About us
Connect. Exchange. Innovate.
Get to know us
The IDEA League, a strategic alliance between five leading European universities of science and technology, believes that we have the power to shape the future. By joining forces, we will create valuable connections that inspire innovation and the pursuit of ambitious goals.
Through cross-border, bottom-up collaboration, we provide the environment for students, researchers and staff at our partner universities to share a collective wealth of knowledge, experience and resources. By doing so, we aim to connect and inspire a new generation of European science and technology graduates, champion innovation and entrepreneurship and steer Europe towards a more competitive and compassionate future.
Meet our members
Each member of the IDEA League strategic alliance is an internationally renowned, research-oriented university and is the largest producer of science and engineering graduates in its own country.
TU Delft
ADDRESS
Mekelweg 5, 2628 CD Delft
The Netherlands
ETH Zurich
ADDRESS
Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich
Switzerland
RWTH Aachen
ADDRESS
Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen
Germany
Chalmers University
ADDRESS
Maskingränd 2, 412 58 Göteborg
Sweden
Politecnico di Milano
ADDRESS
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano
Italy
IDEA League office
ADDRESS
Stevinweg 1, 2628CN, Delft
The Netherlands
CONNECT EXCHANGE INNOVATE
The Secretary General
IDEA League’s leadership team is representative of our collaborative nature. Our Board of Rectors includes the heads of the five member universities and their deputies, and our Operations Board is comprised of faculty and staff from each university. Presently, the Secretary General, Dr. J. Leslie Zachariah-Wolff and the IDEA League Office are seated at TU Delft.
The Board of Rectors
Günther Dissertori
ETH ZÜRICH
Ferruccio Resta
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Tim van der Hagen
CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE IDEA LEAGUE
TU DELFT
Ulrich Rüdiger
RWTH AACHEN
Stefan Bengtsson
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The Operations Board
Stefano Ronchi
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
stefano.ronchi@polimi.it
Francesca Andrich
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
francesca.andrich@polimi.it
Henriette Finsterbusch
RWTH AACHEN
Henriette.Finsterbusch@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
Christoph Niedermann
ETH ZURICH
christoph.niedermann@sl.ethz.ch
Marieke Wolthuis
TU DELFT
M.S.Wolthuis@tudelft.nl
Jörgen Sjöberg
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
jorgen.sjoberg@chalmers.se