A rector of a Dutch university is called a rector magnificus. The following people have been rector magnificus of Delft University of Technology or its predecessor, Technische Hogeschool Delft:
| Period | Name | Image | Additional info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| juli 1905 - augustus 1905 | Jacob Kraus | |||
| 1905-1907 | Sebastiaan Hoogewerff | |||
| 1907-1910 | Stephanus Gerhard Everts | |||
| 1909-1913 | Jacob Cardinaal | |||
| 1913-1916 | Willem Karel Behrens | |||
| 1916-1919 | Johan Christiaan Dijxhoorn | |||
| 1919-1920 | Marc de Haas | |||
| 1920-1921 | Johannes Nelemans | |||
| 1921-1922 | J.A.G. van der Steur | |||
| 1922-1923 | Louis van Royen | |||
| 1923-1924 | Cornelis van der Bilt | |||
| 1924-1925 | Clarence Feldmann | |||
| 1925-1926 | Gerrit van Iterson jr. | |||
| 1926-1927 | Willem Janssen van Raay | |||
| 1927-1928 | NIcolaas Kist | |||
| 1928-1929 | Karel Sluyterman | |||
| 1929-1930 | Frans Westendorp | |||
| 1930-1931 | Herman S. Hallo | |||
| 1931-1932 | Henri ter Meulen | |||
| 1932-1933 | Jan Adolf Grutterink | |||
| 1933-1934 | Johannes George Rutgers | |||
| 1934-1935 | Willem Reinders | |||
| 1935-1936 | Gerardus Diehl | |||
| 1936-1937 | Gerhard Elias | |||
| 1937-1938 | Cornelis Biezeno | |||
| 1938-1939 | Jan Schouten | |||
| 1939-May 1940 | Joannes Antonius Veraart | |||
| May 1940-February 1942 | Cornelis Johannes van Nieuwenburg | |||
| April 1942-September 1943 | Henk Dorgelo | |||
| 1943-1944 | Joan Muysken | |||
| June 1945-1946 | H.J. van der Maas | |||
| 1946-1947 | Jacob Tienstra | |||
| 1947-1948 | Hein Waterman | |||
| 1948-January 1949 | Albert Kluyver | |||
| 1949-1951 | Cornelis Biezeno | |||
| 1951-1959 | Oene Bottema | |||
| 1959-1962 | Ralph Kronig | |||
| 1962-1967 | H.J. de Wijs | |||
| 1967-1970 | Cornelis Verhagen | |||
| 1970 - 1973 | Hans van Nauta Lemke | |||
| 1973-1975 | H.B. Boerema | |||
| 1975-1976 | Herman van Bekkum | |||
| 1976-1978 | Leendert Huisman | |||
| 1978-1981 | Frits Jan Kievits | |||
| 1981-1985 | Bernard P.Th. Veltman | |||
| 1985-1988 | Hans Dirken | |||
| 1989-1993 | Pieter Alletinus Schenck | |||
| 1993-1997 | Karel Wakker | |||
| 1997-1998 | Johan Blaauwendraad | |||
| 1998-2002 | Karel Wakker | |||
| 2002-2010 | Jacob Fokkema | |||
| 2010-2018 | Karel Luyben | |||
| 2018- | Tim van der Hagen |