Notebook specifications 2011-2012

A university is expected to be innovative - innovative in the area of research as well as in the area of education. The TU/e has ensured this by giving students access to proper IT facilities. In order to support this, the notebook regulation was created. The aim of the notebook regulation is to optimize the use of IT in education. The education setup is now totally adjusted to the use of notebooks. The notebook is used for communicating with others, gathering information, making calculations and drawings, executing simulations and taking examinations. In other words, it is an indispensable instrument at the TU/e.

• Every first-year student (bachelor or master) with a main enrolment at the TU/e can buy a notebook from the TU/e, at a heavily subsidized price.
• Approximately 95% of our students participate in the TU/e notebook regulation
• The notebook is selected every year by a team of specialists. The criteria are: general performance, graphic performance and mechanical performance.
• The notebook is supplied in a fully assembled state, including installed software.
• The notebook comes with a large set of accessories: backpack, Kensington security cable and network cable.
• In accordance with the notebook regulation, anyone who buys a notebook is entitled to five year’s maintenance and warranty.
• If you, as a student, have problems with your notebook, the Notebook Service Centre is at your service every working day to solve the problem. If the problem cannot be solved immediately, you will receive a temporary replacement system.
• As a participant in the notebook regulation, you may make use of the collective notebook insurance, which the TU/e has taken out with the Interpolis insurance company.
• All notebooks ordered by students are distributed at the start of the academic year.
• In the case of a course termination notebooks can be sold back to the TU/e. A very favorable sales regulation will apply.
• The notebook regulation is a one-time offer for students with a first-time main enrollment at the TU/e.

The abovementioned points only apply when you participate in the notebook regulation. If you decide not to buy a notebook through this regulation, you cannot use the aforementioned facilities.

As not every student can afford a notebook, the TU/e will pay part of the purchase and maintenance costs of the notebook. The part that the TU/e pays for you, will become a gift if you study at the TU/e for over three years or graduate earlier. The part you pay yourself can be paid through a bank transfer or a loan without interest via the Rabobank (a Dutch bank). The TU/e will pay the interest on this loan. You will pay off this loan during your course of studies (bachelor: 3 years, master: 2 years). One condition is that the student has an account (or opens one) with the Rabobank in which his/ her study grant is deposited. This account must be registered at that bank’s main office in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. There is, of course, no obligation to take out this loan. The total amount can also be deposited in one transaction.

In the 2011-2012 academic year, the purchase price of a notebook (including accessories, warranty, service and insurance) will be € 1.500,-. Every student will pay € 780,- (or will take out a loan for that amount) and will sign an obligation document for the remaining other € 720,- .

See all the information about the Rabobank loan:

• Information letter
• Product information
• ESI
• Contract
• Addresses of the offices
• General Banking Terms and Conditions