The degree programmes at the University of Twente range from business administration, psychology to applied physics, engineering and biomedical technology.

* Hengelo has a relatively large harbour in the Twentekanaal, a heavily used canal from the Twente region to the IJssel.

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Researchers from the University of Twente, the University of Patras in Greece, and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter have constructed a Feynman-Smoluchowski engine which, when not in thermal equilibrium, converts pseudo-Brownian motion into work by means of a granular gas, which is a conglomeration of solid particles vibrated with such vigour that the system assumes a gas-like state.

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FC Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie.

However, the Tukkers ( as people from the Dutch region of Twente are generally called ) almost made the very most out of that UEFA Cup ticket.

Twente lost 6 – 0 on aggregate, resulting in their elimination from the Champions League and subsequent entry of the UEFA Cup first round.

Twente recovered from 2 – 0 down to defeat Ajax 3 – 2 in extra time with a winner from Marc Janko, which claimed the club's third KNVB Cup title.

Weird losses away from home were followed by home wins over Ajax ( 1-0 ) and Feyenoord ( 6-0 ), as well as a draw against FC Twente ( 1-1 ).

The biggest rivals of FC Groningen are SC Heerenveen ( located 60 kilometers from Groningen ), Ajax and FC Twente.

On November 25, 2011, Hyneman was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente ( Enschede, Netherlands ) for his role in the popularization of science and technology.

As of 2011, Adrian Vandenberg has written and recorded a song called " A Number One " for Dutch football team FC Twente from his hometown of Enschede.

" On November 25, 2011, Savage received an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente ( Enschede, Netherlands ) for his role in the popularization of science and technology.

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Since 2006 he has worked at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, been a Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Forschungspreis winner at the University of Augsburg in Germany, a Jubileum Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, and currently holds a Chaire d ' Excellence from the NanoSciences Fondation in Grenoble, France.

Horses are a much cherished symbol for the people from Twente, and in fact for many people who claim to be of Saxon origin.

Twente is bisected from north to south by a range of hills in western Twente ( Holterberg, Rijsserberg, Friezenberg, Nijverdalse Berg, Hellendoornse Berg ), and hills in the east, with the Tankenberg near Oldenzaal being the highest point.

One of the nationally most-renowned foods from Twente is the kreantewegge.

Perhaps the best internationally known beverage from Twente is Grolsch lager.

Though Twents families traditionally ate potatoes, vegetables and meat for dinner, the influx of many immigrants from all over the world to Twente, who brought with them their own food traditions, has broadened the average Twenteman's nutritional horizon.

It also collects, maintains, studies and displays an extensive collection of material from the history of Twente, with a full-size historic Twents Lös Hoes ( open house, a farm house without separate rooms, where both livestock and humans lived together ) as one of its main attractions.

On a professional level, Twente houses two football clubs that play in the national Eredivisie league ; Heracles Almelo from Almelo, and FC Twente from Enschede, the latter which is one of the most successful sides of recent years having won the Eredivisie title in 2010 and the KNVB Cup in 2011.

As of March 14, 2010 PSV were second in the league trailing leaders Twente by five points with only one point lead on the third placed team AFC Ajax.

As the 54th Eredivisie ended on 2 May 2010, PSV ended in third, eight points behind the champions, after a shaky end as Ajax climbed up the table to swipe second while Twente won with one point over Ajax.

* René Notten ( 20 November 1949-22 August 1995 ), former soccer player who played at Pax, FC Twente, Ajax and Feyenoord.

AZ started the 2008 – 09 season with two losses: 2 – 1 to NAC Breda and 0 – 3 to ADO Den Haag, but after that the Alkmaar-based club remained unbeaten until 18 April, topping the League ahead of Twente and Ajax for the entire season.

He then went on to help Ajax become champions of the Eredivisie for the 2010 / 2011 season in a 3-1 home victory over FC Twente, the champions of the previous year, on the final matchday.

Before joining Twente, he played for AFC Ajax, ADO Den Haag ( loan ), Fortuna Düsseldorf ( loan ), Anderlecht, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Moscow.

After his Ajax contract expired in the summer of 2012, and was not extended, free agent Bulykin signed a one year deal, with option for another year at FC Twente, who just had seen striker Luuk de Jong leave for VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In the season 2007 – 08, FC Twente placed fourth and won the play-offs for a ticket to the Champions League Qualifiers by defeating Ajax in the play-off finals.

In Arnesen's six seasons at Ajax, he won three Dutch Eredivisie championship titles in 1977, 1979, and 1980, and won the KNVB Cup in 1979, beating FC Twente 3 – 0 in the final.

On the professional club level, Ronald played for Ajax ( 1988 – 91 and 1993 – 98 ), Twente ( 1991 – 93 ), FC Barcelona ( 1998 – 2000 ), Rangers ( 2000 – 04 ), Al-Rayyan ( 2004 – 05 ) and Al-Shamal ( 2005 – 08 ).

On 31 July 2010, Preud ' homme won his first trophy in Dutch football as Twente defeated Ajax 1 – 0 in the Johan Cruijff Schaal match.

On 8 May 2011, Twente defeated Ajax 3 – 2 after extra time in the KNVB Cup final held at the De Kuip in Rotterdam.

Born in Arnhem, Gelderland, Van der Meyde signed for AFC Ajax as a youngster, and made his first team debut aged just 18, helping his side to a 1 – 0 win against FC Twente on 12 November 1997.

He was in the crowd for a match against Ajax on 18 May 2008, seeing Twente qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

FC Twente, which had never won a Eredivisie title in its history, continued to top the league in the latter part of the season, holding off the likes of renowned competitors PSV and Ajax, and seriously emerged as title favourites.

They finished the calendar year 2009 in the second spot in the national league behind FC Twente, who also did also not lose a single domestic game in the season's first half.

The " Drost " ( a kind of mayor ) of the Twente region, who ruled this area in behalf of the bishop of Utrecht, had in the late Middle Ages his residence in Goor.

Reinier " René " Lambertus van de Kerkhof () ( born 16 September 1951 ) is a former Dutch football player, who played for FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven.

Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin (; born 20 November 1979 in Moscow ) is an association footballer who plays as a striker for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie.

The start of the 2011 / 2012 season, under new coach Co Adriaanse who succeeded Michel Preud ' homme, had another clash between the duo in the Amsterdam ArenA, with this time Twente winning 2 – 1 in their 2nd successive Dutch Super Cup ' Johan Cruijff Schaal ' victory.

In his work Germania, the Roman historicus Tacitus mentions a tribe called Tvihanti, who lived near or in present-day Twente.

Denny Domingoes Landzaat (, born May 6, 1976 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente.

At the start of the 2009 – 10 campaign, McClaren's second season at FC Twente, there were question-marks over how well newcomers Bryan Ruiz and Miroslav Stoch would be able to replace the departed Eljero Elia and Marko Arnautović, who had been at the core of Twente's second place finish in the league the preceding year.

Willem Janssen ( born 4 July 1986 ) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for FC Twente, as a midfielder.