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The university was established on 8 January 1842 by King [[William II of the Netherlands|William II]] as a royal academy, with the primary purpose of training [[civil servants]] for work in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1864 and an institute of technology (making it a full-fledged university) in 1905. It changed its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986.<ref name="History"/>
Dutch [[Nobel laureates]] [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]], [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], and [[Simon van der Meer]] have been associated with TU Delft. TU Delft is a member of several university federations, including the [[IDEA League]], [[CESAER Association|CESAER]], [[UNITECH International]], ENHANCE Alliance, [[Leiden erasmus|LDE]] (Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University), and [[4TU]].
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