On Monday 5 September, 2022, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) celebrated the Opening of the Academic Year for 2022 – 2023.

The theme of the opening was European technological sovereignty and the Dutch contribution to it, particularly through the Brainport Eindhoven region. Keynote speakers Micky Adriaansens (Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), Thierry Breton (European Commissioner for the Internal Market), and Peter Wennink (CEO of ASML), will reflected on this theme.

Finally, Rector Frank Baaijens looked both back and ahead to the future, and officially open the 2022 – 2023 academic year.

Read more on the TU/e news page.

The Opening of the Academic Year was open to internal audiences (students and staff, no registration needed) and external audiences (by invitation).

Go to tue.nl/sciencebusiness to watch the livestream of the Opening of the Academic Year on  Monday 5 September from 15.00h to 16.40h.