Joint Research Centre between TU Delft and SCUT
In 2013 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and South China University of Technology (SCUT) created a joint research centre on Urban Systems and Environment. The joint centre aims to provide high-level research and advanced training on urban systems that provides practical contributions to the challenges of city planning and management in contexts of high urbanisation as in north-west Europe and Pearl River Delta.
The USE Centre is bringing together researchers in the Netherlands and China with partners in government and private institutions to work on topics of joint interest. There have been many exchanges of staff on both sides, thirteen PhD candidates are working on joint projects, and a double PhD degree programme has been established that will drive the research agenda forward. Good progress has been made in key topics such as improving the environmental performance of large building structures through digital parametric design; the durability and sustainability of construction materials; urban governance and climate change, and eco-city strategies.