The Eindhoven University of Technology (Dutch: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, abbr.TU/e) is a university of technology in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Its motto is Mens agitat molem (Mind moves matter). The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (abbr. THE).