The Campus Strategy: developing a future-proof campus
Why a Campus Strategy?
TU Delft has a Campus Strategy to enable long-term planning and conscious decision-making, and to carefully determine where investments are made. This ensures that the campus remains affordable and future-proof, providing an inspiring learning and working environment befitting a world-class university.
The Campus Vision 2040 and the Area Visions demonstrate how the campus might evolve in the future. The Campus Strategy translates these ambitions into concrete choices and projects and is updated every few years.
The Campus Strategy 2025/2026, adopted in early 2026, focuses on the more efficient use of buildings, investments and maintenance, while continuing to prioritise sustainability within the financial framework. The strategy is structured around three themes:
- Efficient use of real estate
- Investments
- Maintenance
Efficient use of real estate
Since the pandemic, many employees have adopted a more hybrid working pattern. This is reflected in the use of buildings, where not all workplaces are occupied every day.
TU Delft has therefore conducted pilot projects to explore how office spaces can be designed in a smarter and more flexible way. These pilots demonstrate that hybrid working can enhance the working experience while reducing space usage without compromising quality.
By using office space more efficiently, buildings may become available for other purposes in the long term. This is a process that will take several years and will take place in consultation with stakeholders, including the Staff and Student Councils.
New builds
At Campus South, investments are mainly focused on new buildings, such as Physics (currently under construction). These projects focus on sustainability, incorporating circularity, energy-efficient systems and greening. One example is the accommodation for the Chemicals & Gases department.
Facilities such as underground infrastructure and aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) are also being installed at Campus South to further improve the sustainability of energy use.
Maintenance
TU Delft manages more than 60 buildings, as well as roads, underground infrastructure and outdoor spaces. Maintenance is necessary to ensure the campus remains functional and safe so that education and research can continue.
Not everything can be done at once. Decisions are made step by step based on urgency and usage, with safety and continuity always taking priority. Improvements in sustainability and comfort are considered next.
Together with faculties, services and other stakeholders, TU Delft is working on solutions within the established frameworks so that the campus continues to function well and TU Delft can maintain its role as a leading university.