The
Eindhoven University of Technology is a
university of technology located in
Eindhoven, Netherlands. Its motto is
Mens agitat molem (Mind moves matter). The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only
Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the (abbr. ). In 2011
QS World University Rankings placed Eindhoven at 146th internationally, but 61st globally for Engineering & IT. Furthermore, in 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) rankings, TU/e was placed at the 52-75 bucket internationally in Engineering/Technology and Computer Science (ENG) category and at 34th place internationally in the field of Computer Science. In 2003 a European Commission report ranked TU/e at third place among all European research universities (after Cambridge and Oxford and at equal rank with TU Munich), thus making it the highest ranked Technical University in Europe.