Technische Universität Berlin
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany.[5] It was the first German university to adopt the name "Technische Universität" (university of technology).[6]
Motto
- 1770 (Königliche Bergakademie zu Berlin)
- 1799 (Königliche Bauakademie zu Berlin)
- 1879 (Königlich Technische Hochschule zu Berlin)
- 1946 as Technische Universität Berlin
€659.3 million (2022)[3]
Geraldine Rauch (since 2022)
3,120[4]
2,258[4]
35,570[4]
The university alumni and staff includes several US National Academies members,[7] two National Medal of Science laureates,[8][9] the creator of the first fully functional programmable (electromechanical) computer, Konrad Zuse, and ten Nobel Prize laureates.[10][11][12][13][14]
TU Berlin is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology and of the Top International Managers in Engineering network,[15] which allows for student exchanges between leading engineering schools. It belongs to the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research.[16] The TU Berlin is home of two innovation centers designated by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The university is labeled as "The Entrepreneurial University" ("Die Gründerhochschule") by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.[17][18]
The university is notable for having been the first to offer a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen). The university designed the degree in response to requests by industrialists for graduates with the technical and management training to run a company. First offered in winter term 1926/27, it is one of the oldest programmes of its kind.[19]
TU Berlin has one of the highest proportions of international students in Germany, almost 27% in 2019.[20] In addition, TU Berlin is part of the Berlin University Alliance, has been conferred the title of "University of Excellence" under and receiving funding from the German Universities Excellence Initiative.[21]
Campus[edit]
The TU Berlin covers 604,000 square metres (6.5 million square feet), distributed over various locations in Berlin.
The main campus is located in the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The seven schools of the university have some 33,933 students enrolled in 90 subjects (October 2015).[28]
From 2012 to 2022, TU Berlin operated a satellite campus in Egypt, the El Gouna campus, to act as a scientific and academic field office. The nonprofit public–private partnership (PPP) aimed to offer services provided by Technische Universität Berlin at the campus in El Gouna on the Red Sea.[29]
The university also has a franchise of its Global Production Engineering course – called Global Production Engineering and Management at the Vietnamese-German University in Ho Chi Minh City.[30][31]
Faculty and staff[edit]
As of 2015, 8,455 people work at the university: 338 professors, 2,598 postgraduate researchers, and 2,131 personnel work in administration, the workshops, the library, and the central facilities. In addition, there are 2,651 student assistants and 126 trainees.[40] International student mobility is available through the ERASMUS programme or through the Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network.
(Including those of the Academies mentioned in the History section)