Education Survey

The TU/e’s GO Green Office would like to invite you to participate in a survey to hear your opinion about your experience with sustainability topics throughout your bachelor education at the TU/e. Please only fill in this survey if you are currently a bachelor student at the TU/e or have graduated from a bachelor program at the TU/e in the last 5 years. This survey was created in collaboration with our research partner, Goodrise.

Completing this survey takes approximately 5-10 minutes.

To thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, we give you the chance to win one of the following prizes:

  1. 1x €50 Hubble Gift Card
  2. 2x €15 Hubble Gift Card

For a chance to win, please fill in your details at the end of the survey. The winners of the prizes will be announced on January 15th, 2022 and they will be contacted by email.

The purpose of this research survey is to study the opinions of current and past TU/e bachelor students regarding sustainability in bachelor education. Your participation in this research study is voluntary. You may choose not to participate. If you decide to participate in this research survey, you may withdraw at any time. We will do our best to keep your information confidential. All data is stored in a password protected electronic format. To help protect your confidentiality, the surveys will not contain information that will personally identify you, unless you provide this information yourself. The results of this study will be used to create a report summarizing the results. If you have any questions about the research study, please contact v.lovei@student.tue.nl.

I consent to participating in this research survey and have read the infomation above. *

Please answer the following questions regarding your demographic attributes. 

Are you currently, or have been in the last 5 years, a bachelor student at the TU/e? *
How do you identify? *
What is your age? *
Where are you from (where did you spend the bulk of your childhood)? *

Now, please respond to some questions regarding your educational background at the TU/e. 

In which year of your current bachelor study program are you? *

The following questions will now focus on your understanding of what sustainability is and what it means to you.

From the following options, which three are the most important aspects of sustainability for you?

Please rate the following statements from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree) below.

Sustainability is important to me. *
I think the TU/e should be an active promoter of sustainability on and off its campus. *
I would like to learn and know more about sustainability. *
I believe that unsustainable practices lead to existential threats to humanity. *
I think that explicit knowledge and skills related to sustainability will prove beneficial in my future career/life. *

We would like you to do the same with these statements about your bachelor experience at the TU/e. 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree).

I think it is important that sustainability is covered in the TU/e’s bachelor programs. *
I think that sustainability is being (was) adequately covered throughout my bachelor studies at the TU/e. *
I would (have) like(d) to learn more extensively about sustainability topics throughout my bachelor studies. *
I think that, in general, the bachelor programs at the TU/e could benefit from giving more attention to sustainability topics. *
My bachelor education at the TU/e is preparing me (has prepared me) to become an engineer of the future – someone who is ready to tackle 21st century sustainability challenges in relation to my engineering field. *
I think that my bachelor education at the TU/e is preparing me (has prepared me) to contribute to a more sustainable world. *

Almost done! Please try to answer these last few directed questions about sustainability in the bachelor's college.

How do you think sustainability would best fit in the curriculum of bachelor programs at the TU/e? *

This section is for you to give some final remarks about the education in the bachelor collage and this survey itself

Next, you get the opportunity to enter your personal details to get a chance to win one of the three prizes mentioned at the beginning of the survey.

Thank you for taking the time to participate in our survey. Your answers are very valuable to us. If you would like to hear about the results and general GO Green Office updates, you can subscribe to our newsletter here.

-The TU/e GO Green Office Board