Facts and figures – finance

Finance in general

The following table indicates the faculty’s income and expenditure for the past 5 years. 

The income and expenditure and, in particular, the lumpsum and the indirect funding and contract funding are relevant. The lumpsum (also referred to as direct funding) constitutes the funds the faculty receives from the central university funds to pay for education and research. TU Delft receives these funds from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The indirect and contract funding are funds which the faculty itself acquires primarily by acquiring research assignments. 

Development of direct versus indirect and contract funding 

Alongside the lumpsum (the funds the faculty receives from the central university funds to pay for education and research) the faculty also acquires indirect and contract funds primarily through research projects. The faculty has successfully acquired this funding in recent years. There is a tendency to more uncertainty as the lumpsum is decreasing and the 2nd and 3rd money stream is increasing.

The following graph indicates the progress of funding flows in recent years.