A rector of a Dutch university is called a rector magnificus. The following people have been rector magnificus of the Eindhoven University of Technology or its predecessor, the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (THE):

Period Rector magnificus Image 1956–1961 H.B. Dorgelo 1961–1968 K. Posthumus 1968–1971 A.A.Th.M. van Trier 1971–1976 G. Vossers 1976–1979 P. van der Leeden 1979–1982 J. Erkelens 1982–1985 S.T.M. Ackermans 1985–1989 F.N. Hooge 1989–1991 M. Tels 1991–1996 J. H. van Lint 1996–2001 M. Rem 2001–2005 R.A. van Santen 2005–2015 C.J. van Duijn 2015 – 2023 F.P.T. Baaijens2023 -S.K. Lenaerts