4TU (stylized as 4TU.Federation) is the federation of the four Dutch universities of technology : Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) University of Twente (UT) Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) It was founded in 2007 as 3TU and was renamed to 4TU in 2016, in response to the entry of WUR. The federation aims at maximizing innovation by concentrating the strengths in research, education and knowledge transfer of all technical universities in the Netherlands. Master Programmes The three universities of technology in Delft, Eindhoven, and Enschede are jointly committed to strengthening and pooling technological knowledge with the aim of producing sufficient and well-trained engineers and technical designers, of carrying out outstanding and socially relevant research of an international standard, and of promoting cooperation between research institutes and businesses. The following joint master's degree courses are currently available: Construction Management & Engineering Embedded Systems Science Education & Communication Sustainable Energy Technology Systems & Control Cyber Security Institutes Stan Ackermans Institute The 4TU.School for Technological Design, Stan Ackermans Institute (4TU.SAI) was started in 1986 at TU/e; the name was chosen in honor of prof.dr. S.T.M. Ackermans, the rector magnificus of the university who retired the year before and who spent a good deal of his career lobbying for more attention in university education to the needs of the companies who would employ the graduates. 4TU.SAI manages different post-graduate technical designer programs across TU Delft, TU/e, and UT. Each designer program is two years in length and is intended to teach young masters starting in their careers the design skills needed to design the complex systems needed in the high tech industry. Graduates are granted a Professional Doctorate in Engineering degree and may use the postfix PDEng after their name. The post-master programs offered by 4TU.SAI are: Automotive Systems Design (TU/e) Bioprocess Engineering (TUD) Business & IT (UT) Chemical Product Design (TUD) Civil Engineering (UT) Civil and Environmental Engineering (TUD) Clinical Informatics (TU/e) Data Science (TU/e) Design of Electrical Engineering Systems - Track Healthcare Systems Design (TU/e) Design of Electrical Engineering Systems - Track Information and Communication Technology (TU/e) Design and Technology of Instrumentation (TU/e) Energy & Process Technology (UT) Industrial Engineering (TU/e) Maintenance (UT) Process and Product Design (TU/e) Process and Equipment Design (TUD) Qualified Medical Engineer (TU/e) Robotics (UT) Smart Energy Buildings and Cities (TU/e) Software Technology (TU/e) User-System Interaction (TU/e) Applied Mathematics Institute The