Technical University of Berlin

Technical University of Berlin
Technische Universität Berlin
Motto
Wir haben die Ideen für die Zukunft. Zum Nutzen der Gesellschaft.
Motto in English
We've got the brains for the future. For the benefit of society.[1][2]
TypePublic
Established
  • 1770 (1770) (Königliche Bergakademie zu Berlin)
  • 1799 (Königliche Bauakademie zu Berlin)
  • 1879 (Königlich Technische Hochschule zu Berlin)
  • 1946 as Technische Universität Berlin
AffiliationTIME, TU9, EUA, CESAER, DFG, SEFI, PEGASUS, German Excellence Universities, Berlin University Alliance
Budget€659.3 million (2022)[3]
PresidentGeraldine Rauch (since 2022)
Academic staff
3,120[4]
Administrative staff
2,258[4]
Students35,570[4]
Location,
Germany

52°30′43″N 13°19′35″E / 52.51194°N 13.32639°E / 52.51194; 13.32639
CampusUrban
Websitetu.berlin

The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and German: Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany.[5] It was the first German university to adopt the name "Technische Universität" (Technical University).[6]

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]

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  3. ^ Federal state of Berlin. "Leistungsbericht über das Jahr 2022 zur Umsetzung des Hochschulvertrags" (PDF) (in German). p. 1. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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  6. ^ "Die erste 'Technische Universität'". Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. ^ "National Academy of Sciences". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Eugene Wigner – Biographical". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  9. ^ Wernher von Braun
  10. ^ "Gustav Hertz – Biographical". Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Fritz Haber – Biographical". Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Carl Bosch – Biographical". Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  13. ^ "About us". Master of Space Engineering. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. ^ Schmidhuber, Jürgen. "Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)". Jürgen Schmidhuber's personal web page at the IDSIA. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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  17. ^ "EXIST competition guide" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Fuer-Gruender 21 Entrepreneurial University". Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  19. ^ Jens, Weibezahn (2016). Studienführer für den Studiengang Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (in German). Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin. doi:10.14279/depositonce-5501. ISBN 9783798328655. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Die Technische Universität Berlin in Daten und Zahlen". Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Excellence Strategy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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