This relocation means a generous doubling of the number of square meters and an ambition that is likely to make you drool: starting next academic year every student will have the chance of getting down to some really 'technical' work.

Soon you'll be able to choose from three extensive workshops, each with its own specialization: mechanical (e.g. turning, milling, drilling and sawing), digital (e.g. 3D printing, laser cutting) and electrotechnical (e.g. soldering). In addition, facilities will be available for doing all kinds of things with data (modeling, visualizing and programming); the ‘war rooms’ as they will be known.

Naturally, there will also be spaces for giving and attending presentations, chatting away in meetings, making a good cup of coffee and amassing armfuls of inspiration from successful (and less successful) projects. And, of course, there will be plenty of room for student teams to work on the much-needed tech solutions to the challenges of our generation. In other words, truly a place at the heart of a university of technology.

Already getting started

As a student, you can get started right now: you can see here which courses will be given in the next academic year in Q1 and Q2. The good news is that these courses can be taken by students of any department and we guarantee you an experience you aren't likely to get on any other course. Who doesn't want to do some cool sh#t for credits?

We can therefore conclude that it has been pedal to the metal the whole time here at TU/e. If in a year's time we have grown from nothing to a place where more than 10 courses are being given, through which more than 500 students have passed, and more than 20 potential successful start-ups have been based, how can we be anything other than hopeful about the future?

Still, being the headstrong people we are, we remain constructively critical. Strong growth is good, but innoSpace must beware that it does not become a separate institute. While it is a good thing to have your own culture, that culture needs to seek constant connection with its own departments and TU/e services, similar initiatives and, last but not least, the entrepreneurial eco-system present in and around Eindhoven - and perhaps even nationally (and internationally).

TU/e innovation Space must be open to everyone with an idea; however crazy, absurd or idiotic. Because if we continue to do what we have always done, we'll build something that we've already got.