2
EPA122a Spatial Data Science MSc 5 Q2
EPA123a Introduction to TPM Modelling MSc 5 Q2
EPA131a Behaviour in Transitions MSc 5 Q3
EPA132a Advanced System Dynamics MSc 5 Q3
EPA133a Advanced Simulation MSc 5 Q3
EPA141a Model-based Decision-making MSc 5 Q4
EPA142a Ethics of Large System MSc 5 Q4
Interventions
EPA143a Macro-economics for Policy MSc 5 Q4
Analysis

Courses Master Complex Systems Engineering and

Management (CoSEM)
Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)
SEN112 Complex Systems Engineering MSc 5 Q1
SEN113 Institutional Economics for MSc 3 Q1
Designing in Socio-technical
Systems
SEN151 Engineering Optimization and MSc 5 Q1
Integrating Renewables in
Electricity Markets
SEN161 I&C Architecture Design MSc 5 Q1
SEN171 Advanced Evaluation Methods for MSc 5 Q1
Transport Policy Decision-making
SEN9110 Simulation Masterclass MSc 5 Q1
SEN9235 Game Design Project MSc 5 Q1
SEN9720 Logistics and Supply Chain MSc 5 Q1
Innovations
SEN114 Managing Multi-actor Decision- MSc 5 Q2

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SEN121 Agent-based Modelling MSc 5 Q2
SEN122 Statistical Analysis of Choice MSc 5 Q2
Behaviour
SEN152 Electricity and Gas: Market Design MSc 5 Q2
and Policy Issues
SEN162 I&C Service Design MSc 5 Q2
SEN172 Travel Behaviour Research MSc 5 Q2
SEN9115 Participatory Systems MSc 5 Q2
SEN9120 Advanced Agent Based Modeling MSc 5 Q2
SEN9725 Supply Chain Gaming MSc 5 Q2
SEN115 Law & Institutions MSc 5 Q3
SEN123 Mixed Research Methods for Multi- MSc 5 Q3
actor Systems
SEN124 Design in Networked Systems MSc 5 Q3
SEN153 Design of Integrated Energy MSc 5 Q3
Systems
SEN163 Responsible Data Analytics MSc 5 Q3
SEN173 Analysis and Design of Freight and MSc 5 Q3
Logistic Systems
SEN131 CoSEM Research Challenges MSc 5 Q4
SEN164 Digital Platform Design MSc 5 Q4
SEN174 Innovations in Transport and MSc 5 Q4
Logistics

Courses Master Electives

Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)
TPM004A Transport Safety Msc 4 Q1
TPM005A Scientific Writing for Applied Msc 3 Q1
Mathematics
TPM019A Leadership Skills for Engineers Msc 5 Q1
TPM020A Economics of Cybersecurity Msc 5 Q1
TPM022A Intermediate Economics Msc 5 Q1
TPM023A Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Msc 4 Q1
Application
TPM027A Cyber Risk Management Msc 5 Q1
TPM032A Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Msc 5 Q1
TPM036A Health Systems MSc 3 Q1
TPM037A Health Systems MSc 5 Q1
TPM002A Water Ethics Msc 3 Q2
TPM003A Water Ethics Msc 5 Q2
TPM014B Ethics of AI Msc 5 Q2
TPM015B Ethics of AI Msc 3 Q2
TPM025A User-Centred Security Msc 5 Q2
TPM026A System Reliability in Quantitative Msc 4 Q2
Risk Assessment
TPM021A Economics and Finance Msc 6 Q2
TPM028A Decision Making in Multimodal Msc 5 Q2
Transport Systems
TPM031A Design of Safety and Security Msc 4 Q2
Systems
TPM035A Game theory and strategic MSc 5 Q2
decision making
TPM016A Robots and Society Msc 3 Q3
TPM012A Environmental Ethics Msc 3 Q4
TPM013A Environmental Ethics Msc 5 Q4
TPM024A Methods for Risk Analysis and Msc 5 Q4
Management
TPM030A Introduction to Cloud as Msc 5 Q4

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 Infrastructure: The effects of the
new business of computing on
practice
TPM007A Talk Like TED Msc 3 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4

Courses Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship (DCE)

More information about upcoming courses

Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)

TPM402A Technology Entrepreneurship and Msc 5 Q1
Health
TPM404B Technology Entrepreneurship and Msc 5 Q1
Internationalization
TPM405A Patent Law and Patent Policy Msc 5 Q1
TPM414A Idea to Start-up – Deep Tech Msc 5 Q1
TPM408A Financing Technology Ventures Msc 5 Q2
TPM407B Technology based marketing and Msc 5 Q3
sales
TPM415A Idea to Start-up - Global Food Msc 5 Q4
TPM413A Idea to Start-up – Energy & Msc 5 Q1 / Q3
Sustainability
TPM421B Technology Scout Msc 5 Q1 / Q3
TPM411A Idea to Start-up – IT & AI Msc 5 Q2 / Q3
TPM412A Idea to Start-up – Health & Life Msc 5 Q2 / Q4
Sciences
TPM422B Technology Venture Msc 5 Q2 / Q4
Development
TPM401A Technology Entrepreneurship and Msc 5 Q1 / Q2 / Q3
Innovation
TPM420A Ready to Start-up Msc 6 Q1 + Q2 / Q3 + Q4
TPM425A Experience Entrepreneurship Msc 3 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
TPM426A Extended Experience Msc 5 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
Entrepreneurship

Courses Centre for Languages and Academic Skills

Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)
WM-ITAV-4010 Scientific Writing Msc 2 Q1 / Q2
WM0201TU-Eng Technical Writing Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
WM0203TU-Eng Oral Presentations Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
WM1135TU Advanced English for the Msc 3 Q1 + Q2 / Q3 + Q4
University
TPM301B Spoken English for Group Work - Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
Intermediate
TPM302B Spoken English for Academic Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
Purposes – Advanced
TPM303B Intermediate Writing in English Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
for the University
TPM304B Advanced Writing in English for Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
the University
TPM305B Writing a Master’s Thesis in Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
English
TPM018A English Grammar for the Msc 2 Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4
University

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 Courses Ethics and Philosophy
Course code Course name Cat. Ec. Period (Q)
WM1401TU Ethics of Healthcare Technologies MSc 3 Q1
WM1402TU Ethics of Healthcare Technologies MSc 5 Q1
WM0353TU Climate Ethics Msc 3 Q2
WM0801TU Introduction to Safety Science MSc 3 Q2
WM0348TU Christian Philosophy: Recent Msc 3 Q1 + Q2
Developments
WM0320TU Ethics and Engineering Msc 3 Q1 / Q3
WM0329TU Ethics and Engineering Msc 6 Q1 / Q3
WM0342TU Introduction to the Philosophy of Msc 5 Q3
Technology
WM0375TU Ethics of Technological Risks MSc 3 Q3
WM0376TU Ethics of Technological Risks MSc 5 Q3
WM1301TU Ethics of Transportation MSc 3 Q3
WM1302TU Ethics of Transportation MSc 5 Q3

Please note that the following courses (projects) are NOT available for Exchange
Students:
MOT2004* Preparation for Master Thesis
MOT9611* Project Entrepreneurship Thesis related
SEN111 Introduction to Design in Complex Systems
SEN116 Design Project
SEN154 Sociotechnology of Future Energy Systems
SEN232 Master Thesis Preparation
SEN233 CoSEM Master Thesis
EPA2934 Preparation Master Thesis
EPA2942 Master Thesis EPA
TPM424A The Journey
Courses starting with These are Honours courses.
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*Other first year MOT courses are only available to exchange students of the faculty TPM.
There are a limited number of places available. Please contact internationaloffice-
tbm@tudelft.nl.