Through internationally oriented education and research the faculty want to contribute with "sustainable solutions to complex social problems".

The research of the faculty focuses on "large scale socio-technical systems, such as infrastructures for transport, energy and telecommunication".

Notable faculty members in those days were Joop Doorman, Henk Lombaers and Pierre Malotaux.

The Faculty of Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management was built from scratch and started in 1992 with a new curriculum and research programme.

From 1992 to 1998 Henk G. Sol was founding Dean of the new School for Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management.