Nanobiology, Technische Universiteit Delft

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Next deadline in 7 months

1 May 2027: Studielink application and mandatory matching questionnaire for Dutch diploma

The programme

This joint degree combines TU Delft and Erasmus MC teaching to study living systems at small scales using physics, mathematics and biology. Students learn to model molecules, study cell processes, use advanced microscopes and analyse data with computer programmes; it prepares them for further study and work in research, biotechnology and data analysis.

Rank in biology
Where Technische Universiteit Delft ranks in world subject rankings. Lower is better. A subject ranking rates the university’s work in a subject across all its faculties, not one department or this programme, so every programme there in the subject shares it. Under each list, what it mostly rests on. The colour shows where the university stands among the other universities on this site, not among all universities in the world: green ahead of most, red behind most. The combined score averages those standings over the lists: 10 is ahead of all of them in every list, 1 behind all. So it compares only the universities on this site, and can change as more are added. Rankings mostly measure research, not teaching.
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Sources
topuniversities.com · biological sciences
=165 … Delft University of Technology
timeshighereducation.com · life sciences
176–200 … Delft University of Technology
shanghairanking.com
401-500 … Delft University of Technology

Combinedamong those here

165QS 2026, Biological Sciencesreputation

176–200THE 2026, Life Sciencesresearch and teaching

401-500ARWU 2026, Biological Sciencesresearch papers

Can you get in?

School diploma required
VWO (Dutch pre-university diploma)
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Sources
studiekeuze123.nl
Wettelijke eisen ... NG Toegang met Natuurkunde en Wiskunde B ... NT Toegang met Biologie
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).
For you, Met: Your VWO diploma counts.
Required school subjects
Biologie and natuurkunde and scheikunde and wiskunde B as a VWO exam subject
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Sources
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).
rijksoverheid.nl · hoe zit het vwo in elkaar
Natuur en Techniek (N&T) … Natuurkunde … Wiskunde B … Natuur en Gezondheid (N&G) … Biologie … Scheikunde
For you, Not yet clear: Enter your subjects to check.
Minimum subject grades
None
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Source
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).
Numerus Clausus: no
Minimum overall grade
None
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Source
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).
Numerus Clausus: no
Language level required
English: covered by a VWO diploma
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Sources
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).
tudelft.nl · bsc nanobiology
Working language : English
For you, Met: English: your VWO diploma covers it.
Minimum age
No minimum age
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Source
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).
For you, Met: There is no minimum-age condition to meet.
Extra steps
Mandatory matching
Complete the questionnaire and online lectures and hands-on assignments; applicants living in the Netherlands or Belgium attend the matching day in person. The advice is non-binding.
A check of whether the programme suits you. You must take part. The result is advice only: it cannot stop you from starting. How it works

Sure — Stated in the university’s official information for 2027.
Source
tudelft.nl · matching
Matching is a compulsory part of the application and admission process.
Based on the compulsory matching process, the programme will provide you with advice … This advice is non-binding.
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Please complete the questionnaire in a single session (approximately 30 to 35 minutes)
For you, To do: Complete the required steps by their deadlines.
Other requirements
None
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Source
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Do you have a Dutch vwo-diploma? Then you can register for the Nanobiology programme if your curriculum included biology, physics, chemistry and wiskunde B (mathematics).

Applying

Where you apply

Through Studielink.

Dates

1 May 2027Studielink application and mandatory matching questionnaire for Dutch diploma
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information for 2027.
Source
tudelft.nl · matching
If you are obtaining a Dutch diploma, the deadline is 1 May 2027.
Submission of questionnaire: Available from 1 Dec ‘26 - deadline 1 May ’27
in 7 months

More about the programme

What students say
Scores out of 5 from the NSE 2026, the national student survey, for this programme. The notch on each bar is the national average for the same study.
Green: 0.2 or more above that average. Red: 0.2 or more below. Grey: closer than that, which a few dozen answers cannot tell apart. The small ticks under a bar are the other programmes in Netherlands on this site.
Data from Landelijk Centrum Studiekeuze (NSE 2026).
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Source
studiekeuze123.nl
NSE 2026 … 3.8 … Landelijk gemiddelde … –

OverallOverall: 3.8 out of 5
TeachersTeachers: 3.8 out of 5
Content and set-upContent and set-up: 3.8 out of 5
Study guidanceStudy guidance: 4.1 out of 5
Exams and gradingExams and grading: 3.7 out of 5
Preparation for workPreparation for work: 3.3 out of 5
Would choose it againWould choose it again: 3.9 out of 5

102 students answered.

How places are given

Cap on places (numerus fixus)
No cap on places
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information for 2027.
Sources
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Numerus Clausus: no
tudelft.nl · matching
there is no longer a numerus clausus for this programme
How applicants are picked
Nobody is picked: everyone who meets the requirements gets a place
Fairly sure — The university does not say this in so many words, but it follows from its pages. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.
Sources
tudelft.nl · admission requirements
Numerus Clausus: no
tudelft.nl · matching
This advice is non-binding.
Past admission numbers
102 students started in 2025.

Fairly sure — This is the 2025 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.
Sources
studiekeuze123.nl · voltijd
Septemberinstroom 2025 - 2026 … 102
studiekeuze123.nl
Starting the academic year in September 2025 - 2026 ... 102

Once you have started

First-year minimum to continue
45 of 60 credits in the first year
Every course is worth a number of credits, which you earn by passing it; a full year is 60.
In the university’s words: The programme listing says this is a binding study advice; it does not state the consequence of a negative advice.
Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.
Source
studiekeuze123.nl · Voltijd
45 ECTS in 12 maanden. Dit is een bindend studieadvies.

After you graduate

Where graduates go
The university lists further study, including the Nanobiology master and other programmes, and careers in research, biotechnology, data analysis and modelling.
What Technische Universiteit Delft says its graduates go on to do; not measured.

Fairly sure — Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.
Source
studiekeuze123.nl
Afgestudeerden werken in onderzoek, biotechnologie, data-analyse/modellering en nog veel meer
kunnen doorgaan met de master Nanobiology, maar ook met vele andere programma's, van Artifical Intelligence tot Virology
Where graduates went (measured)
Of graduates in the 2023–24 academic year, 72% started another higher-education programme in the Netherlands within two years. No job or salary figures are published for Dutch university bachelor graduates.
Measured from graduates of this programme (2023). Past graduates, not a promise.

Fairly sure — The university does not say this in so many words, but it follows from its pages. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.
Sources
studiekeuze123.nl · voltijd
Doorstuderen … Afgestudeerden die na het diploma verder studeren in het Nederlandse hoger onderwijs … deze opleiding … Delft … 72%
lcsk.nl
Dit cijfer geeft weer welk percentage van de afgestudeerden van deze opleiding binnen twee jaar begint met een nieuwe opleiding in het hoger onderwijs.
JAAR = (MEESTRECENT-2) … In het meest recente geval: 2016 t/m 2025.
duo.nl
Het kalenderjaar waarin het studiejaar begint waarin de ingeschrevene bij de onderwijsinstelling is ingeschreven.

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