Finally, this is a complex time for all of us. Know you're not on your own. If you are having a hard time, please seek help. Our employees and students can contact their manager or study advisor at any time.

On this page you will find more information. In short, the following starting points apply to TU Delft until further notice:

Following the Dutch government’s measures, TU Delft is also taking measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In doing so, we will make every effort to ensure that education can be offered online as much as possible, that research is guaranteed and that crucial processes continue to run smoothly.

What to do in case of infection

If you yourself are showing symptoms, get tested as soon as possible, even if your symptoms are mild. Until the test results are known, you should observe home isolation and under no circumstances come to campus, however inconvenient that may be.

If one of your housemates is showing symptoms, i.e. fever and/or shortness of breath, stay at home until the test results are known. As soon as you show symptoms yourself, get tested as soon as possible. A student house is seen as one household.

If one of your classmates (so not a housemate) is showing symptoms and you have been within a distance of 1,5 metre of that classmate for more than 15 minutes in the two days before the symptoms started, we urge you not to come to campus until your classmate's test results are known and negative. As soon as you also show symptoms, get tested as soon as possible.

In case of contact tracing, the following is important. Prepare a list of people you have had contact with over the past few days. This concerns people with whom you:

have been together for more than 15 minutes at less than 1.5 meters

you have been in contact for longer than 15 min, more than 1.5 meters away

in the last 2 days before the complaints started, until the moment you stayed at home.

If you have been tested and the test shows that you do not have Covid-19 and you feel well enough, you can come back to campus. Please note: only if this also applies to all your housemates and you are not in quarantine because of someone else in your household. In that case you complete the quarantine period up to 10 days after the last unprotected contact with your housemate.

In case of infection

If the test shows that you do have Covid-19, the Area Health Authority GGD will contact you to start contact tracing. Pass your list of contacts to the GGD immediately. Subsequently, follow instructions of the GGD at all times. The GGD may ask you to inform your contacts (at the university) about your infection. For help with this you can contact the department of Safety & Security via tu-iv@tudelft.nl or telephone number +31 (0)15 27 82777. The GGD will contact the university if (clusters of) infections give reason to do so.

Communicating about the health of employees and students

Information about the health of employees and students must be handled very carefully. For privacy reasons, universities are not allowed to request or share health information of employees or students, not even in the case of Covid-19.

Study delay due to home isolation

If your home isolation leads to a study delay, please contact your study advisor and we will try to find a fitting solution.