4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge (2024-2025)
The 4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge is an inter-university and multidisciplinary initiative of the 4TU.Centres High-Tech Materials, Energy and Ethics & Technology, perfectly coordinated by the Honours Office of the University of Twente in collaboration with the Honours Programme of Delft University of Technology and the Honours Academy of Eindhoven University of Technology.
Closure event 4TU.RSC
On Monday 16 June 2025, the closing event of the 4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge (2024-2025) took place in Delft. A picture report can be found below.
Thanks to everyone involved to make this event a succes!
Congratulations to all Master Honours students with the completion of the track. Pins and certificates, well deserved!
It is a 15 ECTS project for Master Honours students (or students on a similar track), consisting of a joint 10 ECTS track supplemented with 5 ECTS by means of micro-modules.
Micro-modules available for this programme are on:
- Sustainable Energy Systems
- Energy Access
- Life Cycle Analysis / Canvas Business Model
4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge
General information and highlights from the previous editions can be found here:
4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge (2024-2025)
- Kick-off 2024-2025 - 13 February 2025 (UTwente)
- Entrepreneurship Workshop - 8 May 2025 (TU/e)
- Closing event - 16 May 2025 (TU Delft)
The closing event included the certifcate and pinning ceremony, an UTwente tradition: Honours graduates of UTwente receive a pin that marks their involvement in the UTwente Honours community (photo)
Challenges
During this track three student teams work on challenges together with representatives from:
Closing event 4TU.RSC 2024-2025 - Delft University of Technology, 16 June 2025
On a sunny day in Delft the three Master Honours student groups of the third edition of the 4TU.Responible Sustainability Challenge presented their final reports. Moreover, the 16th of June marked the closure of an interesting collaborative journey of 4TU.Centres, Honours Offices, and university teachers of four technical universities.
The closing event of the 4TU.RSC was hosted by dr. Shoshan Abrahami at Delft University of Technology, and jointly organized by 4TU.High-Tech Materials and the Honours Programme Delft (HPD) Coordinator.
Students presented their final reports in interactive sessions with everyone involved: supervisors, core teachers and honours offices directors and coordinators.
Students presented their work perfomed in collaboration with stakeholders and case providers: Alliander-AI Lab, Quantum Energy & Engineering, and NMI.
The 4TU.RSC has been completed by students of Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology and University of Twente.
The 4TU.RSC was supervised by the core team teachers of TU Delft, TU/e and UTwente: Dr.ir. Shoshan Abrahami (Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering), Dr. ir. Maja Rücker (Mechanical Engineering, Energy Technology), and Dr.ir. Elham Shirazi (Engineering Technology, Manufacturing, Sustainable Products & Energy Systems).
Second live event 4TU.RSC 2024-2025 - Eindhoven University of Technology, 8 May 2025
The Entrepreneurship Workshop of 4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge brought together students, researchers, and industry experts around one goal: building a sustainable future through innovation. The event was hosted by Maja Rücker (Course Coordinator of Eindhoven University of Technology), organized by 4TU.Energy with the support of the TU/e Honors Academy!
The day kicked off with an inspiring keynote from Annemiek Bles (Brainport Eindhoven), who shared how Energy Hubs can accelerate the energy transition — and why valorization, turning research into real-world impact, is essential to that journey.
Then the spotlight turned to the students of the 4TU.RSC. Their presentations were bold, creative, and grounded in responsibility. From rethinking resources to designing smarter systems, they showed what the next generation of sustainable entrepreneurs can do.
We also joined the interactive Public Entrepreneurship Workshop led by Bart van Grevenhof (The Gate), which challenged participants to explore how tech-driven ideas can scale into real ventures.
After a walk through the GO Green Office, we wrapped up with an inspiring entrepreneurship story from SOLID, who shared their mission and progress with us.
Source: 4TU.Centre for Energy (LinkedIN post, 9 May 2025)
Kick-off 4TU.RSC 2024-2025 - University of Twente, 13 February 2025
On the 13th of February, the third edition of the 4TU.Responsible Sustainability kicked-off at the University of Twente. The event was hosted by Dr.ir. Elham Shirazi (Course Coordinator of the University of Twente) and the Honours Office.
In the the Challenge Based Learning Workshop the cohort interactively zoomed in on the problem of climate change, as an example of tackling a challenge.
The case providers presented their challenges:
Finally, the Green Hub instroduction was about green washing.
Time line - 4TU.RSC 2024-2025
